Legal Authority:

Established by Board of Supervisors Resolution 96-454, pursuant to Article 18.7, Section 749.22 of Chapter 2 of Part 1 of Division 2 of the Welfare and Institutions Code.

Membership Qualifications:

There shall be a minimum of eleven (11) regular members of the Council, representing the following agencies, who shall have full voting rights on the Council: • the Chief Probation Officer, who shall act as chair • the District Attorney's Office • the Public Defender's Office • the Sheriff's Office • the Board of Supervisors • the Department of Human Services • the Department of Behavioral Health and Recovery Services • a Community-based drug and alcohol program • a City Police Department • the County Office of Education or a School District • an at-large community representative

Term:

Pleasure of the Board of Supervisors for a two-year term.

Duties:

As its primary function, the JJCC shall develop and implement a continuum of county-based responses to juvenile crime. The JJCC is also be responsible for developing a comprehensive, multi-agency plan that identifies the resources and strategies for providing an effective continuum of responses for the prevention, intervention, supervision, treatment, and incarceration of juvenile offenders. The duties of the JJCC shall include, but not be limited to, the component listed in section 749.22 of the Welfare and Institutions Code.

Meeting Place and Time:

Kern County Probation 2005 Ridge Road Bakersfield, CA 93305 Meetings are held twice a year in April and November. Timely notification will be made of each meeting.

Meeting Schedule/Agenda/Minutes

Compensation:

None.

Ethics Training:

N/A

Contact:

Kern County Probation Department
2005 Ridge Road
Bakersfield, CA 93305
(661) 868-4400

Required Documents/Training:

• Loyalty Oath not required
• Form 700 (Statement of Economic Interests) not required
• Ethics training not required