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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 05141985 - 2.2 ,7-00"1 TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS tr FROM: PHIL BATCHELOR Con`f County Administrator Costa DATE: May 7, 1985 County SUBJECT: 1985/86 COUNTY JUSTICE SYSTEM SUBVENTION PROGRAM SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION RECOMMENDATION: Adopt recommendations of the County Administrator on the funding of 1985/86 County Justice System Subvention Program projects as follows: Project Amount. District Attorney, PERFORMANCE OF AB 3121 FUNCTIONS $ 254,414 Public Defender, DEFENSE OF JUVENILES 76,279 Probation, HOME SUPERVISION 76,324 Criminal Justice Agency, PLANNING, COORDINATION, EVALUATION & 39,283 ADMINISTRATION Brentwood, EAST COUNTY YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES 82,705 Probation, BYRON BOYS' RANCH 828,979 Health Services, DETENTION FACILITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES 148,880 Friends Outside, FRIENDS OUTSIDE 35,736 Battered Women's Alternatives, VIOLENCE ABATEMENT PROGRAM 24,407 District Attorney, ADULT PRE-TRIAL DIVERSION 181,390 Total $1,748,397 FINANCIAL IMPACT: The Subvention Program projects recommended above support effective County justice system and related projects, including programs mandated by State law. Without these State funds, there would be an increased use of County General Funds. REASONS FOR RECOMMENDATIONS/BACKGROUND: On April 30, 1985, your Board held a public hearing on the April 23, 1985 report of,.the County Justice System Subvention Program Advisory Group recommending 1985/86 funding. Your Board referred that report to this Office for review and recommendation. This Office has reviewed that report. We support the decision of the Advisory Group to consider only continuing projects in 1985/86 and we believe that the projects submitted for approval are effective projects worthy of continued funding. Without these State funds, many of these projects would require a greater infusion of County dollars. Programs such as the CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: X YES SIGNATURE: RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDAT N OF BOARD COMMITTEE APPROVE OTHER SIGNATURE(S) ACTION OF BOARD ON Sy APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER VOTE OF SUPERVISORS X UNANIMOUS (ABSENT ) 1 HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE AYES: NOES: AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN ABSENT: ABSTAIN: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN. CC: County Administrator's Office-Justice ATTESTED System Programs (for distribution) V PHIL BATCHELOR, CLERK OF THE BOARD OF Auditor-Controller SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR M3e2l7-e3 BY DEPUTY Attachment 1 O O H M C ON to ON O tO r O r H O -4 r N O [- Co M O 01 U r� N d' N M r` 0) CO r` �O 0) d' kD N CD CO to qP r4 CD CD M to r` r` Co N v M N CD w 111 \ N CD r4 rl r` OD to 1-1 OD O r♦ 111 WU a En e z a H r•+ qw rn V v1 r-4 o %D r. 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DEFENSE OF JUVENILES ($76,279) (Public Defender) (State Mandated) Allows the Public Defender to handle the increased defense workload arising from AB 3121 requirements. HOME SUPERVISION ($76,324) (Probation Department) (State Mandated) Provides countywide supervision of juveniles (6021s) at home in lieu of detention at Juvenile Hall while awaiting court disposition. Its purpose is to assure that the minors appear at court hearings, commit no new offenses and obey the conditions of release. PLANNING, COORDINATION, EVALUATION AND ADMINISTRATION ($39,283) (Criminal Justice Agency of Contra Costa County) This project is designed to provide the County Administrator's Office, Subvention Program Advisory Group, and the Criminal Justice Agency Planning Board with justice planning, coordination, evaluation and administrative support services. It funds part of the CJA planning functions which include criminal justice coordination and planning across jurisdictional and departmental lines; grant and program administration (including Subvention Program administration) ; funding source development; short-term studies and planning efforts (including update of the Adult Correctional Facilities Master Plan and Juvenile Corrections Master Plan) ; detention facility planning under Propositions 2 and 16, including providing the Sheriff's Department with planning services related to detention facility programming and developing responses to overcrowding; staffing of commissions and Advisory Groups (including Subvention Program, CJA, and CADSAC) ; legis- lative analysis, development and monitoring; providing for public education and input in criminal justice system matters; maintaining a centralized criminal justice data and information library; and program evaluation. EAST COUNTY YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES (82,705) (City of Brentwood, Antioch Police Department, Sheriff) This regional diversion project operates in the City of Brentwood, the unincorporated area of East County and the City of Antioch. The program emphasizes short-term family and individual counseling for approximately 150 misdemeanor offenders and 90 felons. Services will also be provided for 20 re-entry juveniles leaving local correctional institutions and for status offenders in East County. *Section 602 of the Welfare and Institutions Code places within the jurisdiction of the juvenile court those who violate Federal or State laws or local ordinances other than curfew. Attachment 2 Page 2 of 2 BYRON BOYS' RANCH ($828,979) (Probation Department) Subsidizes partial costs of Byron Boys' Ranch, an open, non-secure treatment institution for delinquent boys committed by the Juvenile Court. Normal capacity is 64 beds with expansion to 74 beds when needed. Staffing consists of 1 superintendent, 4 supervisors, 11 counselors, and 6 support staff. DETENTION FACILITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES ($148,880) (Health Services Department) Provides mental health services at the Martinez Detention Facility to assist the Sheriff in inmate control and preserving safety of staff and inmates. Mental Health staff will screen all inmates expected to stay one week or more and'those admitted during nighttime hours. Treatment services will be provided to the mentally disordered inmates in the medical module and to stabilized inmates in general living units, Mental Health staff will respond to referrals to inmates by deputies and other Detention Facility staff. FRIENDS OUTSIDE ($35,736) (Friends Outside, Inc,) (Sheriff's Department) Continues programs of Detention Facility visiting whereby volunteers interview inmates and carry out their requests; services to inmates' families; and recruitment, training and coordination of Detention Facility volunteers. Food and clothing for families of prisoners is provided as needed through donations. VIOLENCE ABATEMENT PROGRAM ($24,407) (Battered Women's Alternatives) Provides treatment services to men who physically abuse their spouses. Clients will be referred from law and justice agencies throughout the criminal justice process as well as from sources outside the justice system (crisis line callers, support group partici- pants) . Priority will be given to offenders participating in domestic violence diversion per Penal Code Section 1000.60 ADULT PRE-TRIAL DIVERSION ($181,390) (District Attorney's Office) Jointly implemented by the District Attorney and the Probation Department, this countywide program diverts 900-1,200 selected adult misdemeanant offenders from the criminal justice system at the pre-trial, post-complaint stage. Short-term (3 months- one year) diversion agreements with individualized conditions (often community service and restitution) are carried out with successful diversion resulting in dismissed charges. Such diversion also enables judges and prosecutors to spend more time on serious cases.