(a) There is hereby created a program in the Counties of Alameda, Kern, Los Angeles, Marin, Napa, Orange, Sacramento, San Bernardino, San Francisco, San Diego, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Santa Clara, Stanislaus, and Ventura. In each county, the sheriff or the county officer responsible for operating the jails may expend money from the inmate welfare fund to provide indigent inmates, after release from the county jail or any other adult detention facility under the jurisdiction of the sheriff or the county officer responsible for operating the jails, assistance with the reentry process within 30 days after the inmate’s release. The assistance provided may include work placement, counseling, obtaining proper identification, education, and housing.
(b) This section does not authorize money from the inmate welfare fund to be used to provide any services that are required to be provided by the sheriff or the county. Money in the fund shall supplement existing services, and shall not be used to supplant any existing funding for services provided by the sheriff or the county.
(c) As part of the itemized report of expenditures required to be submitted to the board of supervisors pursuant to Section 4025, any sheriff or county officer responsible for operating a jail of a county that participates in the program shall include in the report all of the following:
(1) How much money was spent pursuant to this section.
(2) The number of inmates the program served.
(3) The types of assistance for which the funds were used.
(4) The average length of time an inmate used the program.
(Added by Stats. 2016, Ch. 178, Sec. 1. (AB 920) Effective August 25, 2016.)