TO: Board of Supervisors
FROM: Probation
MEETING DATE: May 23, 2023
DEPARTMENT CONTACT:
Izen Locatelli
PHONE:
707-234-6900
ITEM TYPE: Consent Agenda
TIME ALLOCATED FOR ITEM: N/A
AGENDA TITLE:
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Approval of Agreement with County of Merced Probation Department in the Amount of $500,000, with a Maximum of $250,000 per Year, to Provide Detention Services for Mendocino County Youth Placed in the Facility for the Period of June 1, 2023, through June 30, 2025
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RECOMMENDED ACTION/MOTION:
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Approve Agreement with County of Merced Probation Department in the amount of $500,000, with a maximum of $250,000 per year, to provide detention services for Mendocino County youth placed in the facility for the period of June 1, 2023, through June 30, 2025; authorize the Chief Probation Officer to sign any future amendments which do not increase the total contract amount; and authorize Chair to sign same.
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PREVIOUS BOARD/BOARD COMMITTEE ACTIONS:
None.
SUMMARY OF REQUEST:
Merced County Juvenile Justice Correctional Complex is among a select number of probation departments that offer housing for secure track youth who cannot be housed at Mendocino County Juvenile Hall due to secure track youth population, services/programming available based on the needs of the juvenile, or age of juvenile to be placed. Secure track youth are individuals whose care and custody has been realigned to local probation departments as a result of SB 823, who prior to SB 823, would have been sentenced to the care and custody of the Division of Juvenile Justice (DJJ) for the duration of their sentence. It will also include youth currently serving sentences at DJJ who will be returned to the county upon closure of DJJ. Merced County provides services for secure track youth with special programming/services needs.
ALTERNATIVE ACTION/MOTION:
Return to staff for alternative handling.
DOES THIS ITEM SUPPORT THE GENERAL PLAN? N/A
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