As part of a Challenge grant received in 1996, and consistent with California Welfare and Institutions Code (WIC) § 749.22, the County created the Juvenile Justice Coordinating Council (JJCC). The purpose of the JJCC was to create the County’s comprehensive multiagency plan called “The Juvenile Justice Action Plan”. In 2016, the statutory requirement for counties to create this annual action plan was combined with the reporting requirements of the Youthful Offender Block Grant (YOBG) creating what is now called the “Consolidated Annual Plan”. In 2000, the California state legislature passed the Schiff-Cardenas Crime Prevention Act, which authorized funding for county juvenile justice programs and designated the Board of State Community Corrections (BSCC) to distribute the funds. In 2001, the Juvenile Justice Crime Prevention Act (JJCPA) was created by passage of California’s Crime Prevention Act of 2000 to provide a stable funding source for local juvenile justice programs aimed at curbing crime and delinquency among at-risk youth. Contra Costa County has historically used, and continues to use, this funding for programs that have been previously shown to have promising/positive outcomes including support for Deputy Probation Officers (DPOs) in high schools throughout the County, DPOs that work from local police departments, aftercare DPOs at the Orin Allen Youth Rehabilitation Facility (OAYRF), and the provision of Functional Family Therapy (FFT). In its most recent Consolidated Annual Plan that was submitted to the BSCC on May 1, 2018, the County proposed using JJCPA funding to enhance juvenile reentry services in all regions of the county. In addition to JJCPA funding, the Consolidated Annual Plan describes the use of YOBG funding. The YOBG was enacted in 2007 as part of the state’s decision to transfer to local Probation Departments the responsibility to care for youth who were no longer eligible to be committed to the state’s Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ). “Allocations from the YOBG shall be used to enhance the capacity of county probation, mental health, drug and alcohol, and other county departments to provide appropriate rehabilitative and supervision services to youthful offenders.” Contra Costa County has used this funding to offset the cost of the custodial treatment program for young men named the Youthful Offender Treatment Program (YOTP), and the custodial treatment Girls in Motion Program (GIM) for young women; both located inside the County’s Juvenile Hall. Contra Costa County applied for and received the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant in November 2014. The grant initiative, known locally as the Youth Justice Initiative (YJI), included the creation of a Reentry Success Team that was designed to provide comprehensive post-disposition reentry and aftercare services to improve outcomes and reduce recidivism for juvenile probationers throughout the county. The conclusion of the YJI grant term is fast approaching, the Probation Department is seeking to continue some of the reentry services that originated with YJI by utilizing JJCPA funding to create juvenile reentry specialist positions within community based organizations that will enhance current reentry services for juveniles who are integrating back to their communities after completing a commitment to YOTP, GIM, or the OAYRF treatment programs. On June 4, 2018, the Probation Department issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) for the provision of reentry services for juveniles between the ages of 15 and 21. Bay Area Community Resources, Inc. (BACR) was awarded the contract to serve youths in East and Central Contra Costa County.

The Probation Department will be unable to offer reentry services to youths in custody.

Reentry Services for Probation youth support three of the community outcomes established in the Children's Report Card: 1) "Children and Youth Healthy and Preparing for Productive Adulthood"; 2) "Families that are Safe, Stable and Nurturing"; and 3) "Communities that are Safe and Provide a High Quality of Life for Children and Families."