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Adopt a resolution authorizing the Solano County Probation Department to participate in the Youth Reinvestment Grant Program funded through the State of California Recidivism Reduction Fund and Administered by the Board of State and Community Corrections (BSCC); Authorize the Chief of Probation or his designee to execute Grant Agreement Number BSCC 592-19 with the BSCC for the program effective July 1, 2019 through February 28, 2023 in the amount of $300,000; and Approve an Appropriations Transfer Request (ATR) of $100,000 in unanticipated revenue from the BSCC (4/5 vote required)
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DEPARTMENTAL RECOMMENDATION:
The Chief of Probation recommends that the Board of Supervisors:
1. Adopt a resolution authorizing the Solano County Probation Department to participate in the Youth Reinvestment Grant Program funded through the State of California Recidivism Reduction Fund and Administered by the Board of State and Community Corrections (BSCC)
2. Authorize the Chief of Probation or his designee to execute Grant Agreement Number BSCC 592-19 with the BSCC for the program, effective July 1, 2019 through February 28, 2023 in the amount of $300,000; and
3. Approve an Appropriations Transfer Request (ATR) of $100,000 in unanticipated revenue from the BSCC (4/5 vote required).
SUMMARY:
The Solano County Probation Department's grant application was in response to BSCC's Request for Proposal under the Youth Reinvestment Grant Program which was released on January 18, 2019. Funding for the YRG Program is provided under the 2018 State Budget Act (Senate Bill 840, Chapter 29, Statutes of 2018) and the related trailer bill (Assembly Bill 1812, Chapter 36, Statutes of 2018), which appropriated a total of $35,062,000 over the course of the grant term. The goal of the YRG Program is to divert low-level offenders from initial contact with the juvenile justice sy...
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