Juvenile Justice Standing Committee

1. Juvenile Justice Standing Committee March Board Update 2014

2. Created by vote of the Board in 2012-- Board Approved Scope of Work includes: • Review/ advise on BSCC juvenile justice mandates • Facility regulations, grants admin., data, realignment • Review/ advise on juvenile justice programs, policies and emerging issues • Identify relevant program & policy issues, best practices • Ensure Board is informed on emerging state/national issues and offer appropriate recommendations to the Board • Enhance leadership & capacity of BSCC in the juvenile justice field

3. 13 members include stakeholders from: • Judiciary, law enforcement, probation, prosecution, defense, education, health/mental health, race/ethnic diversity expert, service providers, private philanthropy, academia, and youth member. • Committee brings high levels of expertise, professionalism, and experience to fulfill BSCC stakeholder input requirements of SB 92

4. Priorities addressed in meetings 2012/13: • Juvenile justice data collection and outcome measures • Education mandates and outcomes for justice-involved youth • Juvenile justice and mental health • Local JJfacilities– regulations, inspection, construction • Juvenile justice realignment

5. DATA—Modernizing outmoded JJ data systems • Problems addressed • Old technology, limited capacity, big information gaps • Fractured data collection by BSCC and other agencies • No standard outcome measures: not even for recidivism • What we are doing • Reviewing current system limitations and capacity • Examining models: past reports, other states, LA Probation Study • Discussing change– e.g., what outcome measures are appropriate? How can we improve BSCC Detention Survey, YOBG reports? • Goals • Coordinate activity with the Data Committee work on the adult side • Define BSCC role, come up with recommendations for improvement

6. EDUCATION— Improving outcomes for juvenile offenders • Problems addressed • BSCC regulations on facility-based schools • Wider concerns about dropout rates, youth offender access to quality or mainstream education and juvenile justice education data • What we are doing • Education Work Group convened to review issues and BSCC role • Examining facility regulations on juvenile court schools • Reviewing law, policy and programs in areas of: • School discipline and referrals of school cases to justice system • Dropout and re-entry rates for youth of color • Quality of court and community schools, offender education options • Goals • Examine, define appropriate BSCC role • Inform Board on policy and program issues and how probation & corrections can contribute to better education outcomes, lower recidivism

7. MENTAL HEALTH- Taking a new look at a persistent problem • Problems addressed • High prevalence of mental health cases in local juvenile facilities • Service gaps and agency coordination problems • Poor access or utilization of Medi-Cal, EPSTD, MHSA, other funds for treatment • What we are doing • Reviewing data on the mental health caseload– Detention Profile Survey • Reviewing BSCC role: Facility regs (Title 15), 2011 CSA Mental Health Report • MIOCR grants– renewal with adult and youth components through BSCC • Goals • Examine and help define BSCC role • Support broader info dissemination on best practices in the field • Examine/ identify solutions– e.g., better access to treatment funds • Advise BSCC staff and Board on efforts to reinstate juvenile MIOCR grants

8. OTHER issues reviewed by the JJSC— • Juvenile justice facilities • Federal PREA implementation • Title 15 regulations, inspections • Behavior management– e.g. pepper spray • Detention Profile Survey • Juvenile Justice Realignment • SB 81 implementation; AB 1628 (re-entry) • Youthful Offender Block Grant (response to State Audit Bureau, caseload monitoring)

9. Coordination with other BSCC committees: SACJJDP • SACJJDP main scope of work is federal grants as required by federal law • JJSC created to increase BSCC focus and capacity on state-level mandates, grants, programs and practices • Together these committees complement one another, bringing expertise and professional experience to bear on an expanding list of juvenile justice issues • Coordination assured by: • Cross membership • Frequent discussion between the Chairs • Experienced BSCC staff coordinators Data Standing Committee • By agreement, JJSC to cover BSCC’s juvenile justice mandates and issues; Data Committee covers AB 109/adult realignment Gang Standing Committee • Parallel and overlapping issues– coordination “as needed”