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C. 53

To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	Philip F. Kader, County Probation Officer
Date:	January 5, 2016

Contra

Costa

County

Subject:

Inter-County Placement Amendment with County of Del Norte Bar-O Boys Ranch

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 01/05/2016

APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED

OTHER

Clerks Notes:

VOTE OF SUPERVISORS

AYE:

John Gioia, District I Supervisor
Candace Andersen, District II Supervisor
Mary N. Piepho, District III Supervisor
Karen Mitchoff, District IV Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V Supervisor

Contact:

Danielle Fokkema, 925-313-4195

I 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: January 5, 2016
David Twa,

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATION(S):

APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the County Probation Officer, or designee, to execute a contract amendment with the County of Del Norte, including modified indemnification language, for the placement of wards at the Bar-O Boys Ranch at the rate of $3,300 to $3,500 per ward per month for the period July 1, 2015 through January 31, 2016.

FISCAL IMPACT:

County funds are budgeted within the Probation Department's Care of Court Wards budget for placement of Court Wards by order of the Juvenile Court. Placement costs shall be $3,500 for the first five wards housed at Bar-O Boys Ranch and $3,300 for each additional ward.

BACKGROUND:

Contra Costa County Probation Department has contracted with County of Del Norte since 1994 for placement of Court Wards on space available basis. The County of Del Norte operates the Bar-O boys Ranch under the provisions of Article 24 of the Welfare and Institutions code of the State of California. The camp has 42 beds that exceed their needs and the beds are available to other counties.

BACKGROUND: (CONT'D)

On May 12, 2015 the Board of Supervisors approved a placement agreement with Del Norte County for the period of July 1, 2015 through June 30, 2016. After this approval Del Norte County notified Contra Costa County that they wished to add additional insurance language to the placement agreement. Del Norte County agreed to a contract amendment with the prior insurance language through January 31, 2016. During this time, Contra Costa and Del Norte will negotiate the insurance language.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

This resource has expanded the Probation Department's options for difficult-to-place youth at a rate under the average group home placement rate. Failure to approve this contract will result in placement of certain youth in more expensive facilities, reduce the number of placement opportunities for the Juvenile Court, and require longer periods of detention at Juvenile Hall.