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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
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cc: CAO-Justice System Programs Phil atc elor, Clerk of
Criminal Justice Agency the Board of Supervisors
Auditor-Controller and County Administrator
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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 .
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.