The mission of the Board of State and Community Corrections (BSCC) is to provide statewide leadership, coordination, and technical assistance to promote effective state and local efforts and partnerships in California's adult and juvenile criminal justice system, including providing technical assistance and coordination to local governments related to realignment. This mission reflects the principle of aligning fiscal policy and correctional practices, including prevention, intervention, suppression, supervision, and incapacitation. The goal is to promote a justice investment strategy that fits each county and is consistent with the integrated statewide goal of improved public safety through cost-effective, promising, and evidence-based strategies for managing criminal justice populations.

The BSCC is organized into the following programs:

• Board of State and Community Corrections Administration and Program Support
• Corrections Planning and Grant Programs
• Local Facility Standards and Operations
• Standards and Training for Local Corrections

Legislation associated with the 2011 Budget Act abolished the Corrections Standards Authority (CSA) within the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation and established the BSCC as an independent entity, effective July 1, 2012. The BSCC will absorb the previous functions of the CSA as well as various other public safety programs previously administered by the California Emergency Management Agency.