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Probation Department submitting the annual Juvenile Justice Crime Prevention Act (JJCPA) progress report for the El Dorado County’s Alliance to Reduce Truancy (CART) program.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Receive and file report.
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Reason for Recommendation:
On April 19, 2005, the Board approved the Probation Department’s submittal of an application and plan to the Corrections Standards Authority (CSA, formerly the Board of Corrections) for continued funding of CART from the JJCPA. Subsequently, CSA received our application package and gave final approval for funding on May 31, 2005. The Probation Department has operated the program identified in that application since March 2001.
The statute governing the Juvenile Justice Crime Prevention Act (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 as specified in subparagraph (C)."
The Probation Department submitted the required annual report to CSA September 11, 2006. In accordance with the above requirement, the Department submits this annual progress report to the Board Clerk’s Office prior to the October 15, 2006 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 rate. For the year ending June 30, 2006, the program exceeded standard in three areas (number of those arrested decreased by 7%, number of those receiving commitment decreased by 6.6%, number of those completing work/community service increased by 6.1%) while meeting standard in the other five.
The report submitted reflects $463,933.00 of State funds were expended in fi...
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