The Juvenile Justice Coordinating Council (JJCC) was established by resolution of the Board of Supervisors on November 19, 1996. Under the Juvenile Justice Crime Prevention Act and Youthful Offender Block Grant, which authorize annual allocations to counties to fund juvenile crime prevention programs, counties must establish a multiagency juvenile justice coordinating council that develops and implements a continuum of county-based responses to juvenile crime to be eligible for funding. The JJCC is committed to identifying resources and strategies to support the County in providing an effective continuum of responses to support the treatment and rehabilitation of juvenile justice-involved youth. The JJCC will provide a forum and structure for the County’s juvenile justice system partners to examine relevant data and practices and work together in the best interest of juvenile justice-involved youth. The JJCC has scheduled meetings quarterly.
The JJCC will also build on the work of the Juvenile Justice Systems Collaborative, which was established by the Board of Supervisors on June 3, 2008, and remained in effect until June 30,2023, by upholding racial equity and combating racism in all its forms throughout the youth justice system and by seeking to address the disproportionate representation of communities of color in the juvenile justice system. The JJCC will assume any required functions of the Juvenile Justice Systems Collaborative.
See the meeting agenda on the County's meeting portal
See the Juvenile Justice Crime Prevention Act and the Youthful Offender Block Grant Program – BSCC (ca.gov)
