Alameda County presentations map 937 youth services, recommend targeting Oakland and Hayward for JJCPA investments

Alameda County probation leaders and consultants told the Public Protection Committee that a recent landscape analysis and the Juvenile Justice Crime Prevention Act (JJCPA) planning process together provide a data‑driven foundation for targeted youth investments.

Chief Brian Ford introduced two connected presentations: a landscape analysis by Jewel Consulting and a JJCPA 2026 plan summary from probation staff. Carol Burton, CEO of Jewel Consulting, said the countywide service inventory identified more than 500 youth‑serving organizations and 937 distinct services; the most common categories were academic support, case management and life skills programs.

Dr. Katie Kramer summarized the mapping and survey results: 112 responding agencies documented 937 services, and nearly half of programs reported they serve youth countywide; the team nonetheless emphasized the importance of distinguishing physical service location from stated service area.

Both providers and community members identified housing and homelessness supports and mental‑health services as the most pronounced gaps. The analysis also surfaced navigation barriers — community members said services exist but people do not always know how to find or become eligible for them.

Assistant Chief Dante Sercone described how the JJCPA work group consolidated priorities into two overarching goals — continuity/longitudinal care and CBO sustainability — and five strategies: target services to Oakland and Hayward (addressing racial/ethnic overrepresentation), expand high‑demand services, improve coordination and referrals, embed trauma‑informed care and strengthen CBO sustainability. Sercone said immediate steps include aligning RFPs and contract scopes to collect better outcome data and to prioritize Oakand/Hayward in future solicitations.

The probation department is piloting a Youth Violence Reduction Coordination initiative in Oakland (based on a San Francisco model) that quickly enrolled 22 youth after launch; staff said they are building infrastructure to expand the model to Hayward when partner capacity exists.

What happens next: probation and the JJCPA work group will use the analysis to reshape contracting language, refine metrics collected from providers, and continue monthly oversight to monitor implementation and funding alignment.

Provenance: landscape analysis and JJCPA plan presentation and Q&A (topicintro SEG 1190, topfinish SEG 1777).