Permanent supportive housing for parolees.

Existing law requires the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to provide a supportive housing program, known as the Integrated Services for Mentally Ill Parolees (ISMIP) program, that provides wraparound services to mentally ill parolees at risk of homelessness using funding appropriated for that purpose. This bill would require the department to enter into contracts with contractors who provide short-term housing to parolees through an adult day reporting center or through the department's Specialized Treatment for Optimized Programming (STOP) to provide permanent housing for individuals exiting prison who are at risk of homelessness and to parolees experiencing homelessness. The bill would require the department to coordinate with the Department of Housing and Community Development to draft and establish guidelines, requests for proposals, and amended or new scopes of work for contractors offering the permanent housing. The bill would also require the department to coordinate with the Department of Housing and Community Development to design and implement an independent evaluation of all programs providing short-term or long-term housing to parolees, as specified. The bill would require the evaluation to be submitted to the chairs of specified legislative committees of the Senate and Assembly on or before January 1, 2023.