Los Angeles

LA County Board

November 06, 2024 Item #2

Agenda Item 2

2.78.030B\nTyrique Shipp, Los Angeles Probation Oversight Commission\nSing Sing Lee, Small Craft Harbor Design Control Board\nToni Newman, Workforce Development Board\nSupervisor Janice Hahn\nJeff Wood+, Consumer Affairs Advisory Commission\nTonya Martin, LGBTQ+ Commission\nSupervisor Kathryn Barger\nDonald Coduto, Engineering Geology and Solis Review and Appeals\nBoard\nCharles Trevino, Los Angeles County Commission for Older Adults\n(24-0110)\n2. Moving Forward with Recommendations to Speed Up Youth Movement\nOut of Los Padrinos\nRecommendation as submitted by Supervisors Hahn and Solis: Instruct the\nChief Probation Officer, in collaboration with the Director of Health Services, to\ndo the following:\nImplement the recommendations laid out in the Chief Probation Officer’s\nSeptember 23, 2024 report entitled “Speeding Up Youth Movement Out of\nLos Padrinos,” in response to Board Order No. 9 of July 23, 2024, by\ndoing the following:\nTransport youth to Camp with outside medical appointments\nscheduled four or more days from the order date;\nCross train staff in the Camp Headquarters assessment unit to\nincrease capacity for completing clearances;\nRelocate one or more Camp Headquarters staff to Los Padrinos\nJuvenile Hall to expedite the assessment process;\nContinue the Department of Health Services’ process of\ncompleting a portion of their medical clearance once youth arrive\nat the Camp facility and Dorothy Kirby Center; and\nDevelop a process for better engaging youth who refuse to\nparticipate in any portion of the clearance process, in\ncollaboration with the Department of Health Services and youth\nattorneys;\nImplement the following additional processes:\nBegin the process of Zero Incarceration Placement Program\nofficers contacting community-based placement facilities prior to\nthe disposition of youth who are likely to be found suitable for a\nCommunity Based Suitable Placement;\nWork with Community Based Suitable Placement facilities to\nspeed up the time it takes to pick up youth from Los Padrinos; and\nContinue the Department of Health Services’ process of beginning\nto conduct medical clearances for all youth at the time of the\nphysician assessment that is conducted upon admission at Los\nPadrinos, allowing youth to have a cleared/not cleared order\nfollowing their initial physical examination; and\nReport back to the Board in writing in 30 days, and every 60 days\nthereafter, on the progress of the implementation of the\nrecommendations and processes listed above, and with updated data on\nyouth movement out of Los Padrinos, as laid out in Directive No. 1 of\nBoard Order No. 9 of July 23, 2024, with the expectation that no youth\nwaits longer than five calendar days at Los Padrinos post-disposition.\n(24-5082)\nChief Probation Officer's Report Dated September 23, 2024