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Committee advances juvenile probation funding resolution after midyear cuts reduced CBO support
Summary
The committee advanced a resolution authorizing the Juvenile Probation Department to participate in California's juvenile probation and camp funding program and asked staff for a district-level list showing how midyear cuts reduced community-based organization support.
The Government Audit and Oversight Committee advanced a resolution authorizing the San Francisco Juvenile Probation Department to participate in the State of California’s juvenile probation and camp funding program and to receive reimbursement for direct services, while requesting additional detail on local impacts before the full Board votes.
Sue Wong, director of finance for the Juvenile Probation Department, told the committee the juvenile probation and camps funding (JPCF) has been used in San Francisco primarily to support community-based organizations (CBOs). "JPCF funds ... probably represent about 75% of funds for CBOs," she said, adding that a separate general-fund contribution covered the remainder prior to midyear reductions.
Wong said the department’s JPCF allocation included $2,900,000 for CBOs and that midyear budget instructions from the mayor’s office required identifying approximately $340,000 in general-fund savings. The department achieved that by shifting existing probation staff salaries from the general fund to charges against the JPCF, a change that "in effect, reduced funding for community based organizations by the like amount," Wong said. She emphasized the change altered internal budget allocation but not the underlying state legislation.
Supervisor Sophie Maxwell asked whether camps funding covers Log Cabin Ranch. Wong said camps funding is a straight allocation to the county and that the county may receive reimbursement of up to $200,000 per year for operating Log Cabin Ranch.
Supervisors pressed for more granular information on where impacted nonprofit services operate. Chair Ross Mercurimi and others requested a district-by-district breakdown of the CBOs affected and the specific impacts, and Wong agreed to provide that list before the item reaches the full Board. The committee moved the item forward for Board consideration on the 24th and solicited public comment (none was received on this item).
The committee’s action was procedural: staff must supply the requested geographic impact data and the Board will take the formal vote on the resolution at the scheduled meeting.
