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Probation Department recommending the Board receive and file the annual Juvenile Justice Crime Prevention Act (JJCPA) Progress Report for El Dorado County's Community Alliance to Reduce Truancy (CART) Program for Fiscal Year 2009/2010.
FUNDING: JJCPA and CART.
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Fiscal Impact/Change to Net County Cost: This report is informational only, no impact on Net County Cost.
Background:
On April 21, 2009 the Board approved the submittal of Probation Department's re-application and plan to the Corrections Standard Authority (CSA) for continued funding of CART from the JJCPA, (10-0342, Item No. 21). Subsequently, CSA received our application package and gave final approval for funding on May 7, 2009.
The statute governing the JJCPA is Government Code Section 30061(4)(E)(i) which requires the following: "Each County, or City and County, shall report, annually each October 15, to the County Board of Supervisors and the CSA, in a format specified by CSA, on the programs funded pursuant to this chapter and program outcomes specified in subparagraph (C)."
Reason for Recommendation:
The Probation Department has submitted the required annual report to CSA prior to the October 15, 2010 deadline. The Department is also submitting this annual progress report to the Board Clerk's Office prior to the October 15 deadline.
Program effectiveness is measured by eight standards: arrest rate, completion of probation, incarceration rate, rate of completion of restitution, rate of completion of court-ordered community service, probation violation rate, grade point average, and unexcused class absence rate. For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2010 outcomes are detailed in the attached report.
Action to be taken following Board approval:
1) The Board of Supervisors' Clerk shall receive and file the 2009/10 Progress Report for Community Alliance to Reduce Truancy (CART).
2) The Board Clerk to provide Probation with two certified copies of Agenda Item 10-1085.
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