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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 05161995 - FHS2 ' r F&HS-2 TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS s L Contra �1 l FROM: FAMILY AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE Costa DATE: May 16, 1995 �.4°z County Cep, -_ ,•�,P sr'9 CUi1N'C'1 ._ SUBJECT: REPORT ON IMPLEMENTING COUNTY'S CONTINUUM OF CARE PROGRAM, INCLUDING REAUTHORIZATION OF THE FISCAL YEAR 1995/96 COUNTY JUSTICE SYSTEM PROGRAMS COMPONENT OF STATE PROGRAM REALIGNMENT Specific Request(s) or Recommendation(s) & Background & ' Justification RECOMMENDATIONS: 1 . Direct the County Administrator to establish an Ad Hoc Safe Futures Committee to guide the development of an application to the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) in response to the Safe Futures : Partnerships to Reduce Youth Violence and Delinquency Program announcement being published the first week in May 1995 . The Committee will include representatives from Service Integration, Family Preservation, Housing Authority, Probation, Mental Health, County Schools, Community-based organizations providing ', juvenile services, Health Services Violence Prevention, Juvenile System Planning Advisory Committee, Sheriff's Department, and local law enforcement. 2 . Support application being submitted by the California Conservation Corps in partnership with Contra Costa County for $2,000,000 in construction funds for Fiscal Year 1995 from Corrections Boot Camp Initiative authorized in the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 . (The application is due at the Youth and Adult Correctional Agency in Sacramento by May 30, 1995 . ) 3 . Approve FY 1995/96 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 1995-96 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 $95 , 11 Continue��ark�Dte chm 'It.—X- YES Signature: 5aulnierJeff Smith Recommendation of County Administrator Recommendation of Board Committee Approve Other Signature(s) : Action of Board on: Approved as Recommended Other Vote Jif Supervisors : I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE / 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: fi14S cc: CAO-Justice System Programs Phil atc elor, Clerk of Criminal Justice Agency the Board of Supervisors Auditor-Controller and County Administrator By: , DEPUTY F&HS-2 Page 2 May 16, 1995 4 . Authorize the County Administrator or his designee to execute on behalf of the County those contracts required to continue the following 1995/96 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 ,426 5 . 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 1995-96 . FINANCIAL IMPACT: 1 . Under the Safe Futures initiative, it is anticipated that up to $1 million will be available for five years for a variety of juvenile justice and delinquency prevention programs consistent with the Continuum of Care model . It is not known if any match will be required for receipt of any money that is awarded to this County. However, it will be our intention to seek private foundation money for any required match. Any offer of a grant award will be brought back to the Board for final approval . 2 . The State will commit the 25 percent cash match for the CC Youth Corps Boot Camp proposal . The federal grant funds and cash match must be used for pre-architectural programming, architectural design, and construction administration and construction-related costs . The grant funds and cash match may not be used for staffing/operations or site evaluation and acquisition, and offsite improvement. The State will provide 60 percent of the first-yearfundingfor staffing and operations, 55 percent of the second-year funding, and 50 percent of the third-year funding. The State proposes to include the project as a permanent State/County partnership program, providing half of the funding. Funding for program operations will come from multiple sources including fee-for-service projects and private foundations . 3-5 . All the above-listed projects are integral to the continued operation of the County Justice System Programs component ,, of State Program Realignment and are also consistent with the County' s approved Continuum of Care Program. The amounts reflect a continued maintenance of effort based upon approved FY 1994/95 amounts . All of these projects are built into the County Administrator's proposed FY 1995/96,' 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 1995/96 . The Realignment Fund component of the Criminal Justice Agency total is $20,001 . REASONS FOR RECOMMENDATION/BACKGROUND: 1 . Safe Futures : Partnerships to Reduce Youth Violence and Delinquency Program The Board approved the Continuum of Care Model for juveniles in October 1994 . The Board designated the County Administrator as project administrator for implementation of the Continuum "of Care concept, to include oversight on development of Continuum project proposals (January 16 , 1995) . The Board, the Criminal Justice Agency, the County Administrator and the Juvenile Systems Planning Advisory Committee have been developing specific program proposals such as Electronic Monitoring as well as exploring funding opportunities including submission of an OJJDP proposal for further Continuum planning activities in January 1995 (see Attachment 1) . Representatives of OJJDP made a site visit to Contra Costa on February 15, 1995 and we expect to receive an answer regarding the proposal in mid-May 1995 . Page 3 - May 16, 1995 F&HS-2 in the Safe Futures initiative, OJJDP will select five sites to fund comprehensive Continuum of Care services for juveniles for a five-year period. The application requires a major collaborative planning effort with numerous agencies . We have been involved in this type of planning for a number of years and think funding from this federal program will allow the County to move ahead in significant ways with implementing major components of our Continuum. The Ad Hoc Committee will be in existence only to assist in developing the application and will not extend beyond that. 2 . Contra Costa Youth Corps The Board authorized the County Administrator to participate in a planning effort with the California Conservation Corps and other interested parties regarding locating the Corps in Contra Costa County (May 31, 1994) . Governor Pete Wilson and Hon. Lois Haight announced on September 2, 1994 the plans for a new model Corps program for juveniles as a major initiative of the Governor's Office in cooperation with Contra Costa County. Youth ages 15 - 17 will participate in a program designed to provide work experience, remedial education and service to the community (restitution) . The program will be a six-month residential program for 30 youth. The program will be for youth minimally involved in the justice system--a "first strike, you're in" program--and apply the Corps emphasis on work experience, discipline, and education which has helped thousands of youth in California. No youth with a current or prior violent offense ( including a sex or arson offense) will be eligible. Youth will be screened for the program by the Juvenile Court, the District Attorney and the Probation Department, and the Court will commit the youth to the program. If the youth successfully completes the program, s/he will be able to join the adult Corps when they reach 18 years of age. Planning meetings have continued since this announcement to define the program elements and develop funding. The planning effort has been led by representatives of the Conservation Corps and Hon. Lois Haight, Juvenile Court Judge, Gary Yancey, District Attorney, Jerry Buck, County Probation Officer, Warren Rupf, Sheriff-Coroner and representatives from the County Schools, the Juvenile Systems Planning Advisory Committee, the County Administrator's Office, Central Labor Council, two congressional offices, and interested citizens . Supervisors Tom Torlakson, Mark DeSaulnier and Gayle Bishop have also been involved in the planning for this program. These funds, if awarded, will allow the California Conservation Corps to construct the necessary housing and program space to operate the program we have been planning over the last year. 3-5 . County Justice System Programs Component of State Program Realignment All of the above-listed 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 2 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. Projects were monitored to ensure that the outcome measures of numbers of cases handled and reduced costs of County criminal justice system were met. 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 1995/96 County Budget and the status of State Program Realignment funds . Attachment 1 TABLE 1: Juvenile Continuum of Care Projects in Development: PROGRAMS READY FOR INITIATION PROGRAM CONTINUUM SITE ELIGIBLE PROGRAM SPONSORING STATUS CATEGORY CLIENTS SIZE AGENCY California Post Undecided Ages 15-17/co-ed/no Maximum of State of Prosram elements Conservation adjudicated violence,arson,sex 30 California/ Contra defined/partial Costa County public and private Corps funding identified/ operational start date 7-95 Electronic Pre and post Probation/ No violence,arson, 15-20 youth Superior Program elements Monitoring adjudicated Sheriff's sex/in-custody Court/Probation defined,funding Department screening identified, Alternative approved by Bd.of Custody Supervisors 1-2495 Bureau Transition Post Pleasant Hill W&I 602,ages 12-17, Six beds will Children's Home Program elements Center adjudicated/ co-ed,no violence, be expanded to Society/Contra defined,public and placement arson,serious sex ten Costa County Private funding diversion identified Sherman Post Juvenile Hall Low risk placement 25-50 youth Contra Costa Discussion with House adjudicated site cases County/Probation CAO,Probation, Social Services/no Reunification funding identified TABLE 2: Juvenile Continuum of Care Projects in Development: PROGRAMS READY FOR DESIGN PROGRAM CONTINUUM SITE ELIGIBLE PROGRAM SPONSORING STATUS CATEGORY CLIENTS SIZE AGENCY Boot Camp Post Alameda Youth waiting ranch Not specified/ Alameda/Contra Program elements adjudicated County placement,out-of- between 100- Costa Probation defined/planning home placement 200 youth Departments grant submitted to youth identified as OJP for eligible $50,000/seeking other funds . Mentoring Prevention Community- 1. Three year 50 youth West County Youth Several programs based/Juvenile program for probation initially Service under Hall and clients in community Bureau/County discussion/Federal Boy's Ranch Office of Education JUMP funding 2. Mentoring in insti- application tutions once week submitted /until release 3. Community day school placements Family Diversion Probation Probation screen- 20 families Superior Program elements Diversion Department in /first every 6 Court/Probation defined/will be Training offenders/non-violent weeks/2 hr. operational 3-95 Facility/ sessions/1 x Juvenile Hall week Day Post Three sites/to Youth on home 30youth at Contra Costa Program elements Treatment adjudicated be decided supervision,electronic each site ommunity-based defined/no funding Program monitoring,placement organizations identified g diversion Youth Service Prevention/ To be decided 13-17 year old To be East Bay Corridor Program elements Center Diversion referrals from police, determined Project defined/case mgt. probation,schools, approach/broker of parents,youth for services/Six month truancy,minor planning to begin in infractions, early 1995/15 month gang budget$199,338 Urban Action Prevention To be Youth at high risk of Estimated 12- East Bay Corridor Mentoring,employ- Corps determined by gang involvement 15 youth Project/will ment in community RFP process develop RFP with service/15 month Alameda County budget$225,628 Gang Prevention Council to work with CBO to create pHot Urban Action Corps Flexible Prevention Two Corridor Children and Variable East Bay Corridor Will subsidize Intervention jurisdictions to families Project/proposal is salary costs/15 Teams be determined for problem- month budget by RFP process oriented teams of $146,950 aanmunity police officers and human service workers TABLE 2 (Continued): Juvenile Continuum of Care Projects in Development: PROGRAMS READY FOR DESIGN PROGRAM CONTINUUM SITE ELIGIBLE PROGRAM SPONSORING STATUS CATEGORY CLIENTS SIZE AGENCY Youth Prevention Within and Develop drug, To be East Bay Corridor Will hire two Outreach outside public violence prevention determined Project half-time staff schools in curriculum materials under age 22 to West County forppublic school define youth needs, shildmn problems, solutions/15 month budget at$53,050 Regional Short-term West and East Minors arrested by 10-20 youth Contra Costa Program elements Assessment detention/ County local law County Probation, defined/funding to Diversion enforcement/youth Mental Health, be identified Centers pending detention Health, Social nearing/status Service, law offenders enforcement,CBOs TABLE 3: juvenile Continuum of Care Projects in Development: PROGRAMS TO MAINTAIN LINKAGE AND COORDINATION PROGRAM CONTINUUM SITE ELIGIBLE PROGRAM SPONSORING STATUS CATEGORY CLIENTS SIZE AGENCY Family Prevention/ North Families and youth Variable Contra Costa Application Resource Diversion Richmond County,North submitted for Center Richmond Juvenile Crime Municipal Prevention Advisory Council, Demonstration/ West Contra Costa Nov.1994 for Unified School $380,000 District Delinquency Prevention West County Convene countywide To be Contra Costa Selected to attend Prevention/ and East Violence Prevention determined County Health Key Leader Title V County Task Force/implement Services Orientation train- recommendations in Department in sponsored by Action Plan for Prevention RDPXFpacing Violence Prevention Program,City of full$500,000 grant (Measure C passed by Richmond,County application 78%of County Administrator, submitted to State voters/enhance CBOs in West Office of Criminal current PACT in West County and East Justice Planning County and expand to County another site Oakgrove Crisis Oakgrove Residential is co-ed, 8 residential Contra Costa, Program elements Program Residential & Hospital, ages 8-17, with beds/20 day Alameda, Solano defined/funding Day Concord, emotional and family treatment slots Counties,Mental identified/will Treatment Contra Costa problems needing Health, Social open 2-95 County intensive, 24 hr. Service, Probation short-term care/Day treatment is co-ed, ages 12-17,6 hr. structured therapeutic activities/no serious escape risks,acute suicidal or violence, or predatory sex Family Prevention/ Will be Families at Will be identi- Contra Costa Have$121,000 to Preservation/ Diversion identified by risk/crisis,and fied by 4- County Probation, develop five year Support April, 1995 families in target 95/current Social Service, plan due 4-95 to PP areas Interagency Education, Health State/$400,000 Program Family Services/Policy available each Preservation Academy is program year 95-98 Program serves designated as 200 families Planning Body per year 1 TABLE 3 (Continued): Juvenile Continuum of Care Projects in Development: PROGRAMS TO MAINTAIN LINKAGE AND COORDINATION PROGRAM CONTINUUM SITE ELIGIBLE PROGRAM SPONSORING STATUS CATEGORY CLIENTS SIZE AGENCY Service Prevention Bay Point and Families receiving 395 families in Contra Costa Two sites Integration/ North four or more County Bay Point and families can access operational/ Family Richmond services from three 300 families in income developing seven Y County departments North maintenance, additional sites Service (Health, Probation, Richmond mental health, Centers Social Service) public health, substance abuse, CAN,probation, child welfare, family resource workers and foster care social workers Juvenile Pre and post Martinez, Youth detained and 200 secure de- Contra Costa Architectural Hall/ adjudicated Contra Costa committed by court tention beds, County program Treatment County 100 locked completed/funding treatment beds to be identified Facilities Attachment 2 Contra Costa Justice System Programs For each program, there is a description, update of current fiscal year activities, and brief discussion of the possible impact on the justice system if the program was not available. Performance of AB 3121 Functions: District Attorney Funds part of the District Attorney's Juvenile Division which, under AB 3 12 1, 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). Through the first three quarters of the current fiscal year nearly 2500 petitions were filed. The District Attorney program is a state mandated program relating to the prosecution and adjudication of delinquent juveniles. Absent these realignment funds, County General Funds would be required to support this program. Defense of Juveniles: Public Defender Allows the Public Defender to handle the increased defense workload arising from AB 3121 requirements. Through February of the current fiscal year the Public Defender's Office had opened 2,343 juvenile cases. The Public Defender program is a state mandated program relating to the defense of juveniles involved in the juvenile court process. Absent these realignment funds, County General Funds would be required to support this program Home Supervision: Probation Department State mandated program which provides supervision of juveniles (602's) at home in lieu of detention at Juvenile Hall while awaiting court disposition. Program purpose is to assure that minors appear at court hearings, commit no new offenses and obey the conditions of release. Through December 31, 1994, the Home Supervision program received an average of 47 cases per month for a total of 284 cases received in the current fiscal year. The average length of stay on Home Supervision was 19 days. The average revocation rate for the first two quarters of the FY 1994-95 was 22 percent. Forty percent of the youth on Home Supervision are seen on a daily basis by staff. All minors are contacted by phone on a daily basis. Contra Costa County Justice System Programs Page 1. All youth participating in Home Supervision would otherwise be detained in expensive Juvenile Hall beds. Program provides a safe and less expensive option for youth who do not require secure detention if adequate community supervision is available. The cost for Juvenile Hall is $140 per day for each juvenile compared with$20 per day on Home Supervision. For the first six months of the current fiscal year(through December 31), 6,467 days of Home Supervision had been used at an average cost of $20/day for a total of$129,340. The same number of Juvenile Hall days would have cost $905,380. Projected over the entire fiscal year, it would cost an additional $1,552,080 if youth had been in Juvenile Hall instead of Home Supervision. Absent these realignment funds, County General Funds would be required to support this program In addition, as part of the Continuum of Care Model approved by the Board of Supervisors, Probation will be implementing an Electronic Monitoring program for juveniles as an additional option for youth requiring more stringent supervision. Electronic Monitoring will be operated in conjunction with the Home Supervision Unit. Expanding options for juveniles within the justice system is a critical part of the Continuum of Care Model. Orin Rehabilitation Youth Center(Byron Boy's Ranch): Probation Department Subsidizes partial costs of the Youth Center, an open, non-secure treatment institution for delinquent boys committed by the Juvenile Court. Capacity is 74 beds. Two hundred ninety-two juveniles were admitted to the Youth Center during the first three quarters of the current fiscal year(through March 31). The average daily population was 71 youth. Funding provides approximately 25 percent of the Youth Center budget. Even though this is not a mandated program, there is no other facility for this category of offender. Without this option, there would be an increased use of expensive out-of-county group home placements, and the California Youth Authority(CYA). Out-of-county group home placements cost an average of$40,176 a year compared with$29,200 annually for the Youth Center. Furthermore, some youth who are not eligible for CYA would remain in the community without treatment or incarcerated at Juvenile Hall. From September 1994 through March 1995, Juvenile Hall was over capacity 90 days, an average of nearly 13 days a month over capacity. Youth and Family Services: Brentwood(YFCC) 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 and low level offenders. The program is a referral source for East County police agencies in lieu of referral to Probation and the Juvenile Court. Contra Costa County Justice System Programs Page 2. Starting this fiscal year, Youth and Family Services has conducted Diversion Panels for youth referred by law enforcement, schools, Child Protective Services (CPS), or other sources. Panels consist of a juvenile police officer, probation officer, and a family counselor. From these panels, youth and family agree to a diversion contract which may require community service, weekly grade and attendance school reports, or participation in community counseling or education programs. Through the first three quarters of the current fiscal year(March 31, 1995), 77 youth and families have participated in the Diversion Panels. Youth who do not complete their contract are referred to the Probation Department. Through March 31, only three youth in the program have been rearrested. An emphasis in the Continuum of Care Model is to provide services early to youth who get in trouble. Diversion programs, such as Youth and Family Services, provide this piece of the Continuum. Many of these youth, without early services, graduate to become more serious offenders, where Probation, Juvenile Hall, and residential placements become the only, more expensive options. Youth Service Bureau: West Contra Costa County Youth Service Bureau Provides counseling, case management, diversion and family support services to youth and families in West Contra Costa County. This project provides diversion services to West County police agencies, including the City of Richmond. The Youth Service Bureau allows police to refer delinquents to a community-based program rather than referral to Probation and the Juvenile Court. Transition services for youth returning from juvenile institutions are now part of the justice programs offered by the Youth Service Bureau. Through the first three quarters of the current fiscal year (March 31), the justice programs of Youth Service Bureau had 402 referrals, including 110 diversion referrals, 79 transition program referrals, 45 family support services referrals, and 168 assessment team referrals(youth who have been expelled or attending County Day School). Referring agencies included Probation (151), schools (172), CPS/DSS (16), Richmond Police Department (11), parent (34), or other (18). The Youth Service Bureau provides an important range of services for juveniles who are at different stages along the Continuum. Referrals from police agencies and school districts provide diversion alternatives to youth who are first time offenders. Delinquency prevention programs reach youth who are truant, suspended, expelled, or who have been in trouble before, and who might otherwise be sent to Juvenile Hall. Pre-release and transition services for youth leaving the Youth Center help youth successfully return to the community, an important part of the Continuum Model. Detention Facility Mental Health: Health Services Provides mental health services from lam to 11 pm seven days a week at the Martinez Detention Facility. All county inmates with mental health needs are currently housed at Contra Costa County Justice System Programs Page 3. the Martinez Detention Facility. Mental health services include evaluation, on-going counseling, case management and discharge planning, psychiatric medication, involuntary hospitalization, and crisis intervention. Treatment services are provided to the mentally disordered inmates in the medical module and stabilized inmates in general living units. Mental Health staff respond to referrals to inmates by Deputies and other Detention Facility staff. Through March 1995, mental health services opened an average of 265 cases per month and provided an average of 770 units of service per month, e.g., assessment, individual sessions, group sessions, medication, cases management, crisis intervention. The County is mandated to provide mental health services to inmates in need of such services. Jail Mental Health Services total budget is around $500,000 with $65,000 coming from the County Justice System funding. Current allocation provides for one full-time position. Without this funding, no Mental Health staff or services would be available from 5pm to l 1pm seven days a week. All mental health related responsibilities including transporting additional inmates being sent to County Hospital and crisis intervention, would need to be provided by Deputy Sheriffs. Utilization of hospitalization and associated costs would increase if mental health staff were not on duty during evening shifts. Friends Outside: Friends Outside Provides visiting services to inmates in detention facilities, services to inmates families, and recruitment, training, and coordination of detention facility volunteers. There were 1,829 inmate requests during the first quarter of the fiscal year. Volunteers provided nearly 150 hours of time during this period (pay staff time equivalent calculated at $1,737). Two orientation sessions and 19 volunteers were trained during this period. Family Services has a caseload of 279 and provided food for 90 adults and 69 children. Clothing was provided to 347 families and 697 individuals. Fifty-nine homeless persons were provided services. Program services support detention staff and provide inmates services that would either be provided by Deputy Sheriffs or be non-existent. Inmate services include helping inmates to obtain reading glasses, cashing checks, and communication with family members. Program also provides inmates with job-training workshops and resource information about programs for their transition back to the community. Reception staff in detention facilities often refer public requests concerning visiting to Friends Outside staff to facilitate visiting and communication with inmates. Program staff also provide training and clearance processing for all volunteer groups providing services in County jails. Friends Outside's services add to the Deputies' ability to smoothly manage housing modules because Friends Outside representatives are better able to respond to personal requests. Program would not be able to operate without current funding levels. Contra Costa County Justice System Programs Page 4. Battering Abatement Training Program: Battered Women's Alternatives Provides treatment services to men who physically abuse their spouses. Clients are referred from law and justice agencies during the criminal justice process as well as from sources outside the justice system(crisis line callers, support group participants). Priority is given to offenders participating in domestic violence diversion per Penal Code Section 1000.6. Program has an average of 240 men in the program at any one time. An estimated 900 women and children also receive family or victim counseling services per year. During the first three quarters of this fiscal year the number of clients served has increased due to additional referrals from the Court Probation Officer(301 referrals through March 31), Court Diversion (117 referrals through March 31) and new State Domestic Violence laws which require that court mandated counseling be for nine months instead of four. In response to the increasing number of referrals and longer program time, there are now 13 counseling groups in Contra Costa County. Program also provides training and education around domestic violence issues to many East Bay Police Departments. The number of counseling groups in Contra Costa has tripled over the last three years. Absent this funding, staff cuts would reduce the availability of services for Court ordered clients and diversion clients. In addition to preventing victimization, if this type of case enters the justice system it becomes much more costly to process. The diversion program prevents the problem that leads to these costs. Criminal Justice: 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 a portion 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 juvenile justice Continuum of Care planning under direction by the Board of Supervisors includes staff services to the Juvenile Systems Planning Advisory Committee. Grant applications that have been completed or are currently being produced by the Criminal Justice Agency include seeking public and private funding for the Contra Costa Youth Corps, Boot Camp for Juveniles, Employment Aftercare (OJJDP), Substance Abuse Treatment Network, and Safe Futures(federal funding for Continuum of Care program development and operations). Contra Costa County Justice System Programs Page 5.