DATE: August 9, 2016
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBMITTED BY: Michael L. Elliott, Interim Chief Probation Officer
SUBJECT: Retroactive revenue Agreement with Fresno Unified School District to partially fund the costs of eight Campus Deputy Probation Officers
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
TITLE
Approve and authorize Chairman to execute a retroactive revenue Agreement with the Fresno Unified School District for services provided by eight Deputy Probation Officers assigned to various school campuses from July 1, 2016 through June 30, 2017 ($300,000).
REPORT
There is no additional Net County Cost associated with the recommended action. Fresno Unified School District (FUSD) will provide a total of $300,000 in funding toward the eight Deputy Probation Officer (DPO) positions. The remaining direct costs for these positions will be funded by Juvenile Justice Crime Prevention Act (JJCPA) funds. The Fresno County Probation Department and FUSD 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 the Board does not approve the recommended action, the Probation Department will not have sufficient funding to continue providing on campus services to the FUSD.
RETROACTIVE AGREEMENT:
The Probation Department has been in discussions with FUSD regarding continuing to provide on campus services. Once the contract was finalized, the next available FUSD School Board meeting was June 15, 2016, at which time it was approved. After FUSD's internal processing was completed, the agreement is now being brought before your Board on the first available Board date within t...
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