comprehensive reentry case planning for kids returning to the community from out of home placement. this program involves a dedicated team of attorneys, social workers, probation officers, and clinical case coordinators who work with the child and the family in advance of a child s reentry to the community. the department, as i mentioned, got a three-year grant in 2009 for $650,000 to begin this program and during that three-year period it has demonstrated a proven track record of reducing recidivism among the children involved. in fact, recidivism has decreased across the board not only for the youth served but for all the youth committed to out of home placement suggesting there is a systemic benefit for the program. this grant does require 100% matching funds from the city, but 412,000 of that has already been appropriated to the juvenile probation department and to the public defenders office and the remaining 48,000 is an in-kind match from the california supreme court.
francisco and regional agencies. we think we are going to have a wealth of talent that comes right from our own backyard which in our cases is beautiful. it keeps us off the plains. that s what the brochure is. we will then distribute this electronically to candidates who have expressed interest. we send this to individuals who we want to be sources for us and thought leaders for us. we also send this to targeted people that we are very interested in having them take a look at the opportunity and we also will have this posted on the authorities website, we will also have a personal invite taegs so everyone has a personal invite taegs to apply for the position. thank you. mr. hawkins. i know you requested or discussed perhaps wanting 3 weeks extension to the recruitment process. can you walk us through the dates what that would look like exactly? sure. initially if you look at the agenda of the timeline, the may 6th meeting was scheduled for a time when we came back and
have both. connor johnston, legislative aid for supervisor breed who was happy to accept and expend on behalf of the juvenile department. as a disclosure, my dad worked at the department since before i was born. this is sort of a home coming for me. this allows the department to department to expand and continue the juvenile collaborative reentry team. this is a program that began in 2009 under a previous grant from the office of justice programs from the united states department of justice. this new grant is for $461,000. it will allow them to continue the coordinated and comprehensive reentry case planning for kids returning to the community from out of home placement. this program involves a dedicated team of attorneys, social workers, probation officers, and clinical case coordinators who work with the child and the family in advance of a child s reentry to the community. the department, as i mentioned, got a three-year grant in 2009 for $650,000 to begin this program and
i will be chairing the meeting in place of supervisor malia cohen today. to my left is supervisor david campos. the clerk of the committee is [speaker not understood]. i would like to thank jesse larsen and charles from sfgovtv for broadcasting the meeting. of course we re joined by supervisor chu for item number 2. madam clerk, are there any announcementses? please turnoff all cell phones and electronic devices. completed speaker cards and copies of any documents to be included as part of the file should be submitted to the committee clerk. each member of the public will be allowed the same number of minutes to speak on items. items acted upon today will be appear on the april 19, 2013 board of supervisors agenda unless otherwise stated. all right, madam clerk, can you please call item number 1? item number 1 is an ordinance authorizing the juvenile probation department to retroactively accept and expend a grant in the amount of $461,166 from the office of justice