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FROM: Lionel Chatman,
County Probation Officer Costa
DATE: October 24, 2006 STq COUK County
SUBJECT: PROBATION APPLICATION FOR MENTALLY ILL OFFENDER FUNDING
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S)OR RECOMMENDATION(S)&BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATION:
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Probation Officer, or designee to apply for and accept funding
from the State of California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation in an amount not to
exceed $1,500,000 for the period January 1, 2007 through June 30, 2008 in an effort to reduce
involvement of mentally ill juvenile offenders in the criminal justice system.
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
The grant requires a 25% match which may be met through hard (cash) or soft (in-kind)
matching or a combination of both.
BACKGROUND:
AB 1811 established the Mentally III Offender Crime Reduction Grant program, to be
administered by the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation with the goal of reducing the
involvement of mentally ill offenders in the justice system. The 2006 State Budget Act, as
amended by AB 1811, appropriated $22,295,500 for grants targeting adult offenders and the
same amount for grants targeting juvenile offenders.
Like most jurisdictions, Contra Costa County's juvenile justice system includes significant
numbers of minors with serious mental health problems. The purpose of this project will be to
reduce recidivism through treatment in partnership with parents. The project will serve eligible
youth locally, in community-based treatment programs. The mentally III Offender Grant services
will be concentrated in the areas of the County singled out for service as part of the
Disproportionate Minority Contact project.
Components of the project will include: significantly enhanced risk/needs assessment of minors
and creation of a multi-agency assessment team to make treatment recommendations to the
Juvenile Court. Eligible minors with be placed on specialized family Probation caseloads and
placed in proven ("evidence-based") family therapy programs. The program will also include
"Parent Partners" who will encourage families to participate (enrollment in treatment will be
voluntary) and represent.the families in the project. If appropriate, minors will also receive
"wraparound" services based on the mental health's existi g raparoun pro m.
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: ,YES SIGNATURE:
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✓RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
APPROVE OTHER
SIGNATURE(S):
Action of Board �6/ Approved as Recommended Other
VOT OF SUPERVISORS I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
NANIMOUS(ABSENT ) AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE
AYES: NOES: SHOWN.
ABSENT: ABSTAIN: 04;" 0 ON
ATTESTED
CONTACT: Lionel Chatman 313-4188 JOHN CULLEN,CLERK OF THE BOAP OF
Cc: Probation,Cynthia Haven SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
CAO,Jennifer Deadman
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DEPUTY