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Steve Carmichael, Department of Youth Services, reported that some of the items for the Juvenile Justice Center and the Assessment Center were less in the levy because the center had not been built yet. He said now it is built and they can take advantage of it. He added it was the same level of programming, but they were able to phase it in earlier. Wall noted the program also identifies youth at risk so targeted intervention can be done and the youth may return to their parents with intervention at home. She said the fourth component is early intervention for high risk offenders, which is a program that is research-based, nationally recognized to identify youth who are at high risk to re-offend. She noted it would fund working with 100 youth the first year and the belief is they could turn them around so they won't stay in the system. She said with regard to the Juvenile Justice Center, it would allow from 36 beds to 64 beds for the new facility, adding seven drug treatment beds for girls. She said with regard to the Court School, under the old budget it was under the alternative school programs and it was separated out here: court school for adjudicated youth and youth who have a high history of school failure. She noted the AIRS Conversion Program is the area information record system that is a computer system that is 30 years old. She added the people who knew how to fix it are retiring, there are no new people to replace them and they do not have the capability to connect to other public safety systems or management information for analyzing who they are holding, arresting and making management decisions. She said with the Jail Book-In Improvement Program, when a police officer brings someone to the jail, they have to wait until they are cleared by the jail staff before they can go back on the street. She noted the time had been around an hour and if they had a small police department, it was critical if an officer had to wait in the jail. She said it would add staff that would allow for coordinated intake and assessment with pretrial services, probation and parole. She said with regard to the Custody Referee Pretrial Release Program, it had been proven to dramatically reduce the failure to appear rate that is costly to the County. She noted it would add five staff so they would have 24 hour, seven day a week coverage and by increasing supervision, there is a better chance for people coming back to court and not re-offending She said the Drug Court is another program that had been proven to be successful, diverting non-violent offenders out of the system, addressing the drug problem and not putting them into the jails. She said with regard to the Forest Work Camp, it would retain the 120 beds made available through state community corrections funding and it would allow using the whole facility, adding beds to the system and preventing them from releasing people early. She noted two things that were added that were not in the 1998 package were to maintain County Committee Safety Programs and Services and the PERS issue. She said with regard to monitoring evaluation and administration, money was put into the package that would allow for monitoring and evaluation of the programs so there could be reports back to the community about how effective they are. FINANCE COMMITTEE REPORT Ken Tollenaar, PSCC, reported that his committee was charged, "To review and analyze ways of financing improvements in Lane County's community, safety and justice system." He said in looking Page 3 -- Lane County Joint Elected Officials Meeting -- June 30, 1999 WP bclm1990751M