Funding for both positions is accounted for in Appropriation and Revenue Adjustment No. 5006. Upon approval Position Adjustment Resolution No. 21936, will have an annual cost of $146,749. This project position will be funded 100% Federal revenue. The annual pension cost is $30,897.  
  
Upon approval of Position Adjustment Resolution No. 21937, will have an annual cost of $107,919. This project position will be funded 60% Federal revenue, 40% State revenue. The annual pension cost is $21,904.  

Employment and Human Services Department is a participant in an innovative multi-sector partnership devoted to advancing optimal outcomes for youth at the highest risk of involvement or already involved in the juvenile justice system in Contra Costa County. The overall management of the Youth Justice Initiative (YJI) /Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) is with Employment and Human Services Department. Specifically the YJI will serve as a hub for coordination, capacity building and dissemination of best and promising practices and initially test two pilot programs: 1) a school-wide prevention and intervention effort for some of the County’s highest-risk students, beginning with a pilot middle school in the Antioch School District. 2) Comprehensive post-disposition advocacy, reentry, and aftercare services to improve outcomes and reduce recidivism for juvenile probationers throughout the County. The Department has determined in order to maintain staffing continuity that an EHS Division Manager- Project is needed. The EHS Division Manager-Project will implement, organize, direct and coordinate the activities of the YJI including developing policy, identifying best practices, leveraging local and national resources and testing a minimum of two evidence based approaches in collaboration with multiple public and private agencies.   
  
The Domestic Violence Division in the Employment and Human Service Department is responsible for the management of federal grants from the Office of Victims of Crime and Commercially & Sexually Exploited Children (SCEC). The Department is requesting to convert the contract to one full time Administrative Services Assistant II Project position. The position will coordinate and develop a system of care for human trafficking (HT) victims. The position will oversee deliverables for a federal grant, provide implementation consultation to Children and Family Services on new Human Trafficking mandates and develop critical policies in this area of human exploitation. The position is also needed to sustain consistent staff to meet the demands of the funders and mandates.   

If this action is not approved, deliverables required by the funding sources will not be completed and the department will not have the appropriate staff to oversee and manage the Federal Grant programs.

These positions will provide the Department with the staff to provide at risk youth and youth involved in the juvenile justice system with services to reduce rates of youth-related violence. These services are critical to support (1) Children Ready for and Succeeding in School; Children and Youth Healthy and Preparing for Productive Adulthood; and (5) communities that are Safe and provide a High Quality of Life for Children and Families.