DATE: November 5, 2019
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBMITTED BY: Kirk Haynes, Chief Probation Officer
SUBJECT: Retroactive Agreement with Sanger Unified School District
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
TITLE
Approve and authorize the Chairman to execute a retroactive revenue Agreement with Sanger Unified School District to provide partial funding for services provided by a Deputy Probation Officer assigned to various Sanger Unified School District school campuses, effective July 1, 2019, not to exceed five consecutive years, which includes a one-year base contract and four optional one-year extensions, total not to exceed $187,500.
REPORT
There is no additional Net County Cost associated with the recommended action. Sanger Unified School District (SUSD) and the Probation Department desire to continue a partnership to provide services. SUSD will provide a total of $37,500 each year toward the one Deputy Probation Officer (DPO) position, and the remaining direct costs will be funded by Juvenile Justice Crime Prevention Act (JJCPA) funds. The total for all possible five years of the agreement is $187,500. The Fresno County Probation Department and SUSD recognize the benefit of collaborating to provide services and have a DPO participate on the Police/Sheriff/Probation Teams located on various SUSD campuses. Due to the collaborative nature of this agreement, the Department recommends your Board deviate from the County policy requiring full cost recovery (including indirect costs). This practice is consistently applied to similar agreements with other school districts. This item affects District Four.
ALTERNATIVE ACTION(S):
If your Board does not approve the recommended action, the Probation Department will not have sufficient funding to continue providing on-campus services to the SUSD.
RETROACTIVE AGREEMENT:
The Probation Department has been in discussions with SUSD regarding continuing to provide on-campus services. Once the agreement was finalized, it was schedu...
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