Secure-Care Transition (SCT)

1. Secure-Care Transition (SCT) Implementation Plan Draft OJA Board Meeting June 17, 2011

2. Purpose: To explain OJA’s plan for closing the L. E. Rader Center (LERC) and how the agency will transition from three secure facilities to two.

3. Process: • Form SCT Taskforce Elizabeth Stewart, Institutional Services Division Director (Co-Chair) Jeff Gifford, Support Services Division Director (Co-Chair) Kim Sardis, Juvenile Services Division Director Don Bray, Financial Services Division Director Elana Grissom, Education Coordinator Paula Christensen, Media/Community Relations Cathy Olberding, LERC Superintendent Matt Bellendir, LERC Deputy Superintendent Mike Moriarity, COJC Superintendent Mark Norvell, SWOJC Superintendent Len Morris, IT Director Tina Kershner, Human Resources Supervisor Robert Morey, Operations Manager Denise Stewart, Contracting and Acquisitions Administrator

4. Process: • Mission The mission of the SCT Taskforce is to plan for the closure of the LERC facility by considering all necessary steps to effectively and efficiently address: - the continuation of services and a relocation plan for affected youth, - the relocation of services, programs and staff to other facilities, - a severance and/or buy-out program for LERC staff, - the proper disposal of records, equipment and surplus property, - communication plans with stakeholders including parents, youth, staff, appropriate state agencies, judiciary, affected community leaders and others.

5. 4 SCT Plan Areas: • Continuation of Services for Affected Youth and their Relocation (if necessary) • OJA Staff Infrastructure, Inventory, Equipment Records, and Contracts Communication Plans

6. II. OJA Staff • Reduction-in-Force (RIF) • Voluntary Buy-out (VBO) • Staffing Needs

7. a. Reduction-in-Force (RIF) • A Reduction-in-Force occurs when positions in an agency or part of an agency are abolished and employees are removed from these abolished positions by either non-disciplinary separation from employment or through displacement into other positions. • Approved Reasons for Implementing a RIF? • Loss of funding • Closure of a facility • Reduced workload • Change in organizational structure • Improvements in technology • Outsourcing/Privatization • RIF Severance Package • No Displacements

8. b. Voluntary Buy-out (VBO) 156 Submitted a VBO Interest Form 139 Interest Forms Approved LERC: 95 SWOJC:3 JSU:22 State Office: 18 • Cost savings measure • Authorized by state statute • Can be used to avoid a RIF • Provides additionalseverance benefits to some employees who voluntarily leave state service • Differences: • VBO Bonus • All OJA staff

9. c. Staffing Needs

10. III. Everything Else • Buildings and Property • Equipment and Inventory • Records • Contracts and Regular Monthly Bills

11. IV. Communication Plans • Parents and Juveniles • OJA Staff • Other State Agencies • Judiciary • Affected Communities/Media

12. 4 SCT Plan Areas: • Continuation of Services for Affected Youth and their Relocation (if necessary) • OJA Staff Infrastructure, Inventory, Equipment Records, and Contracts Communication Plans

13. I.Continuation of Services/ Relocation Plans • Programs/Population • Communication • Parents • Juveniles • Transitional Treatment Team Staffings • SWOJC and COJC • What’s Next?