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Police Department <br />www.santa-ana.org/departments/police/ <br />i Item # 27 <br />City of Santa Ana <br />20 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana, CA 92701 <br />Staff Report <br />July 19, 2022 <br />TOPIC: Agreements for Jail Inmate Counseling Services <br />AGENDA TITLE: <br />Approve Three -Year Agreements with Luis Raul Martinez and Felice Hernandez for Jail <br />Counseling Services <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />1. Authorize the City Manager to execute a three-year agreement with Luis Raul <br />Martinez, for the period of July 19, 2022 through June 30, 2025, to provide counseling <br />services, in an amount not to exceed $120,000, subject to non -substantive changes <br />approved by the City Manager and City Attorney. <br />2. Authorize the City Manager to execute a three-year agreement with Felice Hernandez, <br />for the period of July 19, 2022 through June 30, 2025, to provide counseling services, <br />in an amount not to exceed $120,000, subject to non -substantive changes approved <br />by the City Manager and City Attorney. <br />DISCUSSION <br />Per California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Title 15, the Santa Ana Jail <br />is required to provide counseling services to Santa Ana Jail inmates. Luis Raul Martinez <br />and Felice Hernandez are well qualified and have been providing jail counseling services <br />to the Santa Ana Jail for many years. Through these agreements, the counselors will <br />provide one-on-one counseling and instructional services encompassing the fields of <br />anger management, stress reduction, conflict management/resolution, domestic violence <br />avoidance, and chemical dependency avoidance to the inmates housed in the Santa Ana <br />Jail. <br />In-house professional counselors are an important resource in the effort to help inmates <br />more smoothly reintegrate with their communities upon release. In addition, these <br />services are crucial in providing required care outlined by the federal Prison Rape <br />Elimination Act (PREA) and industry standards associated with suicide prevention <br />protocols. The agreement terms will run from July 19, 2022 through June 30, 2025. <br />