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FROM: PHIL BATCHELOR
County Administrator Costa
DATE: May 16, 1986 County
SUBJECT: PRESENTATION ON THE RIGHT DIRECTION PROJECT - 3:15 P.M. ITEM
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATION:
Accept report from Judge Richard Patsey and Judi Parent, Executive Director, on the status
of the Right Direction Project.
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
None
REASONS FOR RECOMMENDATION/BACKGROUND:
On December 18, 1984, your Board adopted the Juvenile Corrections Master Plan as
recommended by both the Criminal Justice Agency Board and the Juvenile Justice and
Delinquency Prevention Commissions. One of the needs identified in development of the
Plan was additional resources for the Juvenile Court and .other juvenile justice
practitioners for referral of juveniles with special problems. To address this need, a
priority recommendation in the Master Plan was the implementation of a non-profit program
whose function is to obtain volunteer medical, dental, psychiatric, counseling, diagnostic
evaluations and remedial services for delinquent and ."at risk" youth. After assessment of
a referred youth, project staff would link the youth with a volunteer professional
individual(s), agency(ies) who can help resolve the problems that contribute to the
delinquency.
Criminal Justice Agency staff, members of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
Commissions and Judge Richard Patsey of the Superior Court developed an application for a
project--The Right Direction. As approved by your Board on May 28, 1985, the application
was submitted for funding to the California Youth Authority. Funding was approved for one
year. A project Executive -Director, Judi Parent, was hired February 1, 1986.
.Currently, the project is sponsored by the Superior Court and administered through
contract -by'the Criminal Justice Agency. The Probation Department is also providing
critical assistance to help the project in its first year. The intent of the project is
to develop into a private non-profit corporation to qualify for private foundation
support. This effort is currently underway.
Judge Patsey and Judi Parent are scheduled to make a presentation before the Board to
announce the commencement of project services.
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATURE:
X RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COM ITTEE
X_APPROVE OTHER
SIGNATORE(S)
ACTION OF BOARD ON June 3 , 1986 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED X OTHER X
The Board expressed appreciation -to Jud.cge_-Pats-e_v_ and Judy Parent for
their presentation of the Right Direction Project.
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
X UNANIMOUS (ABSENT ) I 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: Judge Richard Patsey, Superior Court ATTESTED June 3 , 1986,
Judi Parent, Right Direction Project PHIL BATCHELOR, CLERK OF THE BOARD OF
Criminal Justice Agency SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
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