HomeMy WebLinkAbout20162755.tiffMICHAEL J. ROURKE
District Attorney
ROBERT W. MILLER
Assistant District Attorney
Office of the District Attorney
Nineteenth Judicial District
915 10TFH Street
P.O. Box 1167
Greeley, CO 80632
Phone: (970) 356-4010
Fax: (970) 352-8023
www.vs,eldda.com
To: Board of County Commissioners
From: Kirsta Britton
Director, Juvenile Diversion
Date: August 22, 2016
RE: Juvenile Diversion Restorative Justice request for additional funds
Before you with a request for approval to submit is a memo to the State Restorative Justice
Council seeking further funds. At a recent meeting, it was announced that there were further
funds available and it was encouraged to get a request memo to the Council rtrolUlograiits
mee ' st 25. Due to the tight turnaround, we're requesting permission to submit this
request via pass aroun .
This project is in collaboration with staff from Youth and Family Connections and most of the
funds requested will support YFC Restorative Justice programming. The County operates as a
pass through for these funds. There is no County match for these funds.
The request is for additional training dollars to accommodate travel to a required meeting in
Durango. It was unknown at the time of application that this would be a requirement and was
not budgeted for as a result. Additionally, we were aware of an out of state conference in June of
2017 at the time that we requested funds but in an attempt to operate within funding constraints,
we did not request funds to cover that travel. However, the State RJ Council has a desire for us
to attend that conference and as such; we're requesting travel funds. Additional supply and
operating needs that have been identified by YFC are also being sought.
You might recall that the Diversion program had requested an additional $5000 from the
Division of Criminal Justice Marijuana Funds for this year. That proposal was not funded and
those funds will not be added to the original project plan.
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2016-2755
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Weld County Juvenile Diversion Restorative .lustice Program
Budget Modification Request
Estimated Request: $7,550
Timeline: September 2016 to June 2017
Purpose: The purpose of this budget increase is to accommodate needs that were unknown when the
funding application was submitted in February. These funds will allow for necessary travel and daily
programmatic functioning in order to advance Restorative Justice in our community.
Justification and stated needs:
At the time funds were requested, it was unknown that a program in Durango would be funded. As a
result of this new development, funds are now needed to attend an implementation meeting scheduled 11w
June 23. 2017 in Durango. After research, it appears that the most cost effective option would be to fly
from Denver the morning of the meeting and fly back to Denver that evening. The current airfare from
Denver to Durango for the intended date is $589 on United Airlines. We are requesting $650 to cover
airfare and travel expenses for the meeting in Durango on June 23. Only one person from Weld will
attend as a result of the cost. These funds will fall under the travel line item for the funded program.
The National Association of Community and Restorative Justice has announced their biannual conference
in Oakland in June of 2017. This is an association that the Weld County Restorative Justice team has
been members of since the Program Director attended the last conference in May/June of 2015. This was
such a valuable experience that we desire to send 3 people to the conference in June of 2017. Too few
details were available at the time of funding application to be comfortable requesting funds for travel at
that time. However, this conference is a setting that would allow advancement of practice within the state
as well as contributing to the advancement of Restorative Justice at a national level. Based on the cost of
the past conference and estimated hotel and airfare, the need is estimated to he around $2000 per person.
or $6000 total, to cover the expenses for three members to attend the June 2017 conference. These funds
would be divided in our line items: $2000 would be added to the travel line item for the funded program
and $4000 would he for the contracted agent in their travel budget.
An area of need that has emerged as the program has been able to expand is the need for a will hotspot.
The program utilizes an encrypted, web -based client record management system and access to this system
during intakes and conferences at remote locations allows the program to avoid paper and printing costs.
The witi hotspot connectivity costs $40 per month. A $400 increase to the budget of the contracted agent
would cover hot spot costs for September, 2016 to June. 2017. This $400 would he in the contracted
agent line item for the funded program and would be in their supply and operating costs.
Since the inception of the program at the beginning of the Pilot phase in 2013, a way to engage and track
volunteers has been desired. A program, Volgistics, would allow easier coordination of volunteer
scheduling, record sharing, and hour tracking. This would allow more streamlined and professional
communication and would also allow the program to report to the RJ Council more accurately how many
hours volunteers are contributing to programming. The cost of this program is $47 per month. The
request is for the amount of $500 to cover the monthly costs of the Volgistics program from September,
2016 to June, 2017 plus funds to allow for training of volunteers on the new process. This $500 would he
in the contracted agent line item and would be in their supply and operating costs.
The total increased amount that we are requesting is $7,550.
Travcl line item increase - $2650
Contracted agent line item increase - $4,900
Travel - $4,000
Supplies and Operating - $900
Jennifer Fuller
From: Kirsta Britton
Sent: Monday, August 22, 2016 137 PM
To: Jennifer Fuller
Cc: Michael Rourke
Subject: Pass around
Attachments: BOCC passaround request 8.22.16.docx; budget modification funds request 8.16.docx
Hi Jenny, we just found out that there are further RJ funds available and need to have a funding request memo in by
August 25 so we don't have time for a work session. I'm submitting this to you for a board pass around so I can email it
in to the RJ Coordinator with the state on Wednesday.
Thanks!
Kirsta Britton
Director of Diversion
Weld County District Attorney's Office
915 10th Street
P.O. Box 1 167
Greeley, CO 80632
970-356-4010 ext. 4775
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