SUBJECT: AGREEMENT
WITH THE COUNTY OF SANTA CLARA AND SERVICE PROVIDERS IN THE AMOUNT OF $900,000
FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE COMMUNITY BASED AFTERCARE PROGRAM.
COUNCIL DISTRICT: Citywide
1. Approve
an agreement with the County of Santa Clara (County), accepting a Community
Based Aftercare Program (CBAP) subgrant in the amount of $900,000 for the
period April May 15, 2001 through June 30, 2002; and
2. Adopt a resolution authorizing the City Manager to negotiate and execute grant agreements with service providers to provide services to parents and at-risk youths in an amount not to exceed $800,000.
Recommendations
approved by the City Council on June 27, 2000, for the San Jose B.E.S.T.
Program, specified program improvement objectives for 2000-2001 that included
implementing resource development activities.
The intent of resource development is to raise additional public and
private sector dollars for purposes consistent with the Mayor’s Gang Prevention
Task Force
(MGPTF)
Strategic Direction Work Plan, and to support and expand the MGPTF and San Jose
B.E.S.T. Continuum of Services.
One of the major service objectives for the MGPTF is
to enhance school safety and student performance. To meet this objective, a grant application was submitted to the
County's Juvenile Justice Coordinating Council in collaboration with
community-based organizations and several Santa Clara County departments
(including Mental Health, Drug and Alcohol, Probation, and Office of Education)
for use of California State Schiff-Cardenas Crime Prevention Act of 2000
monies. The City was awarded a grant in
the amount of $900,000. The CBAP would
provide support services for incarcerated youth that would improve the skills
necessary for a successful transition into the community and school system, by
way of supplementing the County Probation Department’s efforts with
community-based support services. The County's
program begins May 15. However, the new
services administered by the City are proposed to begin July 1, 2001.
The Juvenile Justice Coordinating Council, created
and designated by AB 1913, Schiff-Cardenas Crime Prevention Act of 2000, is the
local funding body for the County.
The CBAP is funded to implement a range of
comprehensive and integrated strategies designed to create safer and healthier
school and community environments. The
County's Probation Department serves as the fiscal/administrative agency to the
State for the CBAP.
The
CBAP is designed to implement the following strategies:
·
Establish
a new formalized Community-Based Aftercare network of services;
·
Link
and increase the effectiveness of the existing facility-based aftercare service
components;
·
Leverage
other City and County youth and family service systems through collaborative
service agreements and coordination with newly funded agency services and
resources; and
·
Reintegrate
students into pro-social community life through independent living, foster
homes, or home family reunification.
As
an applicant partner in the funding proposal, the City would receive a subgrant
in the amount of $900,000 for the period of May 15, 2001 through June 30,
2002. PRNS would manage the funds
received, and would be responsible for compliance with CBAP guidelines, which
include performance measures, attributed to each subcontract developed.
The
City will subcontract with five to seven community-based organizations,
including B.E.S.T. and Work Force Investment (WIA) qualified service providers,
for a total amount not to exceed $800,000, as well as provide direct aftercare
services from Parks, Recreation and Neighborhood Services Department’s (PRNS)
Turn It Around Program, to expend the CBAP grant funds. The City’s part of the program will be
delivered through three temporary employees.
One position would coordinate the overall grant program and the
remaining two would provide direct case management for the below-listed support
services. The CBAP funding would be
allocated to provide the following support services for targeted youth:
·
social/recreational
·
mentoring
·
parent
support
·
crisis
intervention
·
case
management
·
substance
abuse
·
youth
employment support.
PUBLIC OUTREACH
The
application planning process included a wide range of needs assessment
activities, focus group interviews, individual interviews, and group meetings
at various school site locations. Input
on service needs and priorities was sought from youth, parents, teachers,
school administrators, and a range of service providers.
COORDINATION
This memorandum was coordinated with the City Attorney’s
Office and the Budget Office.
COST IMPLICATIONS
The Community Aftercare
Program subgrant with the County will provide full funding for the
City-operated and contracted services articulated in this memo. Funds will be appropriated as part of the
2001-2002 Adopted Budget. PRNS will
absorb other indirect administrative costs.
MARK LINDER
Director, Parks, Recreation, and
Neighborhood Services