Special Notice / Hearing: None__
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: John T. Keene, Chief Probation Officer
Subject: Agreement with Fresh Lifelines for Youth, Inc. secured through Youthful Offender Block Grant (YOBG) funding to provide law-related education, employment, and reentry services for youth at the Youth Services Center-Juvenile Hall and Margaret J. Kemp Camp.
RECOMMENDATION:
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Adopt a resolution authorizing the President of the Board of Supervisors to execute an agreement with Fresh Lifelines for Youth, Inc. secured through Youthful Offender Block Grant (YOBG) funding to continue to provide law-related education classes, career navigation workshops, mentoring and career coaching services and reentry case management services for youth at the Youth Services Center-Juvenile Hall and Margaret J. Kemp Camp for the term of July 1, 2023, through June 30, 2026, in an amount not to exceed $672,303.10.
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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 annual Youthful Offender Block Grant (YOBG) 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), YOBG funding shall 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. Counties, in expending their YOBG allocations, must provide all necessary services related to the custody and rehabilitation of juvenile 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...
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