To: Board of Supervisors
From: Esa Ehmen-Krause, County Probation Officer
Report Title: Rescind Prior Board Action Pertaining to Contracted Services with Strategies for Youth
☒Recommendation of the County Administrator ☐ Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
RESCIND Board action on February 6, 2024 (C.100) regarding a contract agreement with Strategies for Youth, and APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the County Probation Officer, or designee, to execute a contract with Strategies for Youth in an amount not to exceed $590,000 to provide the Policing the Teen Brain training program for interested law enforcement agencies in the County for the period of October 1, 2023, through September 30, 2027.
FISCAL IMPACT:
There is no change in the contract funding or amount. This contract will still be 100% funded through a grant awarded in 2023 from the Federal Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.
BACKGROUND:
The Probation Department is the recipient of a federal Community Project Funding award for the Strategies for Supporting Youth in the Community Initiative. Probation’s Office of Reentry & Justice (ORJ) is the administrator of this Initiative and is contracting with Strategies for Youth to provide evidence-based training sessions on adolescent development to all interested law enforcement agencies in the County.
Under this contract, Strategies for Youth will provide a 4-day Train-the-Trainer course with a customized training curriculum; and support the delivery of a 2-day Patrol Officer training course provided by newly trained officers at participating law enforcement agencies. This approach allows for specialized training to be available after the contract expires.
The purpose of this Board Order is to correct the term to read October 1, 2023 through September 30, 2027 to match the contract term as agreed by the County and the contractor, and to match the grant award.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
If this correction is not approved, the Board Order would not reflect the correct contract term for the provision of services with Strategies for Youth under the grant awarded to Probation.