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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 06211994 - 1.85 1, sE ` Contra •:1a-,[,, ,, _^•.off, TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS 1' `s Costa FROM: PHIL BATCHELOR 4° County Administrator �Qsrq-couN , County DATE: June 6 , 1994 SUBJECT: Fiscal Year 1994/95 County Justice System Programs Component of State Program Realignment Specific Request(s) or Recommendation(s) & Background & Justification RECOMMENDATIONS: 1 . Approve FY 1994/95 projects required to implement Justice System Programs component of State Program Realignment as follows, subject to cancellation if not approved as part of Final FY 1994-95 Budget. Organization/Project Amount Not to Exceed DA/Performance of AB 3121 Functions $199,697 Public Defender/Defense of Juveniles 34,500 Probation/Home Supervision 38,860 Probation/Byron Boys ' Ranch 422,060 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 15,557 YSB/West Contra Costa Youth Service Bureau 91,600 $952,611 2 . Authorize the County Administrator or his designee to execute on behalf of the County those contracts required to continue the following 1994/95 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 15,557 Battered Women' s Alternatives 12, Continued on Attachment: X YES Signature: Recommendation of County Administrator Recommendation of Board Committee Approve Other Signature(s) : Action of Board on: T"nP 21 > 1994 Approved as Recommended X Other Vote of Supervisors : I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN X Unanimous (Absent ) AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE Ayes : Noes : ) BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ON DATE SHOWN. Contact: G. Roemer (646-4855) Attested: June 21, 1994 cc: CAO-Justice System Programs Phil Batchelor, Clerk of Criminal Justice AgencyId Boa d of Supervisors Auditor-Controller (I Co Administrator By. — —, DEPUTY FY 94/95 County Justice System Programs Component of State Program Realignment Page 2 6/6/94 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 1994-95. FINANCIAL IMPACT: 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 1993/94 amounts . All of these projects are built into the County Administrator's proposed FY 1994/95 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 1994/95 . The Realignment Fund component of the Criminal Justice Agency total is $20,001 . REASONS FOR `RECOMMENDATION/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. Five 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 1994/95 County Budget and the status of State Program Realignment funds . Attachment 1 SUMMARIES OF PROJECTS CONTRA COSTA COUNTY 1994/95 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 (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. 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 Justice System Programs 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 Systems Planning Advisory Committee. *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 Sec . 17602) . Also includes West Contra Costa Youth Service Bureau, formerly administered by the California Youth Authority. Y 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. 6/7/94