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Probation Department requesting the Board receive and file the annual Juvenile Justice Crime Prevention Act (JJCPA) Progress Report for the El Dorado County's Alliance to Reduce Truancy (CART) program for Fiscal Year 2008/2009.
FUNDING: Juvenile Justice Crime Prevention Act (JJCPA) and County's Alliance to Reduce Truancy (CART).
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Fiscal Impact/Change to Net County Cost: This report is informational only, no direct impact on Net County Cost.
Reason for Recommendation:
On April 29, 2008 the Board approved the submittal of an application and plan to the Correction Standards Authority (CSA) for continued funding of CART from the JJCPA, (Item # 08-0377, Resolution #081-2007). Subsequently, CSA received our application package and gave final approval for funding on May 27, 2008.
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 on specified in subparagraph (C)."
The Probation Department submitted the required annual report to CSA September 16, 2009. In accordance with the above requirement, the Department submits this annual progress report to the Board Clerk's Office prior to the October 15, 2009 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, 2009 outcomes are detailed in the attached report.
Probation has completed the application process for FY 2009-2010 and on May 7, 2009, received notice of approval by CSA.
Action to be taken following Board approval:
1) The Board of Supervisors'...
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