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THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA
Adopted this Resolution on June 25, 1996, by the following vote:
AYES: Supervisors Rogers , Bishop, DeSaulnier, Torlakson and Smith
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
SUBJECT: In the Matter of Authorizing ) Resolution No. 96/302
Positions for the Juvenile )
Hall Day Treatment )
(Summit) Unit and Other )
SafeFutures programs. )
WHEREAS, the County is committed to developing a comprehensive strategy involving
community-based resources concentrated on providing a continuum of care for at-risk youth in an effort
to prevent and reduce juvenile violence, delinquency and serious emotional disturbance; and
WHEREAS, there exists a critical need for intensive treatment services for severely disturbed,
serious offenders at the Juvenile Hall that is currently been met through expensive and lengthy private
out-of-home residential placements; and
WHEREAS, since 1988, the Children's Mental Health Services has been working diligently to
create a system of care for seriously emotionally disturbed wards, dependents,AB 3632 pupils and other
minors at high risk of psychiatric hospitalization in- or out-of home placement; and
WHEREAS, working since 1992, the Juvenile Systems Planning Advisory Committee (JSPAC)
created a plan for a continuum of care and interventions for juvenile offenders in this County, including
intensive treatment services for at-risk and delinquent youth; and
WHEREAS, on November 30, 1995, the County was notified of its $1,410,000 award under
SafeFutures from the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention
(OJJDP) for the prevention and control juvenile violence and delinquency in targeted communities, and
on February 6, 1996, the County was notified of its $654,000 contract award under the AB 3015
California Mental Health Children's System of Care from the State Department of Mental Health. The
AB 3015 funding is continuous and can be matched by federal financial participation; and
WHEREAS, one-time County funding has been identified to, when blended with both
SafeFutures and AB 3015 funds, help fully finance programs consistent with the continuum of care
vision; and
WHEREAS, the Health Services and Probation Departments, under the auspices of the JSPAC,
have worked with the County Administrator's Office to develop a locked intensive day treatment program
for severely disturbed, serious offenders at Juvenile Hall incorporating therapeutic work with mental
health staff and on-going education;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT BY THE BOARD RESOLVED that effective July 1, 1996, the
following positions are added in the following departments to staff the locked intensive day treatment
(Summit) unit:
Probation Department:
Class Cost
Classification Code Quantity Type Restrict Dept Center
Institutional Supv I 7KHA 1 40/40 Unrestr 0308 3121
Probation Counselor 7KWB 1 40/40 Unrestr 0308 3121
Probation Counselor 7KWB 2 40/40 Female 0308 3121
Probation Counselor 7KWB 4 40/40 Male 0308 3121
Probation Counselor 7KWB 1 24/40 Male 0308 3121
Probation Counselor 7KWB 1 12/40* Unrestr 0308 3121
*Increase a 20/40 Probation Counselor to a 32/40 Probation Counselor position.
RESOLUTION NO. 96/ 302
Health Services Department:
Class Cost
Classification Code Quantity Type Restrict Dept Center
Mental Hlth Clinical Spec VQSB 5 40/40 0467 5998
Mental Hlth Clinical Spec VQSB 1 20/40 0467 5998
Clerk-Senior Level JWXC 1 40/40 0467 5998
AND, WHEREAS, the SafeFutures grant award also provides funding for gang prevention and
intervention efforts targeted at middle and high school age youth, and for aftercare case management
services which will strengthen all program components of the juvenile continuum of care,
BE IT, FURTHER, BY THE BOARD RESOLVED that effective July 1, 1996, the following
positions are added in the Probation Department to staff the Youth Gangs Intervention Program and
aftercare case management services, both funded entirely with SafeFutures grant funding:
Class Cost
Classification Code Quantity Type Restrict Dept Center
Deputy Probation Officer III TATA 1 40/40 0308 3121
Deputy Probation Officer III TATA 1 20/40 0308 3121
1 hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an
action taken and entered on the minutes of the Board of
Supervisors on the date shown:
ATTESTED: June 25, 1996
PHIL BATCHELOR, Clerk of the Board of Supervisors and
County inistra r
By I A14 Deputy
Contact: Mark Morris (510) 646-4855
cc: Probation Department
Health Services Department
County Administrator's Office
Human Resources Department
RESOLUTION NO. 96/ 302