Special Notice / Hearing: None__
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: John T. Keene, Chief Probation Officer
Subject: Second Amendment to the agreement with Success Centers through the Youthful Offender Block Grant to continue to provide academic study hall, job readiness training, and a visual arts program.
RECOMMENDATION:
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Adopt a resolution authorizing the President of the Board of Supervisors to execute a second amendment to the agreement with Success Centers through the Youthful Offender Block Grant (YOBG) to continue to provide their academic study hall, job readiness training, and a visual arts program to youth at the San Mateo County Probation Department's Youth Services Center-Juvenile Hall (YSC-JH) by extending the term end date to June 30, 2023 and increasing the amount by $95,142.56 to an amount not to exceed $285,427.68.
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BACKGROUND:
In 2007, in response to SB81 Juvenile Justice Realignment, the State allocated money to San Mateo County in the form of the YOBG funds. The purpose of YOBG is to enhance the capacity of local communities to implement an effective continuum of response to juvenile crime and delinquency. Allocations from YOBG funding 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 to youthful offenders subject to Welfare and Institutions Code (WIC) Sections 731.1, 733, 1766, and 1767.35. Counties, in expending the YOBG allocation, must provide all necessary services related to the custody and rehabilitation of the juvenile offenders.
In January 2020, the Probation Department completed a Request for Proposals process for Youth Activities and Mental Health Services and selected Success Centers to provide their services.
On July 10, 2020, the San Mateo County Probation Department and Success Centers entered into an agreement for the purpose of ...
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