To: Board of Supervisors
From: Probation
Agenda Section: Consent
SUBJECT:
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Request for the Authority to Apply for Youth Programs and Facilities Grant Program and Board Resolution
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RECOMMENDATION(S):
Recommendation
That the Board of Supervisors:
1. Grant the Chief Probation Officer, Shaun Brenneman, the authority to apply for the Youth Programs and Facilities grant through the Board of State and Community Corrections (BSCC); and
2. Adopt the attached resolution granting Chief Probation Officer, Shaun Brenneman, has been given the authority to sign this grant application, including any amendments thereof.
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SOURCE OF FUNDING:
Board of State and Community Corrections, Probation Juvenile Hall (1100-234)
DISCUSSION:
As part of Senate Bill 823 regarding correctional facilities and construction, $9.6 million was set aside for the Board of State and Community Corrections to "award one-time grants, to counties for the purpose of providing resources for infrastructure-related needs and improvements to assist counties in the development of a local continuum of care." (Welf. & Inst. Code, ? 2250, subd. (a).) On April 9, 2021, the Board of State and Community Corrections released a Request for Application (RFA) to all California counties for the Youth Programs and Facilities Grant (YPFG) Program, which will award one-time funding to counties solely for infrastructure needs to facilitate youth programming that maintains trauma-informed, culturally relevant and gender-appropriate services to youth in the care of counties. Humboldt County Probation is seeking to apply for these funds and use them to meet some infrastructure needs brought on by the secure youth treatment program (SYTP).
The Humboldt County Juvenile Hall is a secure, 30-bed facility located at 2006 Harrison Avenue, Eureka, California. It is laid out with the sleeping rooms opening onto a large, shared, rectangular living space. Classrooms, dining area, and programming rooms are ...
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