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Home My WebLink About79-041RESOLllTION OF THE COUNTY 0~ BUTTE AUTNORIZING CHICO MUNICIPAL COURT JUDGE TO SIGN COURT R~FERRAL PROGRAM GRAIVT WHEREAS, the County of Bu~te desires to undertake a certain project designa~ed Court Work Referral Program to be funded in part from funds made available through the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, PS 90-351, as amended, (hereafter referred to as the Crime Control Rct) administered by the Office of Criminal Justice P~anning (hereafter referred ~o as OCJP). NOw, THEREFORE, SE IT RESOLVED that the J~dge of the Chico Municipal Court of the County of Butte is authorized, on its behalf to subm~t the attached App7ication for Grant for Law Enforcement Purposes to OCJP and is authorized to execute on behalf of County of Butte the attached Grant Award for 1aw enforcement purposes ~ncluding any extensions or amendments thereof. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the applicant agrees to provide all matchi~g funds required for said project (including any extension or amend~ent thereof) under the Crime Control Act and the rules and regulations of OC~P and the Law Enforcement Assistance Fldministration and that cash wi11 be approprlated as required thereby. BE IT FURTH~R RESOLVED that grant funds received hereunder shall not be used to supplant law enforcement expenditures controlled by this body. PASSED AN~ AQOPTED by the Butte County Board of Supervisors this 1~Fh~ay of Marrh ~ 1979, by the following vote: AYES: Supervisors Dolan, Moseley, Wtzeeler, Winstoa and Chairman Lemke NOES: ~one ABSE~T: None ~OT VQTI~G: None ~ ROBER7 ~. LEMKE, Cha9r~an of the Board of Superuisors ATTEST: CLARK A. NELSON, County Clerk and ex-officio C7erk of the Board ~y ~~~~ ~~ _ QFF OF CR~MI~AL J~STICE PLAN~ING GRAI~T A1~ARD The 0~'fice of Criminai ~ustice P~ann~ng, ~ere~nafter des~gnated "OC~P", her~by malces a grant award of ~unds to 1. County of B~zt~e here~nafter designa~ed "Subgrantee , under t~e pravisians of c~ec~C or~e Titie , Part ~, O~nibus Cr~me Control and Sa~e Streets Rct of 1958 (PL g0-351}, as am~nd~d, herezr~~er designated °Cri~e Contral Ac~G" (or) 0 Juven~le ~ustice and Delinc~uency Prever~t~on Act of 197~ (PL 93-4~5), ~ereinafter desigr~ated "Juveni~e Justice Act", ir~ t~e amout~t and fior tf~e purpose and dura~ion se~ forth in this grant award. . Pragram Category 2~33 2. Project Ti~le Award f~o. 5. A-2746-2-77 Court Work Referral Program Grar~t Periad fi. 3/~-5/79 ~0 3/30/80 3. Project Director Name, Address,~Te ep~one Federa Amo~nt 00 'T75 ~8 Judge Ann Rutherfard , . 7, 655 Oleander Avenue tate Buy-fn CA 9a92b Chico $• , (9J.6) 343--4211 Ex. 32 pp ~cant Nard Match , g. $11,65~.00 4. Financial O~fieer Name, Ad r~ss, ~'e~ephone Ot~er Ma~ch J~ on y James L. Johansen, Butte Coun~y Auditor ~p, 1859 Bi.rd Street Total Project Cost. oro~~lle, cA 95965 ~~• #~20 431.00 {glb) 534-4507 , This grant award cons~sts of th~s titZe~page, the a~plication for the gran~ w~ich is attach~d #~~reto as At'~achme~~ A ar~d made a part hereof, and t~~ Standard ~rartt Award Condit~ons which are attacf~ed ttereto as A~~achment B and r~ade a part hereo~.. the Sub~rantee hereby signif~es its acceptance of this grar~t award and agrees to a~min~s~er the g~^at~~ project in accordance with the terms arid cortd~tlons set forth in or ~ncorparated by reference in this ~rant award and tf~e applicaUle provisions of the Cr~me ~on~rol Act identified above. The Subgrantee certifies that ~ederal and state funds received wil~ not be us~d to replae~ local f~ands that wouid, in the absence of s~cf~ federa~ ar~d state a~d, be made availa6l~or 11~activity beir~g suppar~ed under t~1s agreement. ~ , f ~~~~,' .~~. ., ~ ~ate 3" ~' 7j OFFICE OF CRIMI~IAI. ~USTICE PLP-i~~lI~EG, Officra Auth ized to s~gn for Su~grantee STAT~ ~F CALIFOR~IA Name : ,l~~lJ.(~ /~ ,~~v~i> E.ei"C'~~L~ Ti tl e : ,J~i~E -~'i>i~~ i~. ~~,E%i . ~` Tel ep~ane :~'/~> ~~~ ~-~ ~D/ Execut~ ve Di r~ctar, OCJP Date Address : ~.~.~` C~~E'~r.~~'~,~ ~f~iC-r~, C~r~~C . ~S ~:•~~ SPECIRL DEPOSIT FUf~D LEAA, Fiscal Year GE~VE~A~ F~)ND I herehy certify upon my otvn persanal ITE~1 kna~aZedge tha~ budgeted funds ax~e avaiZab~e for the per~iod and purpose of this ~endi-- ture s~ated above. OC~P Fi scai ~ffi cer OCJP Form 502 Revised 7-1-76 -2- Praject Summary ~Ilunaca.pal and Justice Courts in Bu~te Coun~y are aften ~aced wi~h a probl.em nf sen~encing defendants ir cases where neither a jaiT. sentence nor a f~.ne is appropria~te and i.n ~n~ractian cases wher~ jail is prohibited. The people invalved in most of these cases are e~ther unemployed, on pub~.ic assistance, or s~uden~ts. The Caurt Work Referral program is a me~hod whereby individuals canvicted of an offense do p~zbl~c service work as an. alterna~ive -~a trad.i~ional types of sentencin.g (fines or incarcera~ion) . Project funds will lae used ~to pay ~he salary, ~x~av~l, and operating expenses o~ a court work referral-~coordinatar who will b~e respon~ible for the conduct of the pragram. The pragram will funetion basically as fnllaws; The Court wi.ll Qrder a person to work far a certa~n number of hours in li.eu of fine. The person reports to the Coardinatar who assigns the referral ~a a public or private agency for the sp~cifzed period of tigte. The ~oordina~or will attempt ~o ma~ch a referral's skills to an age~cy's nesdse The Caordinator ~hen follc~ws up the ref~rral by maintaa.n.ing con~act with the referral agency and checkin.g on the perons's work and attendance. _At the conclusion of the work assignment, the Coordinatar wi~.l present ~he completed referral report to the c~urt including when necessary, an evalua~ion of the person's performance durir~g the work p~~~od. . The pragram will be supervi~ed by ~he Ch~.co Municipal Caurt Judge and an adv~.sory board of the five lawer court judges in Butte ~ County. Appraaimately 155 referrals v~ill be made per man.th through the faur Justice and one Municipal Courts in Butte County. Eleven pubZic and pr~.va~te agencies ~n the county have ~ndicated. the~.r w~.~lingness to accept referrals for between b50 and $2b haurs per month. The development af cammunity ag~ncies where referrals can be placed wi11 be an ongoing #'unetion of the coordinator. IR ~ .R-1~E1'ARTMFNTAL NEMORANDUN ~ BUTTE COUNTY PERSONNEL OFF~CE T0: Dal e 8er~nett BY: ~im Rackerby, Personr~ei Director SUBJECT:Affirmative Ae-~ian Program DATE: 3/23/79 Butte Gounty's Aff3r~ative Actio~ Program, Sect~on 4 of the Personne~ Rules, zs a~praved by the federal government as mee~ing t~e E~ua~ Emp7oymer~t ~pport~nity Guideii~es. These gui~e~~nes are used ~y the Depar~ment o~ ~abor, the Depar~ment o~' JUStice, and al~ federa7 a~encies. The pragram was aiso approved by the U.S. Federal C~v~i Service Commissinn. ~ JR/pld ~FFICE OF CRiMINA~ JUSTICE PLAN~ING ~5, PR~JECT B~DGET BUDGET CAT~GORY AND LINE IT~M DETAI~ C05T R. Personal Serv~ces - Salaries ~ork Referral Coord~nator ~11,~96~.~0 6 pay periods at ~~26 equals ~~ 55~ ~ ,940 2~ pa,y periads a~ $~~7 ~quals $ Wark Referral Coordinator - This pos~~ian will be responsible for the adm~nis~ratzan of Cour~ Work Referral program under the ~irectian af th Pro~ect Direc~ar. The ~ork Referral Coord~na~a will work wi~h the four Ju~tice Cou~ts, one Municipal Court and the referral agencies in But~e County to place m~sdemeanan~~ in appropri e work ~ettings. The person filling the pas~tion will be responsible for mainta~ning all necessa records which dacument the completion af each Cour~ Work Referral, the par~armance of the referral, and the overall success of the progra . Work Placement, As~~stant Coordinator, Z0~ of full t 'me ~ 1~d53.00 Under the direct~on of the Prvjec~ Director a~d the tiVork Referra~ Cvordina~or, this position will be responsibl~ for intervi~wing and asses9i g client~. referred to ~he Court ~ark Referral Program. The znd~v~d~al will work with peaple fram diverse backgrounds and ~he abili~y to communicate wi~th and knowledge of prab~ems of disa~van~aged groups i s neces~ary. This individual will assi.st a.n placing ~he client in a work situa-~ion th~ effectively caorc~inat~s the resources of the client and the needs of a - non~-prafi-~ communzty service agency. The individual must havE the abilzty to maintain a positive working rela~a.an~hip wi~h clien~s, members af the community and other agenoies, as . wezl as the ab~.7.a.ty ta supervise_ clients in the field anc~ as~~.s~ a.n ~.nitiating ean-~rac~ts with new work stations. This posi~ion wi~.l also be responsible for assis~ing in the record ke~ping duties .of the l~Vork Referra~. Prog~am. The Work Placement, Assa.stan~ Coord~.nator should passes a valid Calai.fornia driver's li.cense. ro~a~ ~12, 549.00 -s- ~_..IC£ OF CRZMI~AL ~USTICE PLAN~1. l5. FROJECT BUDGET BUD~ET CATEGORY AN~ LINE ITEM ~ETAI~ COST A. P~rsonal Services - Salar~es Work Referral Coordinator $11,¢.g6~.q0 6 pay periods at $426 equals $~,556 20 pa~ periads at $~47 eq~als $8,9~.0 ~ - V4'ork Referral Coordinator - Th~.s po~it~on will ~ - be responsible for the administration of Cour~ Work Referral program under~the direction of th Prajec~ Director. The Work Refe~ral Coardi.na~a will work wi.th the four Justice Cour~s, one Municipal Cour~ and the referral agencies in Butte County to place misdemeanants i.n appropri e work setting~. The person filli.ng the position will be respansible for maintaining all necessa records which document the completion of each Caurt Wark R~ferral, the p~rformance af the referra~, and the overall success o~ ~he progra . Work Placement, As~istant Coordinator, lOf of full t 'me . ~ 1.,053.00 Under the dzrectior~ of the Prajec~ Director and ~h$ Work Referral Coordinator, tha.s position w~.ll be r~spon~ible for interviewzng and assessi g clients.re~erred to the Cour~ Wark R~ferral Program. The individual will wark with people from ~,~.v~rse backgrounds and ~he aba~lity to communicate with and knowledge of pro~.ems of disad~antaged group9 ~.s nece~~ary. Th~.s individual vrill assist in placa.ng the cl.ient in a work situation th~ effectivel.y coordinates the resources of the client and the needs of a - non-profit community service agency. The indivi.dual must have the abili~y to mainta~.n a pasi-tive working relatianship with cla.ents, ~ memb~rs of ~he communi~y and o~her agencies, as . well as the ability ~a supervise clien-~s ~.n the field and assist in init~.ating contracts wzth ~ new work stat~ons. This position will also be responsible far assisting in the record keep~ng duti.~s of the Wark Ref~rra~ Program. The Work Placement, A ssistant Caardina~o~ should ~ posses a valid California drzver's license. rorA~. ~12, 549.00 _~.. ' PR~JECT B~D~ET -7- Ol ~ ~~ 0~ CRIMI[~AL ~USTICE ~LA~ININ PROJECT BE~DGET B~1aGET CAT~GaRY AHD ~.I~E ITEM DETAiI. COST C. Travel Milage ~2,52~. Success of the Court Referral Pragram depen.ds an ~he relationship developed between the five lower court~ and the 12 ta 25 ~~f~rra~ agenciea. The Work R~ferraZ Coardinatar w~.ll be respons~ble far develnpin.g tha.s relat~.onship through r~gu7.ar, frequent vis~.ts to work refe~ral agencies through out ButtE County. The specialis~ will also have -~o ~travel to each of the five courts at least ~ ance per week ~o a.n~terview referrals and make appropria~e ag~ncy a~signmen~s. Because nf the ~ distances between cities in Butte County, it is est~.mated that the specialist will travel 14,820 mi~es during the project year. Butte County Travel Policy provides far reimbursem~nt of mileag~ at a rate of 17 cen~s per mile. 14,820 miles x ~.17/mile= ~2,520. TOTAL ~ ~2,520. -8- OF~~-~"~ OF CRIMIHAI. ~]U5TICE P~ANI~INC PROJECT Bt~DGEi' BU~GET CATE~4RY AND ~I~1~ ITEM DETAIL COST D. Consultant Services ~ _p_ TOTAL -~- _q_ 0~~ ,E 0~ CRIMINAL ~USTICE PLAN~ING PRO~ECT BUDG~~ BUQGET CAT~GaRY AND LINE ITEM D~TAIL COST E. Constr~c~ion -~~ ~"0`~A~. -0- ~~0-. :CE OF CRI~INAL JUSTIC~ PLAN~I~ PROJECT BUDGET BUDGET CA7~~ORY AND LINE ITEM Q~~AIL ~OST ~. Operating Expenses~ California Cour~ Refe~ral Programs Membership ~~5 Telephone ~nstallation costs ~~- Allocated costs received {FMC74-~) 283• The Bu~te Caunty-wide Cagt Allocatzon Plan ` ' . (FMC7~-4 Plan} ascertains indirec~ cos~s benef ting specifically funded programs and non-county agencies. To isalate costs, cauntg a Encies a ~ e aperat~n d~~~inguished between publ~c service ag~ncies} and s~pport service (servzce agencie }. Where a single agency performs more than one op~ration, gervice, or any cambinati.on thereof, ~-~he plan employa cost cen~ers to ider~tify cost , Usage rates are then used ta charge operatzng agencies receiv~:ng benef~.ts from either aervic agenc~.es ar servzce co~t centers. The plan is based on Federal FMC74-4 gu~.deline and has been a proved by the State Cantroller' Office for FY7~, see appendi.x A. Miscellaneous Office Expense, 3~0 print~ng, xErox, miscel~aneous office suppliEs Equipment maint., t ypewri~er e~c. 100. 707A~. ~ ~ 7~~ ' -11 O~f ~~ OF CR~MINAL J~STiC~ PLANNING PRO~EC7 B~DGET B~DGET CA7EGORY A~D LI~E I7E~ DETAIL C05T G. ~qu~pment , ~AT~GQRY TOTAL . ~6. PROJ~C~f T0~'AL ' ' $20,b01.00 17. ~U~~aQ DISTRIBl1TI4N FEDERAL STATE LOCA~. • a. Am~unt of Fa~nds ~a) ~8,775 ~b) -0- ~c) ~11,b50 b. Percer~tage o-f Funds ~2.95 --~- ~7.0~ ~12- Problem S~atement Municipal and Justice Gourts in But~e County are often faced w~~h the problem of sentenczng de~endan~~ in cases where neither a~ail sen~ence nor a fine is appropriate and in infraction cases where jail ie prohibited. The nu~b~r of misdem~anor arres~s deeressed in Bu~te County from 318~ ~n 19?5 to 274~ in 1q76, a decrease of 15 percent. The number of adul~ m~sdemeanor complaints filed alsa decreased f~am 24g3 in. 1975 to 2144 ~n ~97~ (14 p~rc~nt). This mean~ 89.¢ percent of the total adul~ 19~6 misdemeanor arres~s in But~e County resulted in the filing of a complaint. Analysis of projected adult misdemeanor arrests usin g lgb7 thru 1974 data shows an average yearly increase of 37.8 (+1.5? pe~cent} arrests resul~ing in an est~mated 2,670 adult misdemeanor arrests by 1980, Th~ data also in~ica~ed ~here is 90 percen~ probability that ~he adult misdemeanar arrests in But~e County in 1980 will be between a low af 2,129 and a high of 3,211. F~gure 1 shows the actual and projec~ed adult mi~~emeanor arre~ts in But~e Coun~y betwEen 1967 and 1981, TheMunemployment rate in Butte County in Dece~ber 1977 was 10.2 percent. This was over 25 peraen~ higher than the sta~e- wide unemplayment ra~e of 9.9 p~~cent far December 1978. A~ccording to 197~ census date, 12.1 percen~ of all families in Butte County received less than the poverty level income. Some 25.5 percent of ~hese famil~es received public ass~s- tance. One haZf bf ~he unr~la~ed indiv~duals ~n Bu~~e County received zncome less ~han $~,80b and~46.4 percent of th~se ~~dividuals were below poverty level. The "near poor" persons with ~nco~es less ~han 125 percent of ~he poverty level totaled 24.2 percent of all indivi~uals while the "poor poor" persons with incames ~ess than 75 p~rc~nt of the pov~r~y level number 11.5 percent af all persons. ' Per capita persan.al income in. Butte Caun~y dur~ng 1973"was $~,215 or 23.2 percen~ below the statewide average per capi~a incame af ~5,487. As of June 3D, i97a, an average of 2,116 familiss per manth an~ 6.60~ individuals per manth were - . receiving Aid to.Dependen~ Chzldren in Butte County. The average monthly cash grant at that ~ime was ~190.30 per family and ~b1.40 per individual. Conversation wzth ~he Courts in Bu~te Cau~ty indicate that the vzol~a~or of ~he fallowing offensas could be remanded -~o a cam,mun~ty service work prograrn. Tra~fie vivlation9 Drunk driviug Drunk Disorderly Condtzc-~ -13- Disturbing the PeaG Drug Law Violations Possession of Marajuana City and Caun~y Code Viola~ions Fi sh and Game V i alat i on s 0-~her Suitable Misd.emeanors 33- 3~• Analys~s of 1976 adult misdemeanor arrests shaw that sa~me 2098 ~$7 . 5 p~rG~nt ) of -the ~fltal 2, 399 arre st s were for offenses included above. The Cour-~s would no-~ ref~~ assault and battery, pet-~y theft, or sex law offenders to a work program except in. unusual circ~m~tances. Assurr~~.ng that the ercent of offendars belaw the poyerty level in ths Cour~ty ~( 24 .~ perc~nt) , then approximately 5~$ P~~'~ons P~~' Y~a~' ~~uld be remand~d to a communi~y work program because of their ~nabil~.ty to pay a fine. O~hers would be remanded to the program as an alternate form of punishm~nt. A ~oache~ Consi,dered According to CCCJ Far 5~2, Grant A l~catio~~Gua.delines, th~.s item is not required for pro~ec s a.n cert~fied region- al plans. This pra ect is in the Regian C 1975 Plan approved by ~CC~ on October ~, 1975. Project Objec~zves The goal of ~he Court Work Referral praject is ~o establish a successful procedure for d~.vert~.ng de~`endar~~s to ~arograms of community s~rvice as an alternative ~a large manetary fir~es o~ jail sentences. Ob 'ective #1-- BY 1~50~ at least 85 percen~ of the adul~ ~~~meanan~s and infraction ea~e defendan~s wi-th ineomes below curren~ poverty level wha ar~ sentenced in Municipal and Justice Cour~a in Butte County will have th~ oppor~~n-- ity to participate in a wox~k~referral pragram in li~u af fines or jail. Objective #2- A case screening process wi11 be established to'determzne ~he appropriateness of each possible rEferral to the Work program in order to achieve m~ximum benefit to both the~affender and the par~icipating community agenca:es, On implementation of this proce~s, 100 percent af ~the cases eligible for referral to the Wark Program will be placec~ in a co~nmunity service agency. . Objective #3- A~ least 88 percen~ of ~he de~endants refer- red to the ~ark Program will ~ complete the~.r assig~nr~ent . Of ~hose anda~viduaZs not car~ple~ing thszr war~ assign- men~, f~l~.ow-up ac~ion will result in a de~ermination cause in Z00 percent of the cases. -14- Objec~ive #4- Fvl~ow-up cl~ent st~dies will result in statisticaT~y significant positive client eva~uativn of the Work Program as related ta elient ski~~s ~ev~lopm~nt and u~~, program value and effectiveness,~and at~~tu~e taward the progra~. ~ Objec~ive #5w At least two times each year, employing agencies a~ c~~m~nal justice system personnel will be surveyed to de~err~ine s~atistically s~g-~ifican~t sha.fts in a~titudes toward, and opinion of, the program. Ob 'ec~tive #b- Misdemeanor recidzvism rates of less ~han percen~ will bs realized ~n spec~.fic cas~s or groups of cases where rehabilita~Gion is a p~imary goal of re- fer~al ~to the Work Program. Objective #7- By 19$0, at least 90 percent ~f the~attar- ~ neys pract~ving ~.n Butte Coun-ty, in the private sector and tho~e attorneys func~ioning as public defenders, will be aware of the Co~rt ~`~ork Referral Program ~in But~s County. Qb~ective #8- The Court Work Ref~rral P~ogram w~.ll pro- ~vide the judicial sys~em w~th an alternate means of deal- ing wi~h w~altheir individuals for wham paying a fine would nat be an effective or just disposition. Objective #9- Possibil.i.~y of including the Superior Cour-~ as a"re~erral source for this project, ~ffor~ wi11 be made to facili~ate -Ghis possibility. ~.~, 5_ ~5. P-~~thodolo zL ~ a. Descr~iption of ProposPd Approach ~ - ~'hP ~•Suni~ipal and JusticP Courts in But~~ County ar~ of~~n. faced wi~h having to sPnt~nc~ a dpfPndant for .•k. an offPnse whPrR nPi~h~r ~ail or fin~ zs appropriata and it~ infraction cases whPre jai.l is prohibitPd. An altF~nativP ~o such a s~ntenc? is to perm~.t thP d~- , fendant to work for the community or~ a voluntary basis . in lieu of ja~l or fine. - f ThP pragas~d voluntary Court Work R~f~rral Pragram.has~ - ~ '~ ~ •four basic condit~.ons: . ' ' 1. ThQ Workpr rpf~rr~d by thP courts nust nat dis-- . pYace a currwnt.employee or fill an Pxisting . vacant position. , 2. The d~fendant's work mus~ be supPrvised, . 3. The agPncy to whom th~ workpr is sent must rQport ~ ~ the worker ~ s attendance at~d work pprformanc~ ~o • the courts. ~ ~ ~. AgenciPs participating in th~ program.mu~t hold ~ Bu~te Coun~y harmless for any ~ob-incurrFd 3njuries. ~ - ~t~ addition, ther~ i.s a responsibzlity on the part of ~~hP ~court not ~o refpr any p~rson to ~,rork for an agency '' , ~ ~ if there is r~ason to b~~.iPV~ ~hat therP ~rould 'a~ any risk of injury to th~ agPncy, i~s p~ploy?es or property. TherPfore~ pPrsons convic~~d of vioZPnt masdPnPanors _ ~ or misdpm~anor propPrty ~hPft ~rill nat bp placPd it~ th~ Work R~fPrral PrograM t~ri~h the Pxcgption of thas~ ~ are cases ~•rhPrP extenuatin~; circumstances e.xis~. ~ ~ ' Prior to thP actual plac~ment of defendants in r,~rork `~ : ass~gnm~nts, the caurts and participating commurzi'ty agPncies wi1l.r~stablish a casP processing and r~ferral. ~ ~ system. This sys~em tira.ll bQgzn wzth th~ courts ~d~~er- . mination of thP appropriat?n¢ss of sen~Pncing a def~nd- aat to thw work pragram and - conc~udp wi~h follo~,r--up ~ ~.nterviews wi~h th~. worker and ~he rPfc~rral a~Pncy to v~rify compZetion of the assignment and ass~ss ~hP eff~ctivPnPss of thr~ placenent. The ~rogram wi~l a~t~mpt to ~xpand i.~s~~f ~o includ~ ~uvPn~.~.ps ~o bp . rPf~rrPd ~y ~hF SupPr~or Court of Butt~ Coun~y. . BeforP a community sPr~icP ager~cy will be eligibl~ . ta utilizP court ~rork r~ferrals, an agr~pmPnt will b~ es~ablishPd betwPfi n the courts (~utte County} and thP participa~ing a.g~ncy, Th~s agr~PmPn~ w~.ll spec~fy tha~• the ~agPncy wilZ: . _.. . . , . -• ~. ` : -16- ~ _ : .: . _ _~ _. .. _ .. , . _. 1. Prov~de ad~quate worker's compensa~~~on and 1ia- bil~ty insurance ta cover al~ persnn~ referred by thE Cot~rt . ~ 2. Not discr~.mir~ata agaa.nst p~acemen.t of a~y Court ref~rral on ~he basis of age, ~ex, race, creed, color, national origin, po~i.tica~ af~i~ia~ion or reli.gious belief . ~, Mai.ntain and/or cample~te all records and repor-~s required by the Court to en~ure comple-tion of worked assignments as a cvnditian of probation. 4. Monitor and supervise all Cour~ referrals while p~rforming work assignmen~s ordered. by the Court. b. Proposed Methods and Procedures Fundamenta7.ly, -~he proposed Court Work Referral Pro- gram wi~1 functian as follows: 1, The Caurt wiZl determine eligibil~ty of a parti- cular defendant ta participate in the ~ork Program --~ on the bas~ s af : a. Abila.ty af defendan~ ta pay fine b. Type and aeriousness af crime c. Past reco~d d. $otential.hardship ta o~hers if jail sentenee is i.mposed. e. Cast of carrying aut sentence 2. When the Cour~ determines that a dEfendant should be given the vpportuni-~y ~o volunteer his/her ser- va.ces to the commun~.ty in l~eu of fzne ar jai1., the Court places the persan on proba~ion contingen~ ta his participatian in ~he work program. The Court will order ~he defendant to work a specific number of c~ays at a rate of approximately $fi3.00 per hour. ~he defendan-~, assisted by Caur~ Work Referral Staff, com ~.etes a work referra~ skills form {see App~ndix B~ on the specified date he/she report.s.: ta the woTk ref~rral program caordinator. ~~ 3. When ~he defendant reports~~a ~he Coordinatar, . he/she a.s given a cample-~e expl.antion of ~he work referral program includzng what is expec~ed of ~he defendan~ by the Court and what th~ consequences of not completing -~he assignmc~n~ are . The Coardin- a~ar ~hen review~ the defendant's ska.lls or abili-~ies. A Notice af 1Nork Pro~ram Ass~,{~? nent is then pre-- pared and signea by t~ie d~end.ant. A copy is given ~ _17_ . to ti; dpf~ndant ~rhi1~ thP Cooi .na~or rPtains a copy and ona (I.) copy ~.s farward~d ta thP r~- ferral agPncy {s~P App~ndi;~ C). It is th~ dQ-- fQndan~'~ rPSpo~si~ilitf ~o pr~sPn~ th~ aoency wzth it's copy of thQ NoticP whpn h~/shP rPpor~s to thP work rPf~rral agPncy for work the first day on the job. ~ -',~ ~. Upon comp~etion of thP work ass~.gnmQn~~ thP . rEferral a;Pncy evaluatPs tho performancP of th~ defendan~, mak~s approprxa~~ cau~mPats as ta thp . ~ valu~; and/or Pffec~ivPness of ~hP p~acement and ~ signs the idotice of :da.~k Pra ram Assi •nmr~nt vQr- ifying cot~plp~ion of ~hP ~ror~ assin~m~nt. ~n+~ a~Pncy th~n rPtai~ns one (1. } copy and returns on~ . CI) copy ~o ~hP Coordina~or. ~f a problPm dPVP~.ops betwePn~ the' agency and the dc~fPndant or ~hP defPnd-- ant fails ~o appPar for works th~ Coordinator t,r.~ll. ~ immedia~ely notifipd and appropria~e action will ~ be takPn. The Court ~lork RPferral Prog~ an Coord~.natar z,n.l~ ma~.ntain an u~-datPd l~.st ~ of all persons ass3gnPd ~ to th~ progran ~y thP courtsy whQre Pach:refPrral ~.s p~aced? crhich rPferrals have not bP~n placpd~ and any unfilled a~Pncy jobs elzgibl~ for placa~ ment of a caurt rPfQrral. Community servicP aa~nciPS trill.b? contact~d r~~u- ' larly by the coo~dinator ~o dPt~rminP new opPnings or po'~~nt~.al work assignm~tzts and received f~ed- . . back on ~he progra~. from thP agency and clients. ~ ~ ~ -~ Estimates by the courts in Butt~ County indicate appra~iBatP number of cas¢s ~he which could b¢ , referred ~o thP work pragram monthly are as follows: - Chico ~~Iunicipal Court 50 ~0 60 . ~Orovi.lle Justice. Court 30 ~0 40 ParadisP Justice Cour-~ 25 to 35 ~ Gridley Jus~icP Cvurt _ . . B3.ggs ,Justic~ Court .~ ~ 15 to 20 .> Sup~rior Court 15 to 20 ~ ~ Total (pPr month) 135 to 175 ~ c. Admin~s~ra~ive RPSponsib~.~i.ties The QvPrall rQSpons~'~ility for th~ proposPd Court Work R¢ferral Program r~s~s with th~ Buttp County Board of SupPrvisors, Enploymen~ of th~ :~dor~~ placemPnt SpPCi.a~ist (Program Caardinator ) i,rill ~~P accomplishPd in accordancP i~rith proc~durPS Pstaa= • -1$-- YY ~ishPd in th~ ButtP Coun~y Ppr~onnPl I~iPri~ Syst~m. ror administrat~vP rAasons~ thP P~acF~Qnt 5p~cial- ist w~1Z b? an ~mplay~P of th~ C~ntral S~rvic~s D~part~Pnt of thP ~utt~ Caunty Ad~inistra~or's OfficP assign~d to th~ Chieo ~iunicipal Cour~. Proj~c~ Da..rQC~or and Pro~ram Cvordinator's ir~mPd- - ia'~r~ supr~rvi.sor wi21 b~ th~ Cnzco P~unicipal Court Judge. ThP projec~ offic.r wi11 b~ locat~d in'.the . Chico Iiun~cipa~., Cour~ ti~rhich trill also supp~.y telP- -' phone~ postage= stationary, and sPcretarial ser- vicPs to th~ project. '.~'hp proj~et d~.rPc~or ~ri11 ~be rpsponsible for adainistratio~ af thw projPct . within the proviszons of the gran~ trhile tha pro-- ~ gram coordinator w~11. be responsib~.e. for the day- ~' to-day op~ra~3on of thp projPct. An adv~sory councz~. consisting of the fivP lower . court ~1udgPS in ButtP Caunty will mePt mont'nly ~o make pal~cy and procedur~ rPCOmmPndation~ to ~h~ - ~ proj~ct director and pro~ran coordina~or.~ ~4igur? ~ 2 shows the orga~.niza~ional structur~ of th~ pro- . posed Cowri, tidork Referral pro~ram. . . ~ ' d. ~den~ifica~ion af avai~.able resourc~s ~. . A~ ~he preseat ~ine ~ the follo~ring co~unity ser- vic~ agPncies have indicated the~r wil~.ingness to ~ participa~e in the Court Cdork R~fPrral Pragram: . ~ 1.~ C3ty of Chico ~ 2, Chico Coamunity Day Care Center ~.. ' . 3. Goodwi.ll Industries ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~. Commuz~.ity Ac-~~on VoluntPers ~.t~ Educatian . ~ 5. U. S. For~st Servic~ -- Plumas Na~iona-1 ~'or~st . . ' 6. Bu.~~~ ~nvironnent Caunc~,~. ' . . 7. ~+farGh of Dines . - 8. ButtQ-~Glenn HPar~ Associa~a.on ~ . ~ , 9. . Senior Citi.zens Nutrition ~ounc~.l . _ . ~ 10. County of ~uttP . ~ 11. Chica ~rea Recreatzon D~.stric~ ~ Th~se agencies es~inatP they ~ril~. be ablp to us~ ~ a total of 83 rPfPrrals pPr manth for a total of ~. ~ betweRn 650 and 826 hours p~r month. The~enlist~aent of cammunity serv~c~ agFncies as ~ -~ work~plac.Pm~nt si~Ps wi.ll bF an ongoing zunction ~ of the Pro~ram Coordznator. In addition to loca~. a~pncy coopera~ion, th? Judic~a~. ~ Council of C1Zifornia has taF~Pn an ac~~ve intPrPst ~-' in thp d~vilo~~Pnt and oppra~~.on of this proposa~ and has offpra.d wha~ ~vPr techr~ical assistancP mav bp nPed~d to makp the program a succPSS. '.. _19.. • ~ s. Z . ; ~ - . . . ~ ' ~ ~ • ' . •i~ . . . , C/~ ~ ' ~ ~ . . ~ . 1 ' 4 . . . ~ . . 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' - . . ! , : ` . ~ ,:I~ :' ~~ . ~ • ~ ~ _ : ~ ~ : , ~. ; , ~ ; : ~ sls~~~~ lz ~a~ ~ oN~~as~w . -r~nzar~ ~ ~ ~ ; = ' ~ ~ : , . . ~ _, ; . : . . ~ _ , ~ . - - .. ~. . . . . ~ . ...:~ .---. - ~ ~ Q ~ o o o ~ o ~ . - ~ ~ . ~ m ~ ~ ~-- . ~- - . ~ -za ~ 37. t~ana~~~ . it Rncords a) C~.iFnt and refprra~. r~cords - rPcords r~ri.Il bp maintain~d ~to provid~ th~ follo~~ri.ng ~nforma~ion: -~- 1. To~a~ nur:ibPr of rPferrals r~adp p~r month, 2. Tota1 numbQr of hours work~d by ref~rrals p~r mon~h. " 3. Sp~cific aff~nses ;•rhich r~suZt¢d in assign-' _~- mP nt to the ~~ork Program. ~t, •ThP numbPr of rpferrals aad to~a~ hours ~rorkpd in sp~cific work a~signments (i.e. laborer~ ~ typin~, ~~c,) , 5. A~l follaT,r-up int~rviP;•rs and quPstion~.aires will bP ~~pp~ to assess client rPaction ~o th~ . prvgran. ~ ~ 6. All cor~p~P~ed ~Iotic~ of L~To»?~ Pro~-ra~ Ass~ nr::~nt • farms which ?valuatP rPferr~l job periarnancP will be '~ept and azalyzed. 7. Al1 par~icipatino a~pncy co~n~nts and surv~ys will b~ k~pt to ana~.yze pro~ram valu~ and ~, Pffectiv~n~ss. ~ 8. A list of curr?nt work assingm~n~s ~ri~.~. be up- dated daily. - ~ b) Financ~al rPCOrds- al1 financ~.al rpcords will b~ . kept by thp ~uttp Coun.t;~ Audi~or's 4fficP a5 pre- scribed o~ Coun~y and OCJP riscal Affairs procPd- ures. All required fi~aac~.al rr~o~ ts ~.~1~ b~ su~- mi~ted ~y the 3uttP Couaty Auditor's QfiicQ in accordarxce ~rith procedu.~~~ and fnrmat desc~ zbPd in the 4CJP ~ a.sca~ Affairs I~~annal: Tn addition, thP Coordinator tril~. dPVP1op cost d2ta and reco~ds ~ rel.ated to ~he op~ra~zon of the lower cous°ts in ~ Butt~ County which ~Jill be used to dev~I.op a costf benefit analys~.s.. .~ c~ Persontzel rPCOrds - A].l personnel records rPlating to the ~mplay~e.nt of the tidork P~ac~mpnt S~ecialist.- .:_.: , - (Program Coordinator) t•rzll be~ ~a~ntain~d by thP . ~ ~ ,Butte County PFrsonnPl DPpartmfin~. ihP Program ~ - Coordinator ;~ill Mainta~.n a daily ~og of activi~ias . • which will. include a rAcord of refnrrals m~.d¢, -~~ cli~nt intPrvi~zrs~ agency liaison visi~s, and .~. adminzs~ra~ivP duti.~s ~ aad thP ti~P sp~n'~ ~n eaclz activity. ~ ~ 38. Eva~uation Desi~n The projPCt will b~ evaluated p~riodically in tpr~s of th~ e~tPnt to which sp~cific ~oa.ls ar~ nPt. The eva~.uation will be perfarn,ed by. an advisor;~ ~ commit~~~ campased of tt~ro or r~or~ judges fro~n thP - county, a resprQSentati~~ of th~ Coun~y' ~.~cecu~i.vp ~ • Officer j and a rPpxFs~ntative of ~hw Re~~ional officP -21- of .:rininal .Tustic~ P=~annin~. _dva.sory co~-it~~.~T,- ~ mePt~n~s vril~. b~ hPld ~ach mari~h~durir~g,:~:~~i~.~~f~ ,.~,;,~ .~ ear of th~ proj~c~ and ~quartPrly ther.af~~r~.-' ,~.: ~ Y ~ ~ r~ ar~d..: ~ ~ ~ . Quart~rl;~.~p~agrPSS rPports ti•i~il~: b~: p p 3~":.:,-.~:. .~ ~ pro~ec~ staff'. ~ The methodology to bP usPd~in de~~lopir~g eval-- "'~ ~ uation da~a tri~l consist,~ of a conbina~~.on of • community and cl.zpnt survPys s statis~ica~. analysis " of progran informa4ion and obsPrvai~ion; . . 1. Anal;~sa.s of Da~a G~nPrated b;~ Program ~" ,~ $asic opprating fo.~ns .•rzll be clesi~n~d to pro- ~ ~ vide informat~.on on clien~s and program cota- . ~ • ~ pone'nts. CliFn~ infornati.on wil~ includ~ ~ypQ , ~- of work assignmen~ ~ nunbQr of hours rFqu~.r~d ' ~' with ~ime for conpl.e~ion, performance rating by' employer and conpliancP ~nfo~ma~tion. An indepth anai;~si~ of thes~ data ,~o~rc~s Xrill bP ' undertakPn accordzng tn class~of case, class ~ - of r.ei~rral, class.of cli~nt or any oth~r ~~ ~ _ meaningful pa~tPr~ or categori~s genQrated ~ • durin~ the projPC~ p~riod. .. • - 2. Client Fol~o~~r-up . . Fo1.lo:•r-u~ i.nt~;rvie:.~s t.:].~I'! C~ 3~!'1~5 T~r~.ll bQ . ~ conduc~~d by projFC~ s~aff with a significant sample of cases represQn~ativ~ of ~he total ref~rrals. The information wi11 be anal~~ed . ' for sta~istic~.l Sla~-f~~anCP• Staff :~r~.ll ~ attempt to ~.n~r~rviPtr al~ cli~nts not havir~ camplPted th~i.r z•rork assi~n~~nts. The inter- • vipws would deterai.ne : ~ a. If th~ work program has dPvelopPd ~h~ : . elient's ski~.ls which may b~ of future benefit. ' b, The client's evaluatzon of ~he Fffec~~ . .~ ~~ ~tiv~ness and~ value _of = th~ program, . ~ c. The client's att~.tudP to:•rard the pro~ram. ; 3.' Eon~una.ty and Crim~nal Jus~tic~ SystPm SurvPy ~ A~ vara.ous stages of th~ pro3ect~ Pnployirkg~ agenciPS and cr2r.~inal just~.c~ ~ersonnp~. ~•ri].1 - be survpy~d by r~Pans oi ques~~a::nair~s to d~'~- terminP attitud?s tot~rard th~ progr~~ and th~ir opinions of its valuP, ~'hes~ ?•rould be analyzPd to a.dentify ~ta;~~.stically sign.ificant sh~fts . • in estir~ates and apinions. * ~ .,.~ . ~ ' ~ ~ _.,~-~~. ~ - _22- . . _ _ 4,~ K~cidivism ~ Cas¢s ~,~.11.~ be 3da.n~if~.ed whPrp r~habil~.tat~an 3.s a primary goa1. To thQ Px~~n~ possiblP dur~n~ thP grant period~ rQc~.div~sn ra~es t~rill be m~asused in cas~s idPn~ifi,~d for re~iAw. ;, . 5. Pro,~pct .. Staff 3~ani.~oring . - The advisory conmittee ~r3.ll. c~.osely monitor ~ • . . ~ , the perfvrmanc~ of pro~ect staff a:~d ~providP - -~'"~ ° - ,..~.~::1_ ~~:.~= ~~-~=, dirpc~ion as necessary ~o insure conpliance ~~~~~~~~~:: _:~='=.';~~. ~ with prograM objectives, _ ~ .- ASSUME'TION OF COS~ PZAN The prflgnosis fo~ the Butte County Work Referral Pragram appears, at ~his.date, ta be good, mhe• Pragram is well received by the Judg~s of Butte County, th~ servi.ce agencies an.d c~.ients who particxpate in the Program, as well as community members in general. No funding prablems are ~ore.seen in. the future and wE h~pe fuZl funding by the Butte Caunty Board of Supervi~o~s for the year 198o but Proposztion 13 may be an important fac~or. . _ -24- ~ o ~ b4 -'i ct ^..~ ~i ~ O ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Fi ~ S' ~ . ~3 ~ cF Cf1 f-'• m cD ~ ~`~`` 1 ~ ~ cn ~ ~ F-' F-'• t° rA G° ~ ~' ~ ~ ~ d ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ r ~ +, ~ c4• Y• N '. 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