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TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
FROM: PHIL BATCHELOR
County Administrator
DATE: June 3, 1993
SUBJECT: Fiscal Year 1993/94 County Justice System Programs
Component of State Program Realignment
Specific Request(s) or Recommendation(s) & Background & Justification
RECOMMENDATIONS:
1. Approve FY 1993/94 projects required to implement Justice System
Programs component of State Program Realignment as follows:
Organization/Project Amount Not to Exceed
DA/Performance of AB 3121 Functions $221,886
Public Defender/Defense of Juveniles 38,837
Probation/Home Supervision 38,860
Probation/Byron Boys' Ranch 422,068
Criminal Justice/Planning, Coord. & Adminis. 20,001
Health Serv./Deten. Facil. Mental Health Serv. 75,802
Brentwood/East Contra Costa Youth & Family Serv. 42,108
BWA/Battering Abatement Training Program 12,426
FO/Friends Outside 18,195
YSB/West Contra Costa Youth Service Bureau 91,600
$981,783
2. Authorize the County Administrator or his designee to execute on behalf
of the County those contracts required to continue the following 1993/94
Justice System Programs projects:
Organization Amount Not to Exceed
West Contra Costa Youth Service Bureau $ 91,600
Criminal Justice Agency of Contra Costa County 59,876
Brentwood Police Department (Serves East County) 42,108
Friends Outside 18,195
Battered Women's Alternatives 12, 6
Continued on Attachment:—X— YES Signature:
Recommendation of County Administrator
Recommendation of Board Committee
Approve Other
Signature(s) :
Action of Board on: June 15, 1993 Approved as Recommended—tether
Vote of Supervisors: I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
XX -- AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
Unanimous (Absent ) AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE
Ayes: Noes: ) BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ON DATE SHOWN.
Contact: G. Roemer (646-4855) Attested: June 15, 1993
cc: CAO-Justice System Programs Phil Batchelor, Clerk of
Criminal Justice Agency the Board of Supervisors
Auditor-Controller J and County Administrator
By: ? ',�.<;GLv DEPUTY
3 . Direct County Administrator's Office to notify each project that final
approval is contingent upon inclusion into the County's Final Adopted
Budget for Fiscal Year 1993-94.
4. Acknowledge work of the County Justice System Program Advisory Group in
meeting and reviewing the above projects leading to the Advisory Group's
recommendation for approval.
5. Request the County Administrator to monitor legislative proposals to
shift additional justice programs from the State to the County as part
of a State Program Realignment and report back to the Board if
appropriate as to what action, if any, might be required by the Board.
FINANCIAL IMPACT-
The County Justice System Program Advisory Group met on May 26, 1993 and
reviewed and considered each of the above projects. Each of the projects was
represented at the meeting, made a presentation on its progress to the
Advisory Group and answered questions of Advisory Group members. As a result
of that review, the Advisory Group concurs in the recommendations requesting
that your Board approve these projects for continued funding in FY 93/94.
This request for approval by the Advisory Group is contingent upon inclusion
of such projects in the final FY 1993/94 adopted budget. The Advisory Group
approved these projects on an interim basis and if the Board decides to make
a change in these recommendations, the Advisory Group wishes to be contacted
in order to provide additional input. The Advisory Group wishes to report to
the Board that funding of the community-based agencies serves a definite
justice system purpose and is a relatively low cost provider of services to
the County justice system.
All the above-listed projects are integral to the continued operation of the
County Justice System Programs .component of State Program Realignment. The
amounts reflect a continued maintenance of effort based upon approved FY
1992/93 amounts. All of these projects are built into the County
Administrator's proposed FY 1993/94 budget. All of the projects and
contracts will contain a special condition that permits the elimination or
reduction of the program in order to conform to the final adopted County
budget for FY 1993/94. The Realignment Fund component of the Criminal
Justice Agency total is $20,001.
REASONS FOR RECOMMEMATION/BACKGROUND:
All of the above projects were designed to meet mandated and other vital
County Justice System goals. The District Attorney, Public Defender and
Probation Department (Home Supervision) projects all are State mandated
programs related to the prosecution, adjudication and supervision of
delinquent juveniles. The Boys' Ranch project funds approximately 25% of the
Boys' Ranch. The East County Youth and Family Services and the West Contra
Costa Youth Service Bureau both provide diversion projects to law enforcement
and school districts which assist in decreasing the referrals to Juvenile
Hall and Juvenile Court. The Friends Outside project provides services to
jail inmates which ultimately would have to be done by sworn officers and
which help the Sheriff's Department to manage the inmate population.
Attachment 1 provides a brief summary of each project. All of the projects
are designed to provide an integrated approach to justice system processing
of various types of cases, particularly juvenile cases, or to provide the
system with services that ultimately would have to be provided at an
increased County cost.
Four of these projects will require 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. Each contract will have a termination clause that permits
the County to eliminate or adjust the contract as dictated by the adopted FY
1993/94 County Budget and the status of State Program Realignment funds.
Proposed Additions to State Program Realignment
Gerald Buck, County Probation Officer, made a report to the Advisory Group on
proposed changes in State Program Realignment. The proposal is to take the
money spent by the State to house youth and State money spent to supervise
parolees and shift these to the local level. The pros of the proposal would
include a positive infusion of funds to local governments, possibly aid in
the development of innovative programs, and would eliminate a duplication of
services. The cons include changing the rules of local correction since
parolees d o mws Uy adults. The nature of business of probation departments
would be changed to a more law enforcement orientation. There are no
guarantees that the flow of money would be continuing. Transition money
would be needed during the phaseover process. State agencies are not in
favor of this proposal which would take $305 million away from a $325 million
budget. The Correctional Officers Association is opposed to this
legislation. The Ways and Means Committee, chaired by Vasconcellos, is
considering AB-1048 at present. If AB-1048 passes, parole would become a
local responsibility.
The County Administrator will continue to monitor this legislation and will
report to your Board as appropriate.
Attachment 1
SUMMARIES OF PROJECTS
CONTRA COSTA COUN'T'Y 1993/94 JUSTICE SYSTEM PROGRAMS*
PERFORMANCE OF AB 3121 FUNCTIONS
(District Attorney's Office) (State Mandated)
Funds the Juvenile Division which, under AB 3121, is required to be present and
represent the People in all court hearings relating to delinquency cases (fitness
hearings, arraignments and pre-trials, contested hearings, detention hearings and
disposition hearings).
DEFENSE OF JUVENILES
(Public Defender) (State Mandated)
Allows the Public Defender to handle the increased defense workload arising from
AB 3121 requirements.
HOME SUPERVISION
(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.
BYRON BOYS' RANCH
(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.
PLANNING, COORDINATION, EVALUATION AND ADMINISTRATION
(Criminal Justice Agency of Contra Costa County)
This project is designed to provide the County Administrator's Office, Justice System
Programs and Dispute Resolution Advisory Groups, the Justice System Executive Council,
and the Criminal Justice Agency Planning Board with justice planning, coordination,
evaluation and administrative support services. It funds part of the CJA functions
which include criminal justice coordination and planning across jurisdictional and
departmental lines; grant and program administration (including Subvention Program and
Dispute Resolution 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). Current detention facility
planning under direction by the Board of Supervisors includes staff services to the
Juvenile Hall Replacement Advisory Group.
*Projects funded previously by County Justice System Subvention Program Funds (AB 90)
and now funded in part by State Program Realignment Funds (Chapter 89, Statutes of
1991-AB 1288; W&I Code Section 17602). Also includes West Contra Costa Youth Service
Bureau, formerly administered by the California Youth Authority.
DETENTION FACILITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES
(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.
EAST COUNTY YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES
(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 the Boys' Ranch in Byron). This program is a referral source for
east county police agencies in lieu of referral to Probation and the Juvenile Court.
BATTERING ABATEMENT TRAINING PROGRAM
(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.
FRIENDS OUTSIDE
(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.
WEST CONTRA COSTA YOUTH SERVICE BUREAU PROGRAM
(West Contra Costa Youth Service Bureau)
Provides counseling, case management, diversion and family support services to 700
youths and their families. This project provides diversion services to west county
police agencies, including the City of Richmond. This source of referral allows
police to refer delinquents to a community-based program rather than referral to
Probation and the Juvenile Court.
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