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IN THE MATTER OF PROCLAIM NG RESOLUTION NO. 98/301
AUGUST 15"m AND 161m, 1998 AS
"PAINT T1E STRAIT WEEKEND91
AREAS,the Carquinez Regional Envhmmental Education Center was incorporated in August 1995,as a
pudic interest charity to effect habitat and species enhancement in the communities around the:Carquinez
Strait;and
WHEREAS,CREEC is a volunteer organization dedicated to the betterment of the area's natural resources
through cooperative partnershipsbetween residents,businesses, schools,agencies and industries around the
Strait, and
WHEREAS,CREEC will host the Second Annual Scene on the Strait celebrating the beauty of the Carquinez
Strait as seen through its painters on August 151 and 16'6,1998;and
WHEREAS,there is along tradition of plein-air(out-of-doers)painting in California'going back to the turn of
the century,and
WHEREAS,the Second Annual Scene on the Strain will include 15 regional Plein-air painters who will paint
live on location at the Martinez Regional Shoreline and in the historic town of Martinez and exhibit paintings
of scenes around the Strait at a shove and sale near the waterfront;and
WHEREAS,both days of the celebration will feature Mediterranean foods, strolling:musicians,and displays
reflecting the area's rich cultural and environmental'heritage; and
WWREAS, Scene on the Strait is sponsored by local and regional businesses and organizations;and
WHEREAS,the First Annual Scene on the Strait in 1997 attracted some 804 art lovers from all over Northern
California; and
WME.REAS,the proceeds from the First Annual Scene on the Strait were used to fund the nation's first,
student-operated,public native butterfly rearing facility,and
'f HE1tkAS,the paintings will be moved to the Epperson Gallery in Crockett for four weeks following the Scene
on the Strait*
NOW,THEREFORE,BE ff RESOLVED that the Board of Supervisors of Contra Costa County does proclaim the
weekend of August 151h and 16"',1998,as "Paint the Strait`Weekend.
PASSED by a unanimous vote of the Board of Supervisors members present this 11th day of August, 1998.
VMODUCED BY:
.A RG Chair
ct It r lkstrict I Supervisor
Ex MAW DI&AULNER
13istrict ervisor District IV Supervisor
ANCLANH
/` District V Supemsor
I Eby mdfy dw ft,foregoft is a trot and correct appy of an order
entered into to;moots of Board of SUPer ISM on dte date aforesaid.
Phil Admnisouor wtd Clerk of du Bow of Supervisors.
By �
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THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA
Adopted this Order on August 11, 1998, by the following vote:
AYES: SupervisorsUilkema, Gerber, DeSaulnier, Canciamilla and Rogers
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
Re; Report from the County Probation Officer on Departmental Performance
On this date, the Board of Supervisors considered a departmental performance
report (as attached)' from Terrence Staff, County Probation Officer. Gemma
Pasto, Probation Field Services Director, was also present for the report.
A video'tape was shown demonstrating the home improvements that County
Probation Officer's are doing for troubled families. Trina, a Probation Officer,
commented on the paint and rehabilitation projects. She noted the projects help
troubled families improve their environment and bridge the gap between the
Probation Department and the families.
The Board discussed the matter, and took the following action:
Supervisor DeSaulnier moved to accept the Probation Department's report, and
requested that the County Probation Officer report to the Family and Human
Services Committee on the school site Probation Officer's program and how it's
evolving Supervisor Uilkema seconded the motion;
The Board took the following action:
IT IS BY THE BOARD ORDERED that the report from the County
Probation Officer is ACCEPTED; and the Probation Officer is REQUESTED
to report`to the Family and Human 'Services Committee relative to the school
site Probation`'Officer's program.
I hereby certify that this is a true
and correct copy of an action taken
and entered on the minutes of the Board
of Supervisors on the date shown.
A'I PESTED August 11 1998,
Phil Batch Clerk of the Board
o Supervis Coon " dministrator
BY
Barbara S raA Deputy Clerk
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Probation Department
Terrence stair
Probation Department Contra TorrPROBATION OFFICER
Administrative offices Costa
50 Douglas Drive,suite 201 County
Martinez,California 94553-8500
(510)313-4180
(510)313-4191 FAX
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To: Phil Batchelor, �N Jf oate7/7/98
County Administrator
From: Terrence Starr, subject: Status Report/Probation
County Probation Officer Department for FY 97/98
What follows is an overview and an update of the Contra Costa County
Probation Department as of this date. The report also includes a
description of the services offered, budget information, delivery systems,
as well as departmental accomplishments for the fiscal year. Finally, the
challenges faced by the County and this Department in the coming fiscal
year are outlined:
TS:ds
Attachments
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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1. DEPARTMENT OVERVIEW 1
A Department Responsibilities
B. Organizational Structure
11. RESOURCES 3
A. Financial Resources;
B Personnel Resources
C. Affirmative Action
D. Sick Leave
E. Staff Development
F Automation
Ill. CLIENT SERVICES 5
A. Workload Clientele and Service
Delivery Status
IV. ANNUAL PERFORMANCE 11
A. Goals Accomplished in Fiscal Year 1997198
V. NEW DIRECTIONS S 15
Vt. CHALLENGES 16
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1997/98 'PROBATION DEPARTMENT PERFORMANCE REPORT
1. DEPARTMENTAL OVERVIEW
A. Department Responsibilifies
While the role of the Probation 'Department in any county is
specified in detail by the Penal Cade and the Welfare and
Institutions Code, in essence Probation Departments exist to
provide information and services to the Adult and Juvenile
Courts,
Probation'smission is broad and it presents a difficult
challenge. Basically, it is to balance offender accountability
and offender opportunity for changer on an individualized
basis, while maintaining priority attention to the protection of
the community. In essence, the Probation Department exists
to serve the Courts.
B. Organza i nal Structure
The Probation Officer is appointed by the Court and is
responsible to the Superior Court. Probation Department
resources are allocated by the Board of Supervisors.
As part of the criminal justice system, Probation Departments
interrelate daily with:
the Courts and justice departments
the Board of Supervisors and the CAO
other Human Services agencies
` the State of California
federal agencies with private funds
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public
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community-based ageneses,
(See attached organizational chart.)
I. The Probation Department offers the following services:
a. Serves as the eyes and ears of bath the adult and
Juvenile Courts, with investigative and report
services which assist the Bench in making
detention, sentencing and dispositional decisions.
b. Provides unbiased recommendations to the Courts
which take into consideration community protection
and the opportunity for offenders to modify their
negativebehaviors.
C. Supervises both adults and juveniles in a manner
which assures compliance with the conditions of
probation as prescribed by the Courts.
d. Provides temporary detention and residential
treatment programs for delinquent youth.
e. Diverts appropriate offenders from the justice
system by offering supervision for diversion
programs involving substance abuse and mental
health counseling
f. Supports and encourages delinquency prevention
in cooperation with law enforcement, schools and
other agencies.
g. Provides a variety of services to victims of crime
through the Victim/Witness Assistance Program.
This is a State funded program that works closely
with police departments to provide victims with
financial aid, Counseling and ether services.
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h. Provides the Superior Courts with felony
investigation services and reports in civil/probate
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abandonments). These investigations are required
by law, although not necessarily by Probation.
II. RESOURCES
A. Financial Resources
The adopted grass budget for FY 97/98 is $27,926,114.. Of
this, $14,039,534 comes from the General Fund (56% of the
total budget). The Department will be receiving an additional
$4.4 million for this fiscal year from the Welfare Reform Act
(TANF). There is an approved TANF spending plan that will
include additional positions and some substantial one time
expenditures.
B. Personnel Resources
Current budget allocation of positions and funds for FY 97/98.
There are currently 333.4 full time equivalent employees
allocated to Probation:
1. 112.6 are deputy probation officers
103.8 are probation counselors
46.5 are clerical personnel
38.0 are first line supervisors
12 are managers
and the rest (27.5) are a variety of support and
specialist employees.
C Affirmative Action
The Department Affirmative Action Coordinator is regularly
provided with incoming information and rulings concerning case
law on Affirmative Action. The Coordinator also keeps up with
Americans with Disabilities Act information,ation, as well as
Departmental statistics, and other relevant topics.
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Comparing overall Department staffing with labor force
statistics, the Probation Department continues to be above
parity in employment of females, African Americans, and
American Indians/Alaskan. The numbers of Hispanics
represented, as well as Asian and Pacific Islanders stillare
somewhat under the general papulation numbers.
Recruitment efforts in the coming year will focus on
encouraging Hispanic and Asian/Pacific Islander candidates for
Probation Counselor and Deputy Probation Officer positions'.
D. Sick Leave
The average sick leave balance for Probation Department staff
for the period June, 1994 to June, 1998 shows the average
sick leave balance has risen from 388 to to 435 hours (see
graph).
E. Staff development
1 Performance Evaluations
Records show that while this is an area that has shown
some improvement, some 10% of the Departmental
evaluations are past due.
Department policy and procedures support making the
evaluation process one that enhances staff performance
by recognizing and 'reinforcing good work, clearly
identifying performance problems and how they can be
improved, and encouraging periodic assessment of
career goals and activities. Performance evaluations of
managers and supervisors include assessments of the
timeliness and quality of their evaluations of their
subordinates,
2. 1'n-Service Training
As an agency participant in California's Standards &
Training for Corrections {STC} program, the Probation
Department receives approximately $80,000 annually in
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state funds for appoved training costs. As a condition of
participation in the program, the Department agrees that
all corrections staff will meet STC training standards.
This requires a specific and detailed "academy„ type Core
training for new or newly promoted staff during the first
calendar year after their appointment, and annual training
for those who are remaining at the same position.
New Probation Counselors (at Juvenile Hall or the
Ranch) receive a four-week Core training, and 24 hours
annually thereafter. Deputy Probation Officers receive a
five-geek Core training, and 40 hours annually thereafter.
Probation or Institution Supervisors and Probation
Managers receive a 2-week Core training, and 40 hours
annually thereafter.-
The Probation Department Training Officer carries out a
training needs assessment each year, and from that
develops a catalog of courses from which staff choose
classes to meet their training requirements. Courses
are offered in such areas as Laws & Interpretation of
Laws; Gangs; Resources; Skills Development; Mental
Health / Psychology I Substance Abuse; Staff Safety &
Wellbeing; and Professional Development. A sampling
of this year's courses: "Officer Safety - Field Probation,"
"Three Strikes Update," "Gangs in Custody," ";Americans
With Disabilities Act Update," "Dealing with Chemically
Dependent Families". During the current fiscal year about
65 classes were presented under department
sponsorship; in addition, about 50 staff attended various
courses presented elsewhere on issues relating to their
assignments. The department also regularly has staff
(including clerical and other non-STC staff) participating
in courses at County Training Institute and in Data
Processing computer courses. Approximately 5 staff
each year tape advantage of the county's Indirect
Benefits program to assist them in taking career-relevent
coursework for college credit.
F Autornation
The department is currently implementing "desk top
integration". These are personal computers, several compact
servers running; MicroSoft Windows NT and Lotus Notes which
will shortly be installed. This technology will allow us more
flexibility in that it will allow us to utilize Contra Costa County
standardized processes, and allow connectivity to other County
Departments. We are also currently replacing old, out-dated
terminals with personal computers and we are currently
replacing our outdated printer systems with new network
printers.
The Department has been able to significantly automate its
function given some one time funding through TANF. The
Department has also been able to hire an Automation
Specialist who is upgrading systems and promoting efficiency,
as well as doing some staff training.
III.; CLIENT SERVICES
A. Workload Clientele and Service Delivery System Status
1 Adult Probation Services--lnvestlgat ons
a. The Department currently provides two probation
officers to serge the fast track criminal court
departments of the Superior Court on a daily basis.
These positions are rotated with officers from the
Felony Investigation Unit.
b. Investigations and reports to the Superior Court are
mandated by State law and include providing
presentence information to the Courts.
C. Probation provides an average of over 200 bail
study/preplea reports each month to the Courts.
These reports'make it passible for the Courts to
review bail amounts and reduce them or grant O.R.
releases where appropriate, thereby reducing the
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nuber of costly hearings, transportation costs of
inmates, and the jail's overall population.
d. Probation continues to provide an average of 291
preplea and supplemental reports to the Superior
Court every month. This represents an essential
component of the newly unified Courts of
Contra Costa County. Thus, 15.5 deputy probation
officers respond to the Courts referrals with some
6,000 reports yearly. These reports are
presentence, restitution and other supplemental
reports routinely ordered by the Superior Court.
2. Adult Services--Supervision
a. Contra Costa has over 41000 felony level formal
and Court probationers in the County. Some 2,500
of these are supervised by the four officers in the
Computer Assisted Probation Services unit (CAPS)
and approximately 750 serious offenders are
supervised by 11.5 Probation Officers who are
available to actively supervise felons cin probation
in the County. These are intensive supervision
caseloads and were identified by the Courts as
being the offenders who had priority from the
Courts for active supervision.
b. This year, two additional positions were added to
provide intensive supervision of domestic violence
offenders.
3. Juvenile Probation Referrals and Investigations
a. The Probation Department receives an average
of 400 referrals of new juvenile delinquent arrests
every month.
b. Some 290 repeat!offenders are re-referred for new
offenses and probation violations every month.
G. Of the 200 investigations done monthly,
approximately 170 are booked into Juvenile Hall'
and require some level of detention.
d. About 82% of the cases referred are resolved
through investigation and utilization of alternatives
and counseling; about 18% of the referrals received
necessitate a court hearing and additional
investigations and reports to the court.
4. Juvenile Probation Supervision
a. Most juvenile offenders are released on conditional
probation back to their awn Domes, schools and
communities. While emphasis is placled on
accountability to victims and community safety,
Probation Officers are also committed to providing
better assessment of needs and resources
available to young offenders.
(1) There are currently between 2,100 and 2,300
juveniles on probation in Contra Costa County
at any given time.
(2) With new funding resources, Juvenile
Supervision has been able to reduce large,
caseloads of from 100 to 200 minors to more
manageable sizes_ There are no banked
caseloads at the current time.
(3) In 1997, the Contra Costa Board of
Supervisors authorized three Probation
Officer positions for assignment directly to
County high schools to provide preventative
services. The department was also able to
secure a Challenge Grant which allowed for
the placing of six additional officers on the
school campuses. This program is beinig
evaluated as that is part.of the Challenge
Grant requirements and those results will be
made available to the Court and the Board of
Supervisors at a later date.
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b. Juvenit t f_Hs� ential Gar-es The
Department has substantially reduced the numbers
of youngsters in group home care over the past five
years. As late as 1934 there were well over 200
Contra Costayoungsters in out of home group
home placements. At the present time there are
approximately 120 youngsters placed in group
homes and that includes 20 who are residents of
the Summit program. Out of home placement
continues to be a last resort, used only when all
ether avenues to address a youngster's problems
have failed.
C. Horne, 'I-FI 1 : As an alternative to Juvenile
Hail detention, minors are often released to house
arrest where they are intensely supervised by
Probation staff. The goal has been to limit
caseloads to 20 per counselor. Over the pest year
the numbers of youngsters on the Home
Supervision program have remained fairly constant.
The Horne Supervision; Unit continues to work
successfully with about two-thirds of the youngsters
who go on Home Supervision, with the other third
having some level of difficulty adjusting to that
status. At any given time, we have between 80 and
90 youngsters on Home Supervision status.
d. Ete�ic- : This is a program,that has
grown dramatically over the past few years and now
deals with some 75 juveniles. It has been a very
successful method of reducing the Juvenile Hall
population and is considered very cost efficient
given the fact that the monitoring costs 15 a day
whereas a Juvenile ball stay is $125 a day.
5. Community Services Program: Approximately 1,125
juvenile offenders were involved with the Community
Services Program over the past year. This program is
supervised community _service on weekend work crews.
Work is performed by contract between the Probation
Department and ether government entities, such as the
East Say Regional Parks, School Districts and the Public
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Works Department. These contracts make the program
nearly self-sufficient.
6. Juvenile Hall: Over third of the Probation
Departments employees and a quarter of theProbation
Department's budget go to the operation of the Contra
Costa Juvenile Hall.
a. In 1997, some 2,376 youthful offenders were
admitted to the Juvenile Hall with an average stay
being 23.1 days. The capacity of the Hall is 160,
and it has been extremely difficult to maintain that
number given the population growth and other
factors, such as an increased Juvenile crime rate.
For example, in the month of May, the average
daily population was 180.3. (See graph on Juvenile
Hall ADP.)
b. About half the youngsters in Juvenile Hall are there
having been through the Juvenile Court process
and are awaiting placement in either the Ranch,
California Youth Authority or some out of home
placement. As an example, on June 30, 1998 there
were 59 young men awaiting placement at Byron
Boys' Ranch.
0. Juvenile Hall Resident Population:
West County - 42%
East County - 27%
Central County - 24%
Other - 7%
These figures are fairly consistent with past years
except the number of youngsters from the West
part of the County has dropped by 6%.
d. In comparing Contra Costa County's Juvenile Hall
with other counties, we have fewer beds, lower
admissions and a lower average,daily population
per 1,000 population than is the average statewide.
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7. 8OYS Ranch. The Orin Allen Youth Rehabilitation
Facility is run by the Probation Department and is a
residential correctional program. All juveniles admitted to
the Ranch are committed there by the Juvenile Court.
The average stay at grin Allen is four months.
Boys committed to the Ranch.
West County - 57%
Central County - 13%
East County - 3 %
Byron Boys' Ranch experienced only four walkaways
during FY" 1997-93. That is down from a high of some 50
walkaways four or five years ago.
IV ANNUAL. PERFORMANCE
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I. S.afelrutures.
The SafeFutures grant continues to help provide
numerous servicesin Contra'Costa County.
a. Summit rrr:
The Summit Program, which is a collaboration with
Mental Health and County Schools bean operating
in December of 1995. The program has a capacity
for 20 bays and the program has been consistently
full during the past year. By any measure Summit
has been a success and it has been acknowledged
by the SafeFutures evaluating turn ars one of the
more successful programs to come out of
SafeFutures.' It has also reduced the number of
group home placements outside Contra Costa
County and has provided a badly needed program
that is six months'in duration and works extensively '
with the young person's family.
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The
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over the past year, and most have done very well
on their release from the program.
Part of the success of the program has been the
aftercare program which is, again, a collaborative
with Probation, Mental health and the School
system.
b. Gang Pr+bgram:
Under SafeFutues, the ProbationDepartment
continues to work closely with police agencies in
the west part of the County to reduce and suppress
gang activity.``
C. off:
The two officers provided by the SafeFutures grant
for the aftercare program at Orin Allen have done
extremely well in making sure that the youngsters
who graduate from Grin Allen get back into school
promptly, are reintegrated in their familyl units and
that they continue to meet the conditions of their
probation. These officers have helped in many
ways, including seeing the youngsters attend
school, and that some of there find work on their
return to their communities.
d. VlP (V0I ne s tis ten)
The Probation Department presently has over 50
Volunteers in Program working in various areas of
juvenile probation: V.1 P.s serve as tutors, mentors,
and probation aides in;trying to provide added
involvement with some of the young people who are
in the Juvenile Court system. Some 12 volunteers
assist Adult Division probation officers in the
performance of their duties.
e. Mentoft
A girls' mentoring program has evolved over the
past year and, in cooperation with New
Connections, has started to match mentors with
girls in the Court system.
The SafeF'utures grant has been an outstanding example
of collaboration.
2. Llaceff wxr Q version Pl ect
At any given time, over,100 youngstersare being
supervised intensely with the idea of keeping them from
getting any deeper into the Juvenile Justice System.
(Many of these youngsters would require placement were
it not for the intense supervision available on a daily basis
by the diversion project. This is another program that
has had a direct impact on keeping the number of
youngsters in Juvenile ball at a manageable level.
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The program at Orin Allen continues to be a rich one with
a number of components, including gang and drug
programs, Senior Tutors, work experience, counseling for
young fathers and an excellent school system
Orin Allen currently has space for 74 youngsters, but
ground has been broken to build a dorm that will house
an additional 26 youngsters. Completion date for that
dorm is expected sometime hate in the year and the dorm
will be used specifically to work with the younger, less
mature youngsters who are sent to Cerin Allen.
There are currently plans being formulated to open a
facility at the old bride House complex near Juvenile Mall
to run a stepdown day treatment center for youngsters
corning out of Cerin Allen. The plan is to take bays who
have done very well in the Garin .Allen program and
release them early to the day treatment program as a
way of speeding up the process of getting bids from Court
to the Ranch without them spending so much time at
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Juvenile Hall awaiting placement. The money for this
facility has been identified and the ongoing costs will be
more economically than the overtime costs we are
currently incurring at Juvenile Mall.: This program, we
hope, will not only provide youngsters coming out of the
Ranch with some additional skills and abilities to deal with
life on the outside, but will significantly impact Juvenile
Hall overcrowding.
5. Group Home Placements
The Department has been able to held Group Home
placements at between 100 and 120 youngsters at any
given time. The Probation Department continues to
screen every youngster who is ordered placed and to
keep placements to the shortest time passible. Certainly
the Summit Program has been an extremely valuable
asset in this effort as the Summit Program is designed to
operate on six month cycles.
Planning continues for a girls' treatment center that will
allow girls and their families to participate in Ibcal
treatment. We hope to have the ability soon to treat all
Centra Costa girls locally, except for these who require a
Youth Authority commitment. That facility will be located
at the old Lion's Gate, and hopefully will be on line some
time early in 1999.
5 Juvenile Hall
The l'-all continues to be very overcrowded and the
building continues to age, though not very gracefully.
Juvenile Hall had no AWOLs from custody during this
fiscal year. The facility continues to experience staff
shortages as many of the veteran Juvenile Hell staff have
moved to the field services over this past year.
7. Juvenile Probation continues to cooperate with various
police agencies in doing searches, enforcing ;gang
prevention conditions, checking on 'sex offenders, and
drug testing wards.
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158 The Probation department continues to be an active
participant with Mental Health and Social Services with
the S.I.T. teams. These two teams, one in North
Richmond and the other in Say Point, are being
evaluated and the results should be interesting given the
amount of effort that has gone into this concept.
9. The Probation Department met all of its budget
commitments for the year 1937-98.
V. NEW DIRECTIONS
1 . The expansion of the Orin Allen Youth Rehabilitation Facility to
190 beds is underway and on schedule. We hope to have the
beds on line by December 1, 1998.
2. The establishment of a girls facility to provide 20 in-house and
up to 15 day treatment slots at the Lien's Gate facility is
underway. Preliminary architectural plans have been
completed and the programs that are currently using that
facility,are going to be vacating it very soon. The money to
renovate the facility has been identified and the completion
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state is currently set for Spring,, 1999. This is probably the most
critical need the Contra Costa Probation Deportment has with
the exception of overcrowding at Juvenile Hall.
3. Officer Safety. Probation Officers are cooperating with police
agencies throughout Contra Costa County and are doing
searches of homes, and such activities as warrant sweeps,
truancy sweeps, checking on sex offenders, etc. The
Department has beefed up its training on safety practices and
has secured vests, portable phones and ether items of
equipment that make officers significantly safer in the field.
4. Increased use of computers and other electronic
advancements to more efficiently perform duties. The
Department is in the process of putting a plan for automation in
place and hopefully in pursuing its plan to purchase more and
better computing equipment.
5. The Department did secure the Challenge Grant this past fiscal
year and there are now 12 officers assigned directly to high
schools. The Challenge Grant has an extensive evaluation
component and the Board should have areport on the
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effectiveness of this program sometime in the'next'24 months.
The Department is particularly pleased because the officers
selected for working in the schools were all volunteers and will
be working with wards and non wards alike to try and keep kids
in school and out of the Juvenile Justice System.
6. JSPAC (Juvenile Systems Planning Advisory Committee).
Probation has provided staffing to JSPAC over this year and
has worked with JSPAC on the Continuum of Care as well as
efforts to secure a new juvenile hall, a new girls' program, and
a number of other issues.
7. The department will continue to try and reduce out''-of home/'
out-of-county group home placements.
8. The County was successful in securing a Federal Crime Bill
grunt for a million dollars and pians are currently underway to
expand the hard bed capacity at Juvenile Hall by some 10
beds. This in no way meets the Juvenile'Hall overcrowding
issue, but certainly gives staff:some options in better utilizing
the space available. Plans call'for the expansion to be
completed in late 1998 or early 1999.
9. Pride douse Update.' Preliminary estimates for the cost of
providing a facility to work with 30 boys from the Bays' Ranch
on an early release, stepdown program have been completed.
The money'to recondition 'Pride House has been identified and
the hope is that that program can be up and running sometime
in the early fall.
VI. CHALLENGES
The biggest challenges facing Probation in the coming year are:
1 . Continued severe Juvenile Hall overcrowding.
2. The uncertainty of funding With Probation heavily dependent
upon revenues from the state and federal governments, any
change in the flaw of those revenues dramatically impacts
Probation on an immediate basis.
3. Increasing medical casts for wards at Juvenile Hall/grin Allen.
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4. The need for more staff to adequately provide supervision
services to Adult Courts in: the County.
This has been an exciting and rewarding year for Probation in Contra
CostaCounty. Lots of needs have been addressed and the
Department:has enjoyed excellent support from the Courts, the
Board of Supervisors, the CAO's office, as well as such community
entities as JSPAC, the Juvenile Justice Commission and others. We
look forward to that cooperation continuing in this year and in
following years.
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