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Receive Monterey County's SB 823 Juvenile Justice Realignment Block Grant Annual Plan for FY 21-22
Report
RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors receive Monterey County's SB 823 Juvenile Justice Realignment Block Grant Annual Plan for FY 21-22.
SUMMARY:
The Probation Department has coordinated the preparation of the local Juvenile Justice Realignment Block Grant Annual Plan for FY 21-22, reviewed and approved by the Subcommittee of the Juvenile Justice Coordinating Council (JJCC), as mandated by law.
DISCUSSION:
On September 30, 2020 Governor Newsom signed Budget Trailer Bill SB 823, which transfers responsibility for managing youthful offenders under State custody to local jurisdictions and initiating the closure of California's State Division of Juvenile Justice (DJJ) and its juvenile correctional facilities, effective July 1, 2021.
The realigned population includes youth under juvenile court jurisdiction who in the past would have been committed to custody in one of the State's juvenile correctional facilities due to the severity of their crime(s), e.g., arson, rape, murder, aggravated assault, kidnapping, robbery and sex crimes. The average length of stay for all youth released in 2019 was 28 months.
The Juvenile Justice Realignment (JJR) legislation is complex and does not yet clearly address essential implementation details and responsibilities. It is expected that additional bills will bring further clarification on these issues in the coming months.
Major changes include:
* Custody authority for realigned population is transferred from the State to Counties
* Age of Jurisdiction: up to 21, 23, or 25 years
* A newly created State entity, the Office of Youth and Community Restoration (OYCR) will oversee realignment funding and local plans
* Creation of a JJCC Subcommittee to develop the Local Plan, to be filed with OYCR by January 1, 2022 for FY 22-23, and then yearly by May 1st
* Replacement of the current State...
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