HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 01122010 - C.66RECOMMENDATION(S):
ADOPT Resolution No. 2010/2 approving and authorizing the County Probation Officer, or designee, to apply for
and accept a grant from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Center for Substance
Abuse Treatment in an amount not to exceed $1,200,000 for the development and implementation of offender
re-entry services at the Orin Allen Youth Rehabilitation facility and for the Youthful Offender Treatment Program for
the period October 1, 2010 through September 30, 2013.
FISCAL IMPACT:
$1,200,000; 100% Federal funds, No County match required. Up to $400,000 annually for a three-year performance
period. CFDA No. 93.243
BACKGROUND:
The purpose of this program is to expand and enhance existing transitional treatment and re-entry services for
youthful offenders focusing on existing Alcohol and Other Drug (AOD) services. In a report submitted to the Board
of Supervisors by Contra Costa Health Services (study of Youth
APPROVE OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD
COMMITTEE
Action of Board On: 01/12/2010 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
Clerks Notes:
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
AYES 5 NOES ____
ABSENT ____ ABSTAIN ____
RECUSE ____
Contact: Paula Hernandez,
313-4149
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.
ATTESTED: January 12, 2010
David J. Twa, County Administrator and Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
By: Katherine Sinclair, Deputy
cc:
C. 66
To:Board of Supervisors
From:Lionel D. Chatman, County Probation Officer
Date:January 12, 2010
Contra
Costa
County
Subject:2010 SAMSHA Offender Re-Entry Grant
Application
BACKGROUND: (CONT'D)
Access and Utilization of AOD Treatment in Contra Costa County, 1999), youth are underrepresented in
publicly-funded AOD treatment programs. Youth who are referred are not entering treatment in appropriate
numbers. The impacted youths have themselves recommended that funding and resources should be targeted on
youth experimenting with alcohol and drugs. Youth in the juvenile justice system have almost four times the rate of
abuse disorders than the general juvenile population in the United States. This program is intended to reduce the
health and social costs to the public of substance abuse and dependence, and increase the safety of the community by
reducing substance abuse related crime and violence. Efforts will focus on improving service linkage/transition for
incarcerated youth from the facility to re-entry into the community and moving from intense parole to a less
intensive form of general probation supervision. The Mental Health Service Act (MHSA) is funding transition and
after care services to those youth experiencing mental illness, and this grant will provide for those who also suffer
from substance abuse issues, a symptom many "high risk" criminal justice youth share. This grant will fund one,
full-time case manager position and community-based treatment options for the grant term.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT: