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Approve a contract with Carol Cramer Brooks to provide Cognitive Behavioral Training (CBT), Instructor Development Training and technical assistance to staff at the Juvenile Detention Facility for an amount not to exceed $100,500 for the term of October 1, 2017 through September 30, 2018; Authorize the County Administrator, pending County Counsel concurrence, to execute the agreement; and Authorize the Chief of Probation or his designee to execute any amendments which are technical or administrative in nature and remain within the contract amount.
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DEPARTMENTAL RECOMMENDATION:
The Chief of Probation recommends that the Board of Supervisors:
1. Approve a contract with Carol Cramer Brooks to provide Cognitive Behavioral Training, Instructor Development Training and technical assistance to staff at the Juvenile Detention Facility, for an amount not to exceed $100,500 for the term of October 1, 2017 through September 30, 2018.
2. Authorize the County Administrator, pending County Counsel concurrence, to execute the agreement; and
3. Authorize the Chief of Probation or his designee to execute any amendments which are technical or administrative in nature and remain within contract amount.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy approach (CBT) is a treatment that focuses on helping offenders improve their social skills, means-end problem solving, critical reasoning, moral reasoning, self-control, impulse management and self-efficacy. CBT has been proven effective in various criminal justice settings, both in institutions and in the community. The benefits of therapeutic approaches based on counseling, skill building approaches, and multiple services improve outcomes in rehabilitation and recidivism reduction.
The proposed contract aims to provide cognitive behavioral training to the staff at the Juvenile Detention Facility which is focused in s...
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