Okaloosa County BOCC — August 6, 2013 — Documentation — reading text

Richard Brannon From: Robin Wright [Robin.Wright@FLCOURTS1.GOV] Sent: Tuesday, October 08, 2013 9:03 AM To: Richard Brannon Subject: Probation Richard, In case you need it: Average active cases for October 2012- September 2013 - 1254 Average total cases for October 2012 — September 2013 — 2059 (this includes beginning cases, new cases added and cases closed) Restitution, Fines and Court Cost — October 2012-September 2013 $1,118,490 Robin M. Wright Trial Court Administrator 1st Circuit 190 Governmental Center Pensacola, FI 32502 850-595-4400 robin. wright@flcourts1.gov Attention: The information contained in this E-mail message may be privileged and confidential under Fla. R. Jud. Admin. 2.420 and information intended only for the use of the individual(s) named above. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, or copy of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please contact the sender by reply E-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. Thank you. ARTICLE 1 — SCOPE OF SERVICES: The contractor shall provide misdemeanor probation services as required by this agreement and by the judges of the County Court. These services shall include, but not be limited to, the following: A. STAFFING - The contractor shall maintain adequate staffing levels to provide proper liaison with the sentencing Court, to perform the initial intake of persons placed on misdemeanor probation with the contractor, to properly supervise persons placed on misdemeanor probation with the contractor, and to appear at all court hearings involving a probationer supervised by the contractor. B. PROGRAMS & SERVICES — The needs of each probationer referred to the contractor by the sentencing court shall be evaluated by the contractor. The contractor shall determine if said probationer requires other services in addition to those ordered by the sentencing court and shall use its best efforts to direct the probationer to an appropriate program. Records of referrals to such programs and progress reports shall be included in the case files. The contractor shall cooperate with all treatment agencies, schools, and other programs to which offenders are referred. In any case where a treatment provider, school, or other program does not appear to be providing its proper function, the contractor shall immediately notify the sentencing court. The contractor shall provide an annual report to the Chief Judge, Okaloosa County Judges, Trial Court Administrator and the County, and other statistical reports as required by the Court or law. Any new programs proposed by the contractor to be utilized by the people placed on probation in Okaloosa County shall be disclosed to the County Court prior to implementation and shall be subject to the review and approval of the County Court. C. RECORDS - The contractor shall maintain a separate file containing information on each probationer referred to the program. Records shall be maintained by the contractor for a period of five (5) years from expiration of the probationary term. The information in the file shall include the name of the probationer, case #, charge(s), probation disposition, automated house arrest records, correspondence, payment records, and any known prior criminal record. D. OFFICES — The contractor shall maintain at least two (2) offices within Okaloosa County, one in Crestview, FL and one in the Ft. Walton Beach area. The hours of operation of the contractor shall be flexible to encourage employment of the probationers. The contractor shall staff and receive probationers in at least one office on Saturday or Sunday. This office should be rotated around the County. All offices shall have posted working hours until at least 7:00 p.m. on at least one weekday per week. The contractor shall notify the probationers of its hours of operation. E. JOB ASSISTANCE — The contractor shall encourage unemployed probationers to improve the probationer’s employability through schools and training. The contractor shall provide service to all probationers in securing suitable employment and shall provide to the Administrative County Judge or his or her designee a written document detailing its job assistance procedures.