DATE: August 9, 2016
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBMITTED BY: Michael L. Elliott, Interim Chief Probation Officer
SUBJECT: Retroactive Revenue Agreement with Sanger Unified School District to partially fund the costs of one Campus Deputy Probation Officer
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
TITLE
Approve and authorize the Chairman to execute a retroactive revenue Agreement with Sanger Unified School District for services provided by one Deputy Probation Officer assigned to various school campuses from July 1, 2016, through June 30, 2017 ($37,500).
REPORT
There is no additional Net County Cost associated with the recommended action. Sanger Unified School District (Sanger USD) and the Probation Department desire to continue a partnership to provide services. Sanger USD will provide a total of $37,500 in funding toward this position and the remaining direct costs will be funded by Juvenile Justice Crime Prevention Act (JJCPA) funds. The Fresno County Probation Department and Sanger USD recognize the benefit of collaborating to provide services and have a Deputy Probation Officer (DPO) participate on the Police/Probation Teams located on campus. Due to the collaborative nature of this Agreement, the Department recommends your Board deviate from 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 to provide on campus services to Sanger USD.
RETROACTIVE AGREEMENT:
The Probation Department has been in discussions with Sanger USD regarding continuing to provide on campus services. Once the contract was finalized, the next available Sanger School Board meeting was June 14, 2016, at which time it was approved. Sanger USD has completed its internal processing, and the agreement is ...
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