DATE: October 17, 2017
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBMITTED BY: Philip F. Kader, Interim Chief Probation Officer
SUBJECT: Retroactive Grant Application for Juvenile Delinquency Prevention and
Intervention Grant Program Funds
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
TITLE
1. Retroactively authorize the Chief Probation Officer's previous submittal of a grant application to State of California's Board of State and Community Corrections for Title II Juvenile Delinquency Prevention and Intervention Grant Program funds ($300,000); and
2. Adopt resolution authorizing the Chairman to sign the grant application and to execute retroactive grant award agreement with the Board of State and Community Corrections for the period October 1, 2017 through September 30, 2018, subject to approval by County Counsel and the Auditor-Controller/Treasurer-Tax Collector.
REPORT
There is no Net County Cost associated with the recommended action. A non-competitive Federal funding opportunity was offered by the Board of State and Community Corrections (BSCC) on August 2, 2017 for the renewal (third year) of the Probation Department's existing Planned Re-Entry Program (PREP) grant. To meet the filing deadline of August 31, 2017, the grant application was submitted contingent upon your Board's approval. The PREP provides re-entry services to youth committed to and released from the Juvenile Justice Campus (JJC).
ALTERNATIVE ACTION(S):
If the recommended actions are not approved, the submitted grant application will be withdrawn from consideration for funding. This will result in the loss of needed re-entry services to youth committed to the JJC.
RETROACTIVE AGREEMENT:
Probation received the request for applications from the State of California's BSCC on August 2, 2017 and was not able to meet the County's processing deadline for placement on a Board date prior to October 1, 2017; the start of the third year grant cycle.
FISCAL IMPACT:
There is no Net County Cost associated with the recommended...
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