DATE: October 9, 2018
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBMITTED BY: Kirk Haynes, Chief Probation Officer
SUBJECT: Retroactive Revenue Agreement with Fresno County Superintendent of Schools for two Deputy Probation Officers for the Truancy Intervention Program
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
TITLE
Approve and authorize Chairman to execute a retroactive revenue Agreement with the Fresno County Superintendent of Schools for services provided by two Deputy Probation Officers for the Truancy Intervention Program effective July 1, 2018 through June 30, 2019 ($139,688).
REPORT
There is no additional Net County Cost associated with the recommended action. Fresno County Superintendent of Schools (FCSS) will provide a total of $139,688 in funding toward the total cost of $285,214 for two existing Deputy Probation Officer (DPO) positions providing services to the Truancy Intervention Program (TIP) five days a week. The remaining direct costs for these two positions will be paid for with Youthful Offender Block Grant (YOBG) funds. The Fresno County Probation Department, along with the FCSS, recognizes a correlation between chronic school absenteeism and criminal activity, drug abuse, and incarceration, and, therefore, believes a coordinated collaborative effort will reduce school absenteeism. This item is countywide.
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 has been applied in the past and is similar to agreements with other schools.
ALTERNATIVE ACTION(S):
If your Board does not approve the recommended action, the Probation Department will not have sufficient funding to continue services to the Truancy Intervention Program.
RETROACTIVE AGREEMENT:
The Probation Department has been in discussions with FCSS regarding continuing TIP. The final costs for the positions associated with this program were finalized in June 2018, at which ti...
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