To: Board of County Commissioners
Through: Katherine Smith, Director, Community Resources
Prepared By:
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Brad Kamby, Division Manager, Judicial Services
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Presenter: Katherine Smith, Director, Community Resources
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Subject:
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1:00 PM * Community Corrections Request a Waiver Per the Purchasing Policy
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Purpose and Request:
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Judicial Services is requesting that the BOCC approve a waiver per the purchasing policy process for select source contracts for community corrections between the County and CoreCivic, LLC, and GEO Reentry, Inc.
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Alignment with Strategic Plan: Safe and Healthy Communities - Advance public safety by strengthening partnerships across law enforcement, emergency response, and community stakeholders.
Background and Discussion: Arapahoe County receives its community corrections funding from the State of Colorado through the Department of Public Safety, Division of Criminal Justice (DCJ). DCJ distributes these funds based on each county's documented use of available community corrections capacity. For Fiscal Year 2025-2026, Arapahoe County has been allocated a total of $7,592,287.63, broken down as follows: Residential Community Corrections Services (260) beds: $6,774,447.45; non-Residential Services: $293,876.10; one-time payments to Local Programs: $228,964.08 ($76,321.36 to each of the three programs); and Treatment Services: $295,000.00.
In Colorado, community corrections providers are reimbursed through a State-set per-diem rate for each client in residential placement and for each client supervised on non-residential status. Arapahoe County is served by three long-standing community corrections programs: Arapahoe County Residential Center (ACRC) - owned and operated by GEO Reentry; Arapahoe Community Treatment Cener (ACTC) - owned and operated by CoreCivic; and Centennial Community Transition Center (CCTC) - owned and operated by CoreCivic. Together, these programs ...
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