HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 07102012 - C.96RECOMMENDATION(S):
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Purchasing Agent to purchase, on behalf of the Probation Department, one
hundred (100) Wal-Mart gift cards in an amount of $10 each for a total of $1,000 to promote participation in the
Thinking For a Change rehabilitative program.
FISCAL IMPACT:
100% AB109 Realignment and Juvenile Justice Crime Prevention Act (JJCPA) funds, Budgeted.
BACKGROUND:
The Probation Department is offering a cognitive based program called "Thinking For A Change" for probationers.
The program is offered weekly over a period of 26 weeks. Deputy Probation Officers are currently facilitating five
groups offered in West, Central and East County. The program curriculum focuses on giving the clients tools to
change their thinking which studies have shown leads to changed behavior. The gift cards will be used as an incentive
for the clients to complete the program as they transition and re-enter their communities. The gift cards are funded
with AB109 Realignment and Juvenile Justice Crime Prevention Act funds.
APPROVE OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
Action of Board On: 07/10/2012 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
Clerks Notes:
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
AYE:John Gioia, District I Supervisor
Candace Andersen, District II
Supervisor
Mary N. Piepho, District III
Supervisor
Karen Mitchoff, District IV
Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V
Supervisor
Contact: Becky Eaton,
313-4195
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: July 10, 2012
David Twa, County Administrator and Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
By: June McHuen, Deputy
cc:
C. 96
To:Board of Supervisors
From:Philip F. Kader, County Probation Officer
Date:July 10, 2012
Contra
Costa
County
Subject:Purchase Gift Cards for the Thinking For a Change program offered by the Probation Department
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
If this Board Order is not approve, the Department will not be to issue incentives to probationers attending the
Thinking for A Change program.
CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT:
Not applicable.