Title
Adopt a resolution amending the Juvenile Justice Coordinating Council bylaws.
Report
RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors adopt a resolution amending the Juvenile Justice Coordinating Council bylaws.
SUMMARY/ DISCUSSION:
The Juvenile Justice Coordinating Council (JJCC) is legislatively mandated by Welfare and Institutions (W&I) Code 749.22, which requires counties to establish a juvenile justice coordinating council to develop a comprehensive, collaborative, multiagency local action plan and implement a continuum of county-based responses to prevent and reduce juvenile crime.
The code also establishes the minimal membership for JJCC and indicates that the Chief Probation Officer will serve as council Chair for the duration of his or her appointment. Other members include one representative each from the district attorney's office, the public defender's office, the sheriff's department, the board of supervisors, the department of social services, the department of mental health, a community-based drug and alcohol program, a city police department, the county office of education or a school district, and an at-large community representative. In addition, the coordinating council includes representatives from nonprofit community-based organizations providing services to minors.
The council membership is designed with a balanced and comprehensive approach, which integrates advocacy, treatment, and accountability, toward a continuum of graduated measures and programs designed to intervene with appropriate responses and different degrees of severity for at-risk youth and juvenile offenders.
In 2020, W&I Code 1995 mandated the creation of a subcommittee of the multiagency juvenile justice coordinating council to develop a plan describing the facilities, programs, placements, services, supervision, and reentry strategies that are needed to provide appropriate rehabilitation and supervision services for the in-custody youth reali...
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