RECOMMENDATION(S):
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Employment and Human Services Director, or designee, to execute a contract amendment with Bay Area Community Resources, Inc., to increase the payment limit by $60,673 to a new payment limit of $130,673 for additional and enhanced Youth Justice Initiative services in East Contra Costa County for the period of April 1, 2016 through December 31, 2016. (100% Federal)
FISCAL IMPACT:
$130,763.00: 100% Federal (Justice Assistance Grant)
BACKGROUND:
The Zero Tolerance for Domestic Violence Initiative (ZTDVI) was awarded a three-year Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) in order to implement the Contra Costa County Youth Justice Initiative (YJI). Contractor will provide a Youth Success Counselor (YSC) for youth ages ten through twenty-four involved in the juvenile justice system in accordance with the YJI. Bay Area Community Resources, Inc., provides reentry plan, case management, and general support through peer groups, literacy, work-readiness, and social-emotional assessment and monitoring, academic and career training, and advocacy and will now include more academic, job training, and mental/behavioral health services.
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