DATE: August 9, 2016
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBMITTED BY: Michael L. Elliott, Interim Chief Probation Officer
SUBJECT: Retroactive Revenue Agreement with Central Unified School District to partially fund the costs of two Campus Deputy Probation Officers
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
TITLE
Approve and authorize Chairman to execute a retroactive revenue Agreement with Central Unified School District for services provided by two Deputy Probation Officers assigned to various school campuses from July 1, 2016, through June 30, 2017 ($75,000).
REPORT
There is no additional Net County Cost associated with the recommended action. Central Unified School District (Central USD) will provide a total of $75,000 in funding toward the two Deputy Probation Officer (DPO) positions. The remaining direct costs for these two positions will be funded by Juvenile Justice Crime Prevention Act (JJCPA) funds. The Fresno County Probation Department and Central USD recognize the benefit of collaborating to provide services and have DPOs participate on the Police/Sheriff/Probation Teams located on campus. 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.
ALTERNATIVE ACTION(S):
There is no viable alternative action. If your Board does not approve the recommended action, the Probation Department will not have sufficient funding to continue providing on campus service to Central USD.
RETROACTIVE AGREEMENT:
The Probation Department has been in discussions with Central USD regarding continuing to provide on campus services. Once the contract was finalized, the next available Central USD school board meeting was June 14, 2016 at which time it went as an information item and placed on the next school meeting agenda as a consent item. On June 28, 2016 it was approved by the...
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