Bill Text: CA AB2414 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Postdischarge Youthful Offender Community Reentry Grant
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-05-25 - In committee: Set, second hearing. Held under submission. [AB2414 Detail]
Download: California-2011-AB2414-Amended.html
BILL NUMBER: AB 2414 AMENDED
BILL TEXT
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 23, 2012
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MARCH 29, 2012
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Solorio
FEBRUARY 24, 2012
An act to add and repeal Title 2.07 (commencing with Section 3475)
of Part 3 of the Penal Code, relating to youthful offender reentry
programs.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 2414, as amended, Solorio. Postdischarge Youthful Offender
Community Reentry Grant Programs.
Existing law establishes various educational, vocational, reentry,
and other programs for offenders in custody or released to parole or
probation.
This bill would establish, until 2018, a youthful offender reentry
competitive grant program consisting of grants administered by the
California Emergency Management Agency to eligible community
nonprofit programs, as defined, to target
offenders who will be 16 to 23 years of age upon discharge from local
or Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation facilities, or
probation or parole, as specified. The bill would make
operation of the grant program contingent upon funds appropriated for
that purpose would specify that the bill does not
mandate funding for the grant program and would authorize the agency
to accept private contributions to fund its grants . The bill
would provide that participation by discharged offenders would be
voluntary, and that priority would be given to youths who are gang
affiliated, or who have a family member who is gang affiliated, as
specified. The bill would set forth those elements which, at a
minimum, would be required to be provided in an eligible
community nonprofit program by a grantee.
The bill would require the California Emergency Management
Agency to maintain statistical information on the success of the
program, including, but not limited to, the number of eligible youths
served and the rate of return to custody for those eligible youths
who enroll and participate in an eligible community program.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Title 2.07 (commencing with Section 3475) is added to
Part 3 of the Penal Code, to read:
TITLE 2.07. POSTDISCHARGE YOUTHFUL OFFENDER COMMUNITY REENTRY
GRANT PROGRAMS
3475. (a) The California Emergency Management Agency, to
the extent that funds are appropriated for the purposes of this
title, shall establish a Youthful Offender Reentry competitive grant
program targeting offenders who will be between 16 and 23 years of
age upon discharge from a local county juvenile facility or
Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation facility, or from
probation or parole. The California Youthful Offender
Reentry competitive grant program shall be administered by the
California Emergency Management Agency and shall remain in effect.
The program shall provide grants to eligible nonprofit
organizations. Nothing in this section shall mandate funding for this
program. In addition to funds appropriated for the purposes of
this title, the agency may accept private contributions to fund
grants authorized by this title.
(b) Priority for grants shall be given to programs that have
existed for at least one year prior to the effective date of this
title and to those eligible community programs that have operated at
any time in the three years prior to the effective date of this
title.
(c) Participation in the programs by youthful offenders is
voluntary. Participating offenders shall be enrolled by grantees no
later than 72 hours after discharge, subject to approval by the
grantee.
(d) Priority for enrollment shall be given to eligible youths who
the custodial entity determined to be gang affiliated, or who have a
family member who has been identified as gang affiliated.
3476. (a) For purposes of
this section, an "eligible community
nonprofit program" means, at a minimum, a program that provides
all of the following:
(1)
(a) Integrated education and job training ser
the participants' time spent in classroom-based instruction,
counseling, and leadership development instruction, and 50 percent of
the participants' time spent in experiential job training
, services, and activities on an equally divided basis, with 50
percent of the participants' time spent in classroom-based
instruction, counseling, and leadership development instruction, and
50 percent of the participants' time spent in experiential job
training .
(A)
(1) The education component described in
paragraph (1) this subdivision shall include
basic skills, instruction, secondary education services, and other
activities designed to lead to the attainment of a high school
diploma or its equivalent. The curriculum for this component shall
include math, language arts, vocational education, life skills
training, social studies related to the cultural and community
history of participants, and leadership skills.
(B)
(2) Bilingual services shall be available for
individuals with limited English proficiency and an English learning
curriculum shall be provided where feasible and appropriate.
(C)
(3) A program shall have a goal of a minimum
teacher-to-student ratio of one teacher for every 18 students.
(D)
(4) The job training component described in
paragraph (1) this subdivision shall involve
work experience and skills training apprenticeships related to
construction and rehabilitation activities as described in
paragraph (4) subdivision (d) .
(2)
(b) Assistance in attaining postsecondary education and
in obtaining financial aid shall be made available to participants
prior to graduation from the program.
(3)
(c) Counseling services designed to assist participants
in positively participating in society, including all of the
following, as necessary:
(A)
(1) Outreach, assessment, and orientation.
(B)
(2) Individual and peer counseling.
(C)
(3) Life skills training.
(D)
(4) Drug and alcohol abuse education and prevention.
(E)
(5) Referral to appropriate drug rehabilitation,
medical, mental health, legal, housing, and other community services
and resources. A program shall have a goal of a minimum ratio of one
counselor for every 28 participants.
(4)
(d) Acquisition, rehabilitation, or construction of
housing , and related facilities to be used for
the purpose of providing home ownership for disadvantaged persons,
residential housing for homeless individuals and very low income
families, or transitional housing for persons who are homeless, ill,
deinstitutionalized, or who have disabilities or special needs.
(5)
(e) Leadership development training that provides
participants with meaningful opportunities to develop leadership
skills, including decisionmaking, problem solving, and negotiating. A
program shall encourage participants to develop strong peer group
ties that support their mutual pursuit of skills and values.
(b) The California Emergency Management Agency shall maintain
statistical information on the success of this program, including,
but not limited to, the number of eligible youths served and the rate
of return to custody for those eligible youths who enroll and
participate in an eligible community program. This information shall
be provided to the Legislature upon request.
3477. This title shall remain in effect only until January 1,
2018, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted
statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2018, deletes or extends
that date.
