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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 2011/2012.
FUNDING: JJCPA.
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Fiscal Impact/Change to Net County Cost
This report is informational only, no impact on Net County Cost.
Background
On May 24, 2011, the Board approved the submittal of the Probation Department's re-application and plan to the Board of State and Community Corrections (BSCC) (previously Corrections Standard Authority CSA) for continued funding of the CART Program from the JJCPA (10-0342, Item No. 21). Subsequently, BSCC received our application package and gave final approval for funding on May 26, 2011.
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 (BSCC), in a format specified by CSA (BSCC), on the programs funded pursuant to this chapter and program outcomes specified in subparagraph (C)."
Reason for Recommendation
The Probation Department submitted the required annual report to BSCC on September 13, 2012. In accordance with the above requirement, the Department submits this annual progress report to the Clerk of the Board's Office prior to the October 15, 2012 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, 2012 outcomes are detailed in the attached report.
Action(s) to be taken following Board approval
1) The Board of Supervisors' Clerk shall receive and file the 2011/12 Progress Report for Community Alliance to Reduce Truanc...
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