To: Board of Supervisors
From: Probation
SUBJECT:
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Agreement with the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation - Division of Juvenile Justice Facilities (CDCR/DJJ)
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RECOMMENDATION(S):
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That the Board of Supervisors approve the Agreement with California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation - Division of Juvenile Justice Facilities for Diagnostic Studies, Treatment Services and Temporary Detention; execute the Board of Supervisors Resolution approving the Agreement; authorize the Interim Chief Probation Officer to execute the Agreement and other documents associated with the Agreement; and direct the Clerk of the Board to return the Board of Supervisors Resolution to the County of Humboldt Probation Department, Attention: Ellisha Hardison.
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SOURCE OF FUNDING:
General Fund (Budget Unit 235, Probation)
DISCUSSION:
The Humboldt County Superior Court adjudicates many cases each year. Periodically, the Court must reach a disposition on a seriously disturbed juvenile/youthful offender. The case requires in-depth information and services that are available through the CDCR/DJJ diagnostic program. The CDCR/DJJ diagnostic study provides an evaluative social history, psychological testing, and psychiatric study, as indicated, in a CDCR/DJJ facility setting. Diagnostic evaluations are ordered by the court and must be completed with 90 days of CDCR/DJJ's receipt of the offender.
Most often, a satisfactory diagnostic study can be performed locally by the Humboldt County Probation Department Juvenile Hall diagnostic program. However, on occasion, the CDCR/DJJ diagnostic tool is necessary for the adult and juvenile courts when reaching an appropriate disposition for serious youthful and delinquent offenders. Though not extensively used, the CDCR diagnostic program implements Sections 704 and 1731.6 of the California Welfare and Institutions Code. This Agreement was recently received from the California Departm...
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