ADOPTED - FEBRUARY 24, 2004

Agenda Item No. 24



Introduced by the Judiciary Committee and Finance Committee of the:



INGHAM COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS



RESOLUTION TO AUTHORIZE ENTERING INTO

A CONTRACT WITH HIGHFIELDS, INC. FOR THE FAMILY INTERVENTION

RESIDENTIAL SERVICE TEAM PROGRAM



RESOLUTION #04-057



WHEREAS, the Ingham County Family Court Judges and staff have recommended contracting with Highfields, Inc. to operate the Family Intervention Residential Service Team Program for Ingham County youth having difficulty meeting the conditions of their probation with the Court, and which will serve as an alternative to longer term detention and address issues of disobedience of Court Orders; and



WHEREAS, the program will consist of a brief residential intervention for appropriate youth (Friday at 3:00 p.m. through Sunday at 5:00 p.m.), and will be followed by four weeks of home-based and community-based intervention. Services will be predicated on the Center for Criminal Justice Research recommendations for cognitive behavioral therapy. Positive completion of the program will be based on an assessment of the youth's ability to learn and practice specific behavioral skills that have been the focus of the program. Highfields staff will be trained in the delivery of structured treatment activities. Curriculum manuals will be developed to support the appropriate delivery of these cognitive behavioral activities. Staff will use a combination of behavioral reinforcers and corrective discipline to promote the active participation of all youth in the various activities within the program; and



WHEREAS, it is recommended that the term of the program will commence March 1, 2004 and continue through September 30, 2004 and will consist of up to 14 sessions involving groups of four to ten youths (boys or girls) referred by the Court, ranging from the age of 12 to 16; and



WHEREAS, the compensation for this program will be a maximum of $280,000 or $2,000 per youth who successfully complete the program, for the term of this contract.



THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Ingham County Board of Commissioners authorizes entering into a contract with Highfields, Inc. for a maximum cost of $280,000 for the FIRST program from March 1, 2004 through September 30, 2004.



BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Chairperson of the Board of Commissioners and the County Clerk are authorized to sign any contract documents consistent with this resolution subject to the approval as to form by the County Attorney.



JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Yeas: Weatherwax-Grant, Holman, Lynch, Grebner, Stid, Schafer

Nays: None Absent: None Approved 2/12/04



FINANCE: Yeas: Lynch, Grebner, Dedden, De Leon, Thomas

Nays: None Absent: Minter Approved 2/18/04