Special Notice / Hearing: None__
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: John T. Keene, Chief Probation Officer
Subject: Agreements with Urban Services c/o YMCA San Francisco and Pyramid Alternatives, Inc., through Juvenile Probation Camp Funding to provide services to at risk youth
RECOMMENDATION:
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Adopt a resolution authorizing the President of the Board of Supervisors to execute agreements through the Juvenile Probation Camp Funding (JPCF):
A) An agreement with Pyramid Alternatives, Inc. to provide a comprehensive school-based program called Strengthen Our Youth (SOY) in which clinicians work with at-risk youth and provide parental engagement for the term of July 1, 2017, through June 30, 2020, in the amounts not to exceed $700,635; and
B) An agreement with Urban Services c/o YMCA San Francisco to provide both an on-campus violence prevention program called the School Safety Advocates Program-Middle Schools (SSA-MS) which is designed to capitalize on early intervention at the middle school level, as well as providing a Victim Impact Awareness Program (VIA) to approximately sixty (60) youth residing in San Mateo County for the term of July 1, 2017, through June 30, 2020, in the amounts not to exceed $638,959.
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BACKGROUND:
The Juvenile Probation and Camps Funding (JPCF) was developed in 2005 to fund services and programs targeting at-risk youth, juvenile offenders, and their families. Services funded through JPCF include prevention/early intervention in the community, as well as through detention in the juvenile hall and the camps.
In 2016, under the guidance of the Juvenile Justice Coordinating Council a five year Local Action Plan (LAP) was developed and replaced the LAP created in 2011. The planning process of the LAP included key information interviews, focus groups and a survey completed by staff at community based organizations. The new LAP identified five areas of need for the youth and the...
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