Criminal & Juvenile Justice

• City of San Francisco: Court of HOPE: San Francisco's First Drug Court
  Coordinated the planning process resulting in the development of a drug court that links the court system with the Target Cities integrated system of intake, assessment and referral. Provides additional funding for community-based drug treatment providers who work with criminal justice-involved clients. Created significant change within the court system and created the first coordinated treatment option for the City's criminal justice system. Funded for $750,000.
  

• City of San Francisco: Criminal Justice Treatment Network for Women
  Facilitated extensive planning process involving every department in the criminal justice system and public health and social service systems. Resulting plan called for significant system reform of criminal justice and child welfare systems, integrating services and creating an innovative continuum of family-centered drug treatment options for women in the criminal justice system. Proposal was one of only three in the country funded and was the highest ranked in the Nation. Department of Adult Probation retained G&A to provide technical assistance during the implementation phase. Funded for $5 million.
  
  

• Richmond Housing Authority, National Institutes of Justice Locally Initiated Research Partnerships: Development of a proposal for a full time research associate at the Housing authority to direct research activities to assess the effectiveness of crime reduction and prevention activities at public housing stock in the City of Richmond.
  
  

• San Francisco Police Department, DNA Lab Renovation Proposal: G&A provided proposal development for a quarter million dollar plan to expand and renovate the San Francisco DNA Crime Laboratory. Services included development of specialized presentation graphics to illustrate site renovation plans and the anticipated impact of the project. Funded for $250,000.
  
  

• Richmond Housing Authority (RHA), Public Housing Drug Elimination Programs: G&A facilitated planning and proposal development for RHA drug elimination efforts at Easter Hill, a notorious housing development in South Richmond. Initiatives in this project included a range of prevention activities for youth and families including a Substance abuse referral and information center, YMCA teen development programs, a computer tutoring lab for project youth, pregnancy prevention activities, and Police Athletic League programming. Funded for $250,000.
  
  

• Housing Authority of the County of Stanislaus (HACS), Public Housing Drug Elimination Programs: G&A facilitated planning and proposal development for RHA drug elimination efforts at HACS public housing developments. Initiatives in this project included community policing, employment development through the County StanWORks employment system, and youth development activities in conjunction with the Police Athletic League and the Center for Human Services.
  
  

• Stanislaus County Office of Education, Drug Suppression in Schools Program Collaborative proposal under the auspices of the County Office of Education and in conjunction with the Stanislaus County Sheriff's Office to provide intensive substance abuse and gang involvement prevention services, substance abuse counseling, and school-based police officers to eight rural school districts. Spring 1999. $100,000 per year; three year initiative.
  
  

• Stanislaus County Office of the District Attorney, Elder Abuse Prevention Advocacy and Outreach Program Collaboration among the Stanislaus County Office of the District Attorney, Stanislaus County Community Services Agency, Catholic Charities Ombudsman Project, and the thirty-member Stanislaus Elder Abuse Prevention Alliance to provide victim services and coordinate education and outreach efforts to seniors and community members. Winter 1999. $100,000.
  
  

• Antioch COPS: Working with a collaboration of Battered Women's Alternatives and the Antioch Police Department, Mr. Kelly developed a successful $250,000 application for federal Violence Against Women's Act (VAWA) funds. The project strengthened legal service advocacy for victims of domestic violence by providing complete information and support as the case against the victim's abuser develops and moves through the criminal justice system . Though written in less than a week, it was one of the highest ranking proposals from California and one of a handful awarded in Northern California.
  
  

• The Mt. Diablo Domestic Violence Prevention Project (The Project) is a collaboration lead by Battered Women's Alternatives (BWA) and comprised of Contra Costa County Community Wellness & Prevention Program's Violence Prevention Project, Mt. Diablo Unified School District, the East Bay Center for the Performing Arts, the Center for Human Development, Conflict Resolutions Panel, and the Junior League of the East Bay. The project created a continuum of domestic violence prevention education in the Mount Diablo School District. One of only four proposals funded in the State.
  
  

• Battered Women's Alternatives Children's Assessment and Treatment System: created a comprehensive, child-centered treatment system to address the multiple needs of West Contra Costa County children affected by family violence. The Children's Assessment and Treatment System (CATS) provides 80 children a year with comprehensive individual, group, and conjoint treatment services linked to the full array services offered by BWA and its partners. Linkages with CPS, the police, district attorney, crisis lines, the schools, other community-based agencies, and other community institutions result in referrals to a broader continuum of services. CATS offers youth a broad array of clinical and support services only a portion of which will be funded by OCJP. Clinical services are child-focused and allow youth to identify what services required. One of seven OCJP projects funded.
  
  

• San Francisco Expanded Domestic Violence Unit: Developed an expanded Domestic Violence Unit targeting households who have been enmeshed in violence repeatedly. The project created a partnership among the San Francisco Police Department, local domestic violence providers and the District Attorney. This DVU links police response units with trained domestic violence counselors who travel to the scene of domestic violence immediately after the situation is under control. The Counselors work with the victim to help identify resources, educate about the cyclical nature of domestic violence, and encourage the victim to utilize the resources of the court, police, district attorney, and the community. Funded by the State Office of Criminal Justice Planning.