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Recommendation to use City Prosecutor Department (CP) budget savings from FY 18, to increase appropriations in the General Grants Fund (SR 120) in the City Prosecutor Department (CP) by $109,330 and in the General Fund (GF) in the City Prosecutor Department (CP) by $109,330 for the transfer of funds.
DISCUSSION
At the end of FY 18, the City Prosecutor Department's General Fund budget had savings of $109,330. The FY 18 savings have been reserved for use by the City Prosecutor Department and it is now requested that these savings be re-appropriated in FY 19 to support the City Prosecutor's Promising Adults, Tomorrow's Hope (PAT.H.) program as well as our Summer Internship Program for Long Beach high school and college students interested in legal or law enforcement careers. This is similar to action taken last fiscal year by the City Council.
In June 2015, the City Council requested the City Manager to work with the City Prosecutor's Office to help initiate the Promising Adults, Tomorrow's Hope program (PAT.H.). In 2016, the City Prosecutor's Office initiated PAT.H. as a court diversion and alternative sentencing program, where 16-24 year-old persons cited or arrested for certain offenses may be offered one-on-one employment and educational assistance in lieu of traditional prosecution. PAT.H. participants also attend courses designed to teach life skills and better decision-making. Last year, 93 percent of those who completed PAT.H. received pre-filing diversion, which means the person's case was never filed in court.
Since its launch, PAT.H. has been well-received by program participants as well as advocates for criminal justice reform. Shortly after its initiation, the U.S. Department of Justice, National Institute of Justice included PAT.H. in its Environmental Scan of Developmentally Appropriate Criminal Justice Responses to Justice-Involved Young Adults publication. More recently, PAT.H. was discussed at the "Smart on Crime" Innovations Conferenc...
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