Supervised release: California Fresh Start Grant Program.

Existing law establishes the Board of State and Community Corrections with the mission of providing statewide leadership, coordination, and technical assistance to promote effective state and local efforts and partnerships in California's criminal justice system. Under existing law, the board administers several grant programs that provide funds to local and nonprofit entities to address issues including crime prevention, criminal justice diversion, and recidivism. This bill would create the California Fresh Start Grant Program, to be administered by the board. The bill would require the board, if funds are appropriated by the Legislature, to award competitive grants, as specified, to public or private nonprofit entities for the purpose of providing coordinated reentry services for recently incarcerated persons. The bill would require the board to report to the Legislature on the effectiveness of the program.