DATE: January 21, 2020
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBMITTED BY: Kirk Haynes, Chief Probation Officer
SUBJECT: Retroactive Agreement with Central Unified School District
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
TITLE
Approve and authorize the Chairman to execute a retroactive revenue Agreement with Central Unified School District to provide partial funding for services provided by two Deputy Probation Officers assigned to various Central Unified School District school campuses, effective July 1, 2019, not to exceed five consecutive years, which includes a one-year base contract and four optional one-year extensions, total not to exceed $375,000.
REPORT
There is no additional Net County Cost associated with the recommended action. Central Unified School District (CUSD) will provide a total of $75,000 annually in funding toward the two Deputy Probation Officer (DPO) positions. The remainder of the direct costs for this position will be funded with Juvenile Justice Crime Prevention Act (JJCPA) funds. The Fresno County Probation Department and CUSD recognize the benefit of collaborating to provide services and have two DPO's participate on the Police/Sheriff/Probation Teams located on campuses. 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. This item affects Districts One and Two.
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 CUSD.
RETROACTIVE AGREEMENT:
The Probation Department has been in discussions with CUSD regarding continuing to provide on-campus services. Once the contract was finalized, the next available CUSD school board meeting was December 10, 2019. The agreement is now bein...
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