TO: Board of Supervisors
FROM: Probation
MEETING DATE: August 3, 2021
DEPARTMENT CONTACT:
Izen Locatelli
PHONE:
234-6911
ITEM TYPE: Consent Agenda
TIME ALLOCATED FOR ITEM: N/A
AGENDA TITLE:
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Approval of Agreement with Izmael David Arkin dba Mendocino County Aikido in the Amount of $93,375 to Provide Aikido, Mindfulness Meditation, and Trauma Resiliency and Emotional Regulation Skill Development Programming Services to In-Custody and Out-of-Custody Youth for the Period of Date of Full Execution of Agreement through June 30, 2024
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RECOMMENDED ACTION/MOTION:
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Approve Agreement with Izmael David Arkin dba Mendocino County Aikido in the amount of $93,375 to provide Aikido, Mindfulness Meditation, and Trauma and Resiliency and Emotional Regulation Skill Development programming services to in-custody and out-of-custody youth for the period of date of full execution of Agreement through June 30, 2024; authorize the Chief Probation Officer to sign any future amendments to the Agreement that do not increase the total amount of the Agreement; and authorize Chair to sign same.
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PREVIOUS BOARD/BOARD COMMITTEE ACTIONS:
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SUMMARY OF REQUEST:
Mendocino County Aikido will provide the Peaceful Warrior Project to in-custody youth for 50 weeks per year and out-of-custody Probation referred youth to contract limits. The Peaceful Warrior Project consists of Aikido, Mindfulness Meditation, and Trauma Resiliency and Emotional Regulation Skill Development programming services through which youth develop critical life skills including respect, focus, perseverance, self-awareness, compassion and self-discipline. The primary program objectives are to provide specific practical tools that youth can utilize to establish calm when stressed, increase range of challenging circumstance in which youth can appropriately respond in order to establish feeling of internal safety and to increase overall quality of decision making. The s...
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