Special Notice / Hearing: None__
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: John T. Keene, Chief Probation Officer
Subject: Agreements with The Art of Yoga Project, Fresh Lifelines for Youth, Inc., StarVista, and Rape Trauma Services through the Youth Offender Block Grant (YOBG) to provide activities and mental health services to youth at the Youth Services Center, Margaret J. Kemp Camp, and reentry programs.
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) funding:
A) An agreement with The Art of Yoga Project to continue to provide yoga and creative arts curriculum to youth at Margaret J. Kemp Camp, Youth Services Center, and youth enrolled in reentry programs for the term of July 1, 2020, through June 30, 2023, in an amount not to exceed $169,950; and
B) An agreement with Fresh Lifelines for Youth, Inc. to continue to provide law education classes and case management to youth at Margaret J. Kemp Camp, Youth Services Center, and youth enrolled in reentry programs for the term of July 1, 2020, through June 30, 2023, in an amount not to exceed $647,374.20; and
C) An agreement with StarVista to continue to provide individual and group therapy as well as alcohol and drug counseling at Margaret J. Kemp Camp, Youth Services Center, and youth enrolled in reentry programs for the term of July 1, 2020, through June 30, 2023, in an amount not to exceed $405,385.20; and
D) An agreement with Rape Trauma Services to continue to provide crisis intervention, mindfulness groups, and violence prevention education sessions to youth at Margaret J. Kemp Camp, Youth Services Center, and youth enrolled in reentry programs for the term of July 1, 2020, through June 30, 2023, in an amount not to exceed $123,986.50.
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BACKGROUND:
In 2007, in response to SB 81 Juvenile Justice Realignment, the State allocated money to ...
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