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RESOLUTION REQUESTING TWO'DIVERSION PROGRAM AIDES FUNDED BY CETA
WHEREAS, National City Police Department now has a juvenile Diversion
Program funded by a State grant from AB 90 funds, and provides for two youth
counselors, one juvenile investigations detective, and one juvenile gang
detective: and
WHEREAS, the people of our community will benefit from the program
which is designed to: (1) reduce the recidivism rate for juveniles and future
adult crimes through a juvenile diversion program; (2) significantly reduce gang -
related violence through timely intervention; and (3) investigate and counsel
families where children are being abused or neglected; and
WHEREAS, the original program budgeted for personnel to perform key
support functions, funds were unavailable through the AB 90 funding. A recently
completed study revealed a growing need for aides to the diversion program to
make maximum impact on growing youth crime, and in particular, crimes related
to "youth gangs".
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of
National City adopt a resolution to be forwarded to San Diego Board of Supervisors
expressing a need for two "Diversion Program Aides" funded by the CETA Program
which is administered by San Diego County. Program aides will perform the
following support functions to the Diversion Program personnel:
1. Processing juvenile contact reports (updating file folders, cards,
processing paperwork for D.A./Probation/juvenile Diversion referrals, filing,
log entries, and monthly reports).
2. Screening/answering incoming phone calls and counter walk-ins
for the Diversion Program.
3. Coordination and processing of records for aide volunteers to
juvenile counselors (mail form letters, matching juveniles to volunteers based
on needs/interests, and phone contact).
4. Mailing, typing letters for juvenile counselors (slide film coun-
seling program attendance letters, follow-up phone contact with clients re-
garding reactions to services, letters for feedback from outside agencies
receiving referrals from NCPD) .
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5. ARJIS data input/update.
6. Citations (processing/filing).
7. Complaint Forms (processing/filing) .
8. Current update of daily arrests of gang members.
9. Pawn tickets (matching recent pawned items to stolen property
reports, making copies of pawn tickets for collateral agencies, filing by items
and alphabet) .
10. Research Projects (aid materials to diversion counselors, accumu-
lating data for monthly grant program reports/feedback data) .
In order to achieve the NCPD Juvenile Diversion Program goals and to
maximize utilization of the skills of the Diversion Program counselors and
detectives, the hiring of two "Diversion Aides" is recommended.
ATTEST:
PASSED AND ADOPTED this Fifteenth day of January, 1980.
IONE CAMPBELL
CITY CLERK
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A TING D UTY CLERK