Fiscal Year 2011-2012 Adopted Budget - County of Sonoma

FY 10-11 ACCOMPLISHMENTS
• Implemented Vista Academy, an Evening Reporting
Center, providing a structured afternoon & evening
program, six days per week, to gang members and
minors at risk for gang involvement.
• Supported 11 girls, and 18 boys through graduation
from the Department’s camp programs, and continued
enhancements of employment services for these youth
as they return to the community.
• Implemented pilot program using GPS tracking of
identified gang offenders as a supervision tool to deter
further crime and prevent negative affiliations.
• Provided Scenario Based Field Officer Safety Training
to all supervision officers, enhancing their ability to
safely supervise offenders while protecting the
community.
• Took over supervision of youth being paroled from the
Department of Juvenile Justice.
• Completed over $1.5 million worth of projects for
California State Parks through the SAC program.
• Collaborated with a number of agencies to enhance
services, e.g.:
o With California Parenting Institute, coordinated a
pilot program to provide voluntary trauma counseling
for children of substance abusing domestic violence
offenders;
o With Human Services and Alcohol and Other Drugs,
on the Family Recovery Project, a system integration
effort to improve referral processes and service
delivery;
o With Mental Health, Human Services, and Social
Advocates for Youth, developed a Wraparound
Model of services for minors and their families as an
alternative to home removal.
• Incorporated additional Evidence Based Practices,
improving supervision, & reducing risk, e.g.:
o Trained staff in targeting criminogenic risk factors,
delivering Aggression Replacement Therapy, and
Interactive Journaling;
o Implemented use of a validated lethality assessment
tool for Domestic Violence (DV) offenders;
o Transitioned to an evidence based Containment
Model program for treatment of juvenile sexual
offenders.
County of Sonoma
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PROBATION
Robert M. Ochs, Chief Probation Officer
FY 11-12 OBJECTIVES
• Continue to align Department’s efforts consistent with
evidence based practices, e.g.,
o assess risk;
o dedicate resources towards higher risk offenders;
o develop case plans consistent with risks and needs;
o provide programming demonstrated by research to
reduce recidivism.
• Develop alternatives for girls who in past years had
been placed in Sierra Youth Center.
• In consultation with Court, modify Adult and Juvenile
Probation reports to mitigate impact of staffing
reductions.
• Leverage SB 678 (2009) funding to continue improving
success rate of adults on felony probation. SB 678
Establishes a Community Corrections Performance
Incentive Fund (CCPIF) that transfers state savings to
counties for reduced probation failures.
• In response to state public-safety realignment, develop
plan with partners to safely, effectively, and efficiently
manage anticipated new population of low-level
offenders and parolees.
• Work with Sheriff’s Office to rework system of
detention alternatives in wake of program cuts, allowing
appropriate release of adult offenders and maintaining
public safety.
• Develop SAC into a self-sustaining program by
generating a broader customer-base and improving
efficiency, while maintaining safety record.
• Re-work Juvenile Hall operations to reflect staffing
cuts, in particular, method of initially assessing
risks/needs for all minors entering the juvenile justice
system.
• Enhance collection of restitution through improved
collaboration with the District Attorney’s Office, front
evaluation of offender’s ability to pay, and
establishment and tracking of payment plans.
• Evaluate effectiveness of expanding use of GPS on
high-risk gang offenders, based on results from pilot
program.
• Enhance Evidence-based programming at Probation
Camp, including expansion of cognitive behavioral and
after-care programs.
• Improve Juvenile services by, establishing satellite
locations, and expanding use of Skype Conferencing
between Placement youth and their families.
Justice Services