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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 05021989 - T.5 TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS FROM: PHIL BATCHELOR County Administrator 1ti DATE: April 28, 1989 SUBJECT: REPORT ON 1989/90 COUNTY JUSTICE SYSTEM SUBVENTION PROGRAM Specific Request(s) or Recommendations(s) & Background & Justification RECOMMENDATION: 1. Accept Report from the County Administrator on the 1989/90 Subvention Program, hold public hearing set for 11:00 a.m. , May 2, 1989, and consider adoption of funding recommendations as follows: Implementing Agency Project Title 1989/90 Amount District Attorney PERFORMANCE OF AB 3121 FUNCTIONS $253,334 Public Defender DEFENSE OF JUVENILES 75,955 Probation HOME SUPERVISION 76,000 To Be Decided MANDATED AB 3121 50,204 Brentwood YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES 20,589 Probation BYRON BOYS' RANCH 206,365 Health Services DETENT. FACIL. MENTAL HEALTH SERV. 37,062 Friends Outside FRIENDS OUTSIDE 8,896 Battered Women's Alt. BATTERING ABATEMENT TRAINING PROG. 6,076 District Attorney ADULT PRE-TRIAL DIVERSION 45,155 Criminal Justice Ag. PLANNING, COORD. , EVAL. & ADM. 9,779 TOTAL FUNDS $789,414 2. Certify to the California Youth authority through a separate Resolution that 1989/90 County Justice System Subvention Program funds will be spent for the purposes set forth in Section 1806(a) of the Welfare and Institutions Code. 3. a. Authorize the County Administrator or his designee to execute on behalf of the County those contracts required to implement the following approved 1989/90 Subvention Program projects: CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: X YES Signature: X Recommendation of County Administrator Recommendation of Board Committee X Approve Other Signature(s): Action of Board on: MAY 2 1989 Approved as Recommended G� Other Vote of Supervisors: I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAffid G Unanimous (Absent ) AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE Ayes: Noes: ' BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ON DATE SHOWN. Absent: Abstain: MAY 2 7989 Attested: cc: CAO-Justice System Programs Phil Batchelor, Clerk of Criminal Justice Agency (for distribution) the Board of Supervisors and County Administrator By: DEPUTY Report on 1989/90 County Justice 2 April 28, 1989 System Subvention Program .Organization Amount Not to Exceed Criminal Justice Agency of Contra Costa County $47,889 Brentwood Police Department (Serves East County) 20,589 Friends Outside 8,896 Battered Women's Alternatives 6,076 b. That each contract contain a condition that it is terminated without notice should funds not be appropriated within the final 1989/90 County budget. 4. Direct the County Administrator to provide an up-to-date report to the Board during the FY 1989-90 budget hearings regarding the status of Subvention Program funding within the State's budget. FINANCIAL IMPACT: Subvention funds support projects that are integral to operation of the County's justice system. Some are mandated. Without this support, a greater investment of County funds would be required. BACKGROUND/REASONS FOR RECOMrENIDATIONS: On March 14, 1989, your Board approved a report on the current status of the County Justice System Subvention Program within the Governor's proposed FY 1989/90 budget. It was indicated at that time that a little over half the required funds have been deleted from the Governor's proposal. Since that time, a Statewide organized campaign has been mounted to restore these funds to the State budget. This effort involves CSAC, county probation departments, private agencies and other recipients of State Subvention funds. At this time, it is too early to tell whether this effort will be successful, but this Office will bring your Board up to date on this issue as it develops. On March 30, 1989, the Subvention Program Advisory Group met and, in view of the State budget situation, recommended continuation of existing programs at current levels ,on the assumption that the required funds will be included ultimately in the adopted State budget. The above recommendations of the County Administrator are intended to provide interim funding to existing projects within our current allocation of $789,414, as given to us by the California Youth Authority. This is based on what is currently in the Governor's budget. This permits the three programs that are mandated by State law (PERFORMANCE OF AB 3121 FUNCTIONS-District Attorney, DEFENSE OF JUVENILES-Public Defender, HOME SUPERVISION-Probation) to be operated for the full 12 months and for the balance of the programs to be operated through September 30, 1989. This allows each program to continue its important operations pending resolution of the State budget issue and provides adequate time for transition to another method of operation should circumstances require. The certification of compliance through separate Board Resolution in recommendation 2 is required by the California Youth Authority by May 15, 1989. Four approved projects will require a continuation of existing contracts with the County. All of these projects are continuing projects. So that there will be no break in services July 1, I am recommending that the Board of Supervisors, as it did last year, authorize the County Administrator or his designee to execute on behalf of the County those contracts for the above-listed projects. The amount approved for the Criminal Justice Agency includes $38,110 of County general funds, as budgeted within Budget Unit 0325. Attachment 1 Page 1 of 2 SUMMARIES OF PROJECTS CONTRA COSTA COUNTY 1989/90 SUBVENTION PROGRAM 1989/90 PROJECTS RECOMMENDED FOR FUNDING SUBVENTION FUNDS PERFORMANCE OF AB 3121 FUNCTIONS (District Attorney's Office) (State Mandated) ($253,334) Funds the Juvenile Division which, under AB 3121, is required to be present and represent the People in all court hearings relating to 602* cases (fitness hearings, arraignments and pre-trials, contested hearings, detention hearings and disposition hearings). DEFENSE OF JUVENILES ($75,955) (Public Defender) (State Mandated) Allows the Public Defender to handle the increased defense workload arising from AB 3121 requirements. HOME SUPERVISION ($76,000) (Probation Department)_ (State Mandated) Provides countywide supervision of juveniles (602's) at home in lieu of detention at Juvenile Hall while awaiting court disposition. Its purpose is to assure that the minors appear at court hearings, commit no new offenses and obey the conditions of release. PLANNING, COORDINATION, EVALUATION AND ADMINISTRATION ($ 9,779) (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, 16, and 52, including providing the Sheriff's Department with planning services related to detention facility programming. EAST COUNTY YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES ($20,589) (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 misdemeanor offenders and felons (many will be re-entry juveniles leaving local correctional institutions). Services will also be provided 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 1 Page 2 of 2 BYRON BOYS' RANCH ($206,365) (Probation Department) Subsidizes partial costs of Byron Boys' Ranch, an open, non-secure treatment institution for delinquent boys committed by the Juvenile Court. Normal capacity is 64 beds with expansion to 74 beds when needed. Staffing consists of 1 superintendent, 4 supervisors, 11 counselors, and 6 support staff. DETENTION FACILITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES ($ 37,062) (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 ($ 8,896) (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. BATTERING ABATEMENT TRAINING PROGRAM ($ 6,076) (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 participants). Priority will be given to offenders participating in domestic violence diversion per Penal Code Section 1000.6. ADULT PRE-TRIAL DIVERSION ($ 45,155) (District Attorney's Office) Implemented by the District Attorney, this countywide program diverts 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. 4/24/89 Attachment 2 CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL The Advisory Group has placed a number of conditions on all approved projects, as follows: 1. Projects must be operated consistent with applicable policies and regulations of the California Youth Authority, the County of Contra Costa, and the Advisory Group. This includes the CYA requirement that daily time records must be maintained for project personnel, including those working less than full-time. 2. Approved project amounts are contingent upon Board of Supervisors' approval, State certification of the County's 1989/90 Subvention Program application, the final 1989/90 State appropriation for the Subvention Program, and the final determination of Contra Costa County's 1989/90 Subvention Program allocation. Any reduction in the County's allocation of Subvention funds may affect the inclusion of project(s) in the County application and/or their approved amounts. 3. Advisory Group staff is authorized to negotiate with each approved project a final program and detailed budget pursuant to the policies and regulations mentioned in number 1, above. If substantial changes are indicated, the final application, including budget, is then subject to review by the Advisory Group, or a Committee thereof, before the project is implemented. 4. All city and private agency projects require a contract which must be approved and executed by both the city or private agency and the County. The final project proposal and budget as approved by the Advisory Group will be incorporated into that contract together with the policies and regulations mentioned in number 1, above, and special conditions, if any. 5. Projects are approved only for the period of time specified in the proposals (Item I of the face sheet of the Program Element Description). 6. The project must agree to cooperate with the monitoring and evaluation activities and reporting requirements of CYA and the Advisory Group. 7. Private agencies must demonstrate the capacity to maintain adequate accounting records in accordance with State and County requirements and to provide for an independent audit of such records. 8. Title to equipment purchased with Subvention funds consistent with the approved budget remains vested in the County. The Advisory Group retains the right to control the disposition of the equipment. Additional conditions of approval will be added for specific projects as directed by the Advisory Group. 4/24/89 THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF CONTRA COSTA COUNTY CALIFORNIA Adopted this Order on May 2, 1989 , by the following vote: AYES: Supervisors Powers, Fanden, Schroder, Torlakson NOES: None ASSENT: Supervisor McPeak ABSTAIN: None RESOLUTION NO. 89/270 SUBJECT: CERTIFICATION OF THE 1989-90 COUNTY JUSTICE SYSTEM SUBVENTION PROGRAM APPLICATION The Board having received a report dated April 28, 1989, from the County Administrator with respect to the Certification of the 1989-90 fiscal year County Justice System Subvention Program application, and having recommended approval of same; IT IS BY THE BOARD ORDERED that the recommendation of the County Administrator is APPROVED as follows: Certify to the California Youth Authority through this Board Order that the 1989-1990 County Justice System Subvention Program funds will be spent for the purposes set forth in Section 1806(a) of the Welfare and Institutions Code. I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action taken and entered on the minutes of the Board of Sups""on the date shown. PHIL eack Lo .Cie*of the Board M SupavUors and County Administrator Deputy cc: CAO-Justice System Programs , Auditor-Controller County Administrator RESOLUTION N0, 89/'2.70