Collaborative and Effective Juvenile Reentry Comprehensive Blueprint for Youth Reentry in Alameda County April 2010 Prepared by: Associated Community Action Program of Alameda County, Alameda County Health Care Services Agency and Alameda County Probation Department "ACAP is an equal opportunity employer/program. ACAP receives federal funds from the Department of Labor on this project. Auxiliary aids and services are available upon request for individuals with disabilities."
Summarize needs of juvenile justice youth based on comprehensive assessment findings Strategy A5: Strengthen the capacity of Transition Center (pre-release center) to develop “warm handoffs” and promote continuity of care Develop and implement a strategic plan to expand the components of the Transition Center Explore existing systems or creation of an electronic passport system that provides for seamless and critical communication between MDT members Documentation of progress related to systems development (communication, planning, collaboration of services) Development of strategic plan Documentation of challenges in communication between MDT members Strategy A6: Establish Service Hubs in five targeted regions of the County Identify key staff and lead agencies to serve as Youth Service Hub Coordinators for each geographic zone Establish a Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT) of receiving school district, service providers, and field Probation Officers within each of the five target areas Strategy A6: School based health centers, Violence Prevention Initiative staff, Health Care Services, Probation Department Months 4 - 18 Strategy A7: In partnership with the District Attorney and Public Defender’s Offices, increase the number of juvenile and Streamline and make more accessible the process to seal every eligible juvenile criminal record Number of juvenile and adults who seal or expunge their criminal record. 40% increase in the number of juvenile and young adults who seal or expunge their criminal record. Strategy A7: Juvenile Court, District Attorney, Public Defender Months 8-20
young adults who seal or expunge their criminal record. Strategy A8: Develop countywide performance standards for each phase of the reentry process and for each of the five Youth Service Hubs Establish a set of performance standards that includes both outcome measures and process measures for each phase of the reentry process Established performance standards Established, tracking of and adherence to performance standards Strategy A.8: Public Health Department’s Community Assessment and Program Evaluation unit, NCCD, West Ed, Urban Strategies Council, National Center for Youth Law Months 6-24 Strategy 9A: Create a countywide data/evaluation system Enhance existing Title IV-E Data Warehouse to identify families crossing multiple systems to better coordinate care Establish a system for unifying existing program evaluators to design a method for capturing the needed performance data and providing feedback to providers and public agencies Family-centered data warehouse Coordinated evaluation team and efforts Improvement in the data warehouse to identify families crossing systems and linking families to coordinated care. Sustained and linked evaluation efforts across systems Strategy 9A: Public Health Department’s Community Assessment and Program Evaluation unit, NCCD, West Ed, Urban Strategies Council, National Center for Youth Law Months 6-24