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Clerk 07/26/2016
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A MOTION accepting a report on the family intervention restorative services, phase 1, as required by Ordinance 18110, Section 5, Proviso P4, which amended the 2015/2016 Biennial Budget Ordinance, Ordinance 17941, Section 18, as amended.
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WHEREAS, in September 2015, Ordinance 18110, Section 5, Proviso P4, which was an amendment to Ordinance 17941, Section 18, as amended, directed that $100,000 appropriated for the office of performance, strategy and budget shall not be expended or encumbered until the executive transmits a report on the implementation of a pilot diversion program for youth detained for domestic violence offenses and a motion that accepts the report and the motion is passed by the council, and
WHEREAS, Ordinance 18110 required the following information to be included in the report:
1. Data on the number of juvenile offenders booked into secure detention by offense, referrals for prosecution by offense and charges by offense filed in 2014, 2015 and 2016;
2. Data on the offenders referred to the pilot diversion program for youth detained for domestic violence offenses to include: the number of youth that were offered diversion and the amount of time that the youth remained in detention; the number of youth offered, but who refused, diversion, and the amount of time spent in detention; the number of youth who participated in the diversion program; the number of youth completing or failing diversion; the options for using existing alternatives to secure detention placements for program participants; and recommendations for any other offense types that could be eligible for a similar diversion program; and
3. Recommendations on potential options to extend this program as a pre-booking diversion alternative, and
WHEREAS, Ordinance 18110 required that the office of performance, strategy and budget consult with the prosecuting attorney's office, superior court, the department of judicial administration, th...
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