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C. 75
To: Board of Supervisors
From: Esa Ehmen-Krause, County Probation Officer
Date: May  26, 2020
The Seal of Contra Costa County, CA
Contra
Costa
County
Subject: FY 20-21 JJCPA-YOBG Consolidated Annual Plan
APPROVE OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
Action of Board On:   05/26/2020
APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
Clerks Notes:

VOTE OF SUPERVISORS

AYE:
John Gioia, District I Supervisor
Candace Andersen, District II Supervisor
Diane Burgis, District III Supervisor
Karen Mitchoff, District IV Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V Supervisor
Contact: Melvin Russell, 925-313-4149
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:     May  26, 2020
David Twa,
 
BY: , Deputy

 

RECOMMENDATION(S):

ACCEPT and APPROVE the FY 20/21 Consolidated Annual Plan for the Juvenile Justice Crime Prevention Act/Youthful Offender Block Grant (JJCPA/YOBG), as approved by the Contra Costa County Juvenile Justice Coordinating Council and as recommended by the Chief Probation Officer.

FISCAL IMPACT:

To qualify for JJCPA and YOBG funding on a non-competitive basis, a comprehensive multiagency juvenile justice plan must be submitted to the California Board of State and Community Corrections. 100% State Revenue.

BACKGROUND:

On March 12, 2020, the Juvenile Coordinating Council approved the FY 2020/2021 Consolidated Annual Plan. The full Annual Plan is attached for reference.  
  
BACKGROUND: (CONT'D)
    The JJCPA was implemented via Assembly Bill (AB) 1913, The Schiff-Cardenas Crime Prevention Action of 2000, and codified by Government Code §30061. The purpose of AB 1913 is to provide California counties with funding to implement programs for at-risk youth with the goal of early intervention and to support the implementation of programs and approaches demonstrated to be effective in reducing juvenile crime. This law established a Supplemental Law Enforcement Services Account (SLESA) in each county to receive allocations. The SLESA funds are to be used to implement a comprehensive multiagency Juvenile Justice Plan developed by the local Juvenile Justice Coordinating Council (JJCC) in each county.
    To qualify for JJCPA and YOBG funding on a non-competitive basis, each county’s comprehensive multiagency juvenile justice plan prepared by the JJCC must include the following components:
    1. Assessment of Services
    2. Prioritization of Areas at Risk
    3. Juvenile Justice Action Strategy
    4. Program Description
    The JJCC identified needs and gaps in the County's juvenile justice system and created the plan to address the following seven prioritized focus areas:
    1. Behavioral Health Services
      • The Probation Department will continue to work with the Mental Health Services division of Contra Costa Behavioral Health Services (BHS) to bridge the gap of services and supports for youth who are waiting to receive mental health services. The position will be designed to incorporate a gender-responsive approach and follow a home-based program model which will address some of the transportation barriers while helping to alleviate barriers youth face while trying to access mental health services. Probation will work with Mental Health Services on collaborative programs in which alternative funding sources can be leveraged to enhance mental health services for justice-involved youth. The Probation Department will also increase support as needed for community-based substance use services in collaboration with AODS.
    2. Housing
      • The Probation Department is committed to supporting housing options through collaboration with the County Health, Housing, and Homeless Services (H3). Currently, Probation supports a Flexible Housing Fund. The Flexible Housing Fund provides adults (18 years or older) who are at risk of losing their housing the opportunity to apply for supplemental funding to alleviate the loss of housing and/or eviction. Probation plans to partner with H3 to expand the Flexible Housing Fund to families of youth on probation to further support families who are struggling with stable housing. Probation will also partner with CBOs to enhance CBO services in the area of case management and housing navigation services for the youth they serve.
    3. Reentry & Education Services
      • Education reentry after incarceration or placement remains a priority for the JJCC. The Probation Department will continue to support reentry services provided by CBOs, with a focus on services that are offered in youth’s communities by providers that also have lived experiences with the justice system. The Probation Department will continue to support the CCCOE, which provides staff to facilitate youth’s reenrollment in their school districts after a period of incarceration. The Probation Department will also support the Public Defender’s Office with juvenile education and reentry advocacy.
    4. Prevention Services
      • The JJCC will support the creation of a county-wide prevention inventory. The inventory will include programs aimed at engaging at-risk youth with the intention of avoiding initial justice system involvement.
    5. Diversion Services
      • The JJCC will support the creation of a county-wide diversion inventory. The inventory will include programs aimed at reducing further justice system escalation for youth who have had initial contact with the justice system. In a collaborative approach with other justice system partners and with community and youth input, the Probation Department will continue to support the DA in its creation of a countywide diversion program. This strategy will focus on building consistency in diversion programming countywide, and will occur in addition to already existing diversion programs operated by local police departments.
    6. Structured Decision Making Tools
      • The Probation Department will continue to provide evidence-based interventions and services to youth and their families in custody and in the community based on the continuum of services described in Section IV of the report. The Probation Department is also currently undertaking several efforts to support more racially equitable, objective, and informed intake decision making, including: · Continue working with University of Cincinnati to monitor use of and fidelity to the newly implemented OYAS; · Continue to monitor the newly implemented Detention Risk Assessment Instrument (DRAI); and · Working with University of Cincinnati Corrections Institute (UCCI) on a graduated response matrix for youth behavior that includes sanctions, rewards, and interventions.
    7. Service and Outcome Measurement
      • To track the number of youth receiving services, the services provided, as well as the outcomes of such services, the JJCC will develop service and outcome measures for JJCPA-funded programming and include such measures in Requests for Proposals (RPF) and Scopes of Work (SOW).

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