SUBSTITUTE                                                                                               ADOPTED - FEBRUARY 27, 2007

Agenda Item No. 14

Introduced by the Judiciary Committee of the:

INGHAM COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE INGHAM COUNTY/CITY OF LANSING COMMUNITY COALITION FOR YOUTH TO ESTABLISH A TASK FORCE TO HELP FACILITATE THE PLANNING OF THE “CONTINUUM OF CARE” FACILITY

RESOLUTION #07-042

WHEREAS, the voters of Ingham County approved and later renewed the Juvenile Justice Millage for the purpose of increasing Ingham County’s capacity to detain and house juveniles who are delinquent or disturbed, and to operate new and existing programs for the treatment of such juveniles; and

WHEREAS, with the passage of the Millage, the Judiciary Committee of the Ingham County Board of Commissioners, proceeded to evaluate and choose juvenile justice system enhancements and allocate Juvenile Justice millage funds as was appropriate with regard to the millage language; and

WHEREAS, the Ingham County Board of Commissioners has adopted a resolution to support  the Community Coalition for Youth “Continuum of Care” Community-Wide Model for Preventing and Treating Delinquency and affirms its acceptance of working within the community-wide framework, offering a “Continuum of Care” for Ingham County youth; and

WHEREAS, the Ingham County Board of Commissioners has adopted a resolution to appoint the Community Coalition for Youth  as an advisory board to Ingham County regarding the prevention and treatment of delinquency; and

WHEREAS, the Judiciary Committee, the Ingham County Circuit Court, the Ingham County Power of We Consortium and the Community Coalition for Youth have worked as partners in the planning process for juvenile justice system improvements including a “Continuum of Care” Facility as recommended by the Chinn Report.

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Ingham County Board of Commissioners hereby requests the Community Coalition for Youth to function as a Task Force to help facilitate the planning of the “Continuum of Care” Facility to work with the Circuit Court and various Community Partners to identify both the amount of space needed and the details of the programming to be provided by the various community partners at the “Continuum of Care” Facility.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that as the Task Force works with the Circuit Court and various Community Partners on the amount of space needed and the details of the programming to be provided by the various community partners at the “Continuum of Care” Facility, it should do so within the context of the budget limitations of the Juvenile Justice Millage/Child Care Funds available for this purpose.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that this Task Force Report on the “Continuum of Care” Facility should be completed by the April 26, 2007 Judiciary Committee meeting.

ADOPTED - FEBRUARY 27, 2007

Agenda Item No. 14

RESOLUTION #07-042

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Ingham County Board of Commissioners remains committed to partnering with the Ingham County Circuit Court, the Ingham County Power of We Consortium and the Community Coalition for Youth in developing a progressive juvenile justice system that will result in improving the lives of juveniles in our County.

JUDICIARY:  Yeas:  Bahar-Cook, Schor, Weatherwax-Grant, Holman, Nolan, Schafer

Nays:  None             Absent:  None          Approved 2/15/07