Special Notice / Hearing: None__
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: John T. Keene, Chief Probation Officer
Subject: Amendment to Agreement with Fresh Lifelines for Youth, Inc. secured through Youthful Offender Block Grant funding to provide law-related education, employment, and reentry services for youth at the Youth Services Center-Juvenile Hall.
RECOMMENDATION:
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Adopt a resolution authorizing the President of the Board of Supervisors to execute an amendment to the agreement with Fresh Lifelines for Youth, Inc., secured through Youthful Offender Block Grant funding, adding $400.471.15 for a revised amount not to exceed $1,072,774.25, to increase support for the contractor's personnel and non-personnel costs and fund a third reentry case manager position, for a period effective retroactively as of January 1, 2025, through June 30, 2026.
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BACKGROUND:
In 2007, legislation (SB 81) stopped the intake of youthful offenders adjudicated for non-serious, non-violent offenses to the state Division of Juvenile Justice, and established the Youthful Offender Block Grant Program to allocate money to counties to support local programs for offenders who would remain in county care and custody. Pursuant to Welfare and Institutions Code Section 1951(a), the funding shall be used to enhance the capacity of county probation, mental health, drug and alcohol, and other departments to provide appropriate rehabilitative and supervision services to youthful offenders.
In November 2022, the Probation Department initiated a request for proposals (RFP) process (RFP No. 2022-004 Youth Activities and Mental Health Services), seeking to fill service gaps for juveniles in detention at the Youth Services Center-Juvenile Hall and Margaret J. Kemp Camp for Girls. Fresh Lifelines for Youth, Inc. submitted a proposal and entered into an Agreement with the County to provide law-related education, employment, and reentry services fo...
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