RECOMMENDATION(S):
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the County Probation Officer, or designee, to execute an Interagency Agreement with the Contra Costa County Office of Education, in an amount not to exceed $456,377 to provide student educational programs for youth enrolled in the Briones Youth Academy that graduated from Mt. McKinley High School for the period July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2022.
FISCAL IMPACT:
100% Juvenile Justice Realignment Block Grant.
BACKGROUND:
Under the orders of Governor Gavin Newsom, California will phase out the California Division of Juvenile Justice (DJJ) beginning in 2021. Starting in July, the state will cease all transfers of youth to the state’s three remaining youth prisons. This will halt the transfer of youth to DJJ and require youth to remain under the supervision of individual Counties. Probation has created a new program called the Briones Youth Academy to serve these youth. Under this contract, Contra Costa County Office of Education will provide additional educational staffing to serve the students who have already received a High School diploma who are enrolled in the Briones Youth Academy for the 2021-2022 school year.
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