Special Notice / Hearing: None__
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: John T. Keene, Chief Probation Officer
Subject: Agreements with Fresh Lifelines for Youth, Inc., Pyramid Alternatives, Inc., and The Art of Yoga Project through the Youth Offender Block Grant to continue to provide youth activities and mental health services to youth detained at the Youth Services Center, Camp Glenwood and Camp Kemp
RECOMMENDATION:
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Adopt a resolution authorizing the President of the Board of Supervisors to execute agreements through the Youth Offender Block Grant (YOBG):
A) An agreement with Fresh Lifelines for Youth, Inc. to continue to provide law education classes and case management to youth at the Youth Services Center and Camp Glenwood for the term of July 1, 2017, through June 30, 2020, in an amount not to exceed $373,074; and
B) An agreement with Pyramid Alternatives, Inc. to continue to provide individual, group, and family therapy as well as alcohol and drug counseling to youth at the Youth Services Center, Camp Glenwood and Camp Kemp for the term of July 1, 2017, through June 30, 2020, in an amount not to exceed $405,384; and
C) An agreement with The Art of Yoga Project to continue to provide yoga and creative arts curriculum to youth at the Youth Services Center and Camp Kemp for the term of July 1, 2017, through June 30, 2020, in an amount not to exceed $169,950.
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BACKGROUND:
In 2007, in response to SB 81 Juvenile Justice Realignment, the State allocated money to San Mateo County in the form of the Youthful Offender Block Grant (YOBG). The purpose of the YOBG is to enhance the capacity of local communities to implement an effective continuum of response to juvenile crime and delinquency. Allocations from the
YOBG Fund must 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...
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