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FROM: PHIL BATCHELOR ,
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DATE: June 3, 1997
SUBJECT: Fiscal Year 1997/98 County Justice System Programs
Component of State Program Realignment
Specific Request(s) or Recommendation(s) & Background & Justification
RECOMMENDATIONS:
1 . Approve FY 1997/98 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 1997-98 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/Orin Allen Rehabilitation Youth Center 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 1997/98
Justice System Programs projects:
Organization Amount Not to Exceed
West Contra Costa Youth Service Bureau $ 91,600
Criminal Justice Agency of Contra Costa County 71,576
Brentwood Police Department (Serves East County) 42, 108
Friends Outside 15,557
Battered Women' s Alternatives 12,426
Continued on Attachment:—X— YES Signature:
Recommendation of County Administrator
Recommendation of Board Committee
Approve Other
Signature(s) :
Action of Board on: JUN 31997 Approved as Recommended Other
Vote/ of Supervisors : I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
J/ AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
Unanimous (Absent ) AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE
Ayes : Noes : ) BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ON DATE SHOWN.
JUN 3 1997
Contact: G. Roemer (335-1055) Attested:
cc: CAO-Justice System Programs Phil Batchelor, Clerk of
Criminal Justice Agency the Board of Supervisors
Auditor-Controller and County Adm'nistrator
By: �, DEPUTY
FY 97/98 County Justice
System Programs Component of
State Program Realignment
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6/3/97
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 1997-98 .
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
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
1996/97 amounts . All of these projects are built into the County
Administrator's proposed FY 1997/98 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 1997/98 . 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. 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
1997/98 County Budget and the status of State Program Realignment funds .
Attachment 1
SUMMARIES OF PROJECTS
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY 1997/98 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 supervision of juveniles (6021s) at home in lieu of detention
at Juvenile Hall while awaiting court disposition. Program purpose is
to assure that the minors appear at court hearings, commit no new
offenses and obey the conditions of release.
ORIN ALLEN REHABILITATION YOUTH CENTER
(BYRON BOYS' 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 .
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 Coordination Committee, 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 Realignment Program and Dispute Resolution Program
administration) ; funding source development; short-term studies and
planning efforts . Current juvenile justice Continuum of Care planning
under direction by the Board of Supervisors includes technical
assistance to the Juvenile Systems Planning Advisory Committee and the
Probation Department. Staff efforts include continued implementation
and oversight of the Federal SafeFutures grant.
*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.
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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 services include evaluation, ongoing
counseling, case management and discharge planning, psychiatric
medication, involuntary hospitalization, and crisis intervention.
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 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 offers diversion opportunities (community service projects,
referrals to individual or family counseling, letters of apology,
making restitution to victims, etc. ) 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.
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 throughout 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 .
FRIENDS OUTSIDE
(Friends Outside, Inc. ) (Sheriff ' s Department)
Provides visiting services to inmates in detention facilities, services
to inmates ' families, and recruitment, training, and coordination of
detention facility volunteers .
WEST CONTRA COSTA YOUTH SERVICE BUREAU PROGRAM
(West Contra Costa Youth Service Bureau)
Provides mentoring, counseling, case management, diversion and family
support services to over 1,600 youth and their 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.
Additionally, YSB has expanded its services greatly through the Federal
SafeFutures grant. Through SafeFutures, YSB has embarked on a project
that links schools more closely to their communities and emphasizes
parental involvement. A mentoring group for elementary school aged
girls has also been started.
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