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Chief Probation Officers of California Cautions that May Revise Budget Does Not Provide for Adequate Support for the Historic Realignment of High Needs Teens and Young Adults Transitioning from State Facilities (DJJ) to Local Facilities
DJJ Realignment Unlike Any Realignment the State has Ever Attempted with the Least Amount of State Support
Sacramento, California, May 12, 2023 – The Chief Probation Officers of California (CPOC) continues to highlight the need for better support from the state to best ensure safety and minimize disruption to the teens and young adults being transferred to local counties in this historic and never been done before realignment.
RS County Supervisors Affirm Appointment of New Probation Chief
By Pristine Villarreal in NBC Palm Springs
The Board of Supervisors Tuesday affirmed the appointment of a longtime probation officer to head the Riverside County Department of Probation, a decision he called “the highest honor” he’d ever received.
Wright takes over from former Chief Probation Officer Ron Miller, who retired last month after just over three and a half years in the position and several decades in law enforcement.
Empowering Justice-Involved Youth: Experts Discuss Solutions for Accessing Higher Education and Vocational Training
The Prison Education Program (PEP), The Chief Probation Officers of California (CPOC), and Office of Youth and Community Restoration (OYCR) recently hosted an educational forum at Cal Poly Pomona to discuss ways to provide educational resources to justice-involved youth, especially in the context of the SB 823-DJJ Realignment. The half-day event brought together probation, juvenile justice, and educational experts to discuss solutions for justice-involved juveniles to access higher education and vocational training.
Fresno County Probation Unveils 2023 Victims’ Memorial Quilt
On April 25, 2023, in recognition of National Crime Victims’ Rights week, the James Rowland Crime Victim Assistance Center in Fresno County unveiled the 2023 Victims’ Memorial Quilt.
The Victims’ Memorial Quilt stands as a lasting memory to innocent victims of Fresno County who lost their lives to acts of senseless violence. This year, 22 patches were added to the Memorial Quilt, totaling over 500 patches since our first quilt in 1994.
At Probation’s Youth Services Center, a ‘safe space’ to turn lives around
The Vacaville Reporter by Richard Bammer
Part of the Solano County Probation Department, the center, offering a variety of programs and services, from substance abuse and mental health services to education and resume-writing and interviewing skills, creates “a safe space that assists the youths in finding their strength — and so much more,” Nadia Holloman, a supervising deputy probation officer, said during a tour of the facility.
Imperial County Probation Department opens third ASPIRE after-school program site in Niland
By Staff Reporter in The Desert Review
EL CENTRO – The Imperial County Probation Department’s Project ASPIRE opened its third program site, Thursday, April 20, in the community of Niland at Grace Smith Elementary School. Project ASPIRE is an after-school program established by the Youth Services Division of the Department, according to a recent ICPD press release.
Lake County Probation awarded grant to establish mobile service center
LAKE COUNTY, Calif. — The Lake County Probation Department has received a $220,638 grant to establish a mobile probation service center.
The grant will facilitate purchase of a vehicle to provide unhoused Probation Department clients access to all services, including remote court appearances, probation programs, check-ins with their officers, and access to service providers and partner agencies.
CBS News: Placer County opens first-of-its-kind mobile temporary homeless shelter in Auburn
From CBS News Sacramento
AUBURN — Placer County is taking steps to address homelessness with the opening of the first-of-its-kind mobile temporary shelter.
Located in Auburn, the shelter has about 50 heavy-duty tents with cots and basic bedding…
Merced County Probation to receive more than $500,000 for mobile service center
By Andrew Kuhn in Merced County Probation
The Merced County Probation Department is expected to receive more than $500,000 in grant funding to establish a mobile probation center.
Daily Republic: Probation Department: A little positivity goes a long way
In the Daily Republic
FAIRFIELD — Only 19% of the adult probationers who were in the Solano County system in 2018 and 2019 were convicted of a felony within two years of leaving supervision.
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Daily Republic: Probation Department: ‘Positive Change’ makes difference for adult offenders
By Daily Republic Staff in Daily Republic
FAIRFIELD — The Solano County supervisors on Tuesday will receive a Probation Department presentation on adult recidivism.
ICYMI: Los Angeles County’s probation department challenges are extraordinary. It’s time for receivership.
By KAREN PANK |
PUBLISHED: March 31, 2023 in the Los Angeles Daily News
Los Angeles County is at a pivotal moment. We need an extraordinary solution and a reset that removes the politics and can delve into identifying the problems and address them holistically.
CPOC Releases New Podcast & Webinar
Episode 7 of the Probation Connection Podcast is out now and available on all majoy platforms, including YouTube!
In addition to Episode 7 of the podcast, CPOC is also releasing our Women’s History Month webinar that took place last week. Watch on our YouTube channel, linked below.
Webinar: Honoring Women in Probation – A Women’s History Month Celebration
Watch this webinar where women Probation Chiefs from California discuss the work of California probation, the astounding fact that 51% of probation officers in California are women, and the importance of women leaders in law enforcement.
California Probation Connection Podcast Episode 7 is out now
Chief Probation Officers of California (CPOC) has released the seventh episode of their podcast, The California Probation Connection.
In this episode, we are joined by two recently retired chiefs, both of whom have served as CPOC President, to discuss the evolution of probation over the past two decades.
Chief Probation Officers of California Call for an Immediate Limited Court Receivership for Los Angeles County’s Juvenile Facilities
Limited court receivership will take politics out of the swift action needed to address the systemic cultural challenges that have resulted in a crisis at the County’s juvenile facilities
Sacramento, California – The Chief Probation Officers of
California (CPOC) have made an unprecedented call to action today
asking state and county leaders to pursue a narrowly tailored
court receivership over the County’s juvenile facilities. Such a
receivership will focus on the most immediate issues impacting
safety of the youth in the facility and to break through barriers
that have existed historically, and uniquely, in Los Angeles
County. A receivership can move above normal process, bureaucracy
or political impediments which have overwhelmed the system for
years.
Webinar: Diversity Matters – Strengthening the Probation Profession for All
In celebration of Black History Month, CPOC hosted a webinar to hear from some of California’s Probation Chiefs talk about the diversity within the probation profession, their personal stories of struggles and triumphs as black leaders and how the unique and unduplicated work of probation professionals is enhanced by its high level of diversity in the field.
