File #: 23-0320    Version: 1
Type: Resolution Status: Approved
File created: 7/25/2023 In control: Board of Hennepin County Commissioners
On agenda: 8/8/2023 Final action: 8/22/2023
Title: Amd 2 to PR00003754 with Jonathan I. Cloud to provide community corrections related training and consulting services, for the contract period of 01/01/22-12/31/23, incr NTE by $35,000
Attachments: 1. RESOLUTION
Item Description:
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Amd 2 to PR00003754 with Jonathan I. Cloud to provide community corrections related training and consulting services, for the contract period of 01/01/22-12/31/23, incr NTE by $35,000
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Resolution:
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BE IT RESOLVED, that Amendment 2 to Agreement PR00003754 with Jonathan I. Cloud to provide juvenile case management training and consulting services to DOCCR staff and justice partners, no change to contract dates, increase amount by $35,000 for a new total not to exceed amount of $175,000, be approved; that the Chair of the Board be authorized to sign the Agreements on behalf of the county; and the Controller be authorized to disburse funds as directed.
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Background:
Justice involved populations are disproportionally people of color. This board action request seeks to continue the training and consultant services of Jonathan I. Cloud to assist in implementing Growth Focused Case Management (GFCM) to improve outcomes for youth on juvenile probation, 85% of whom are youth of color.

GFCM training provides a practice framework that is person-centered and focused on the youth's growth or well-being and that is supported by positive youth development principles and adolescent brain science. Trainings include a supervision approach that helps foster a healthy, respectful, and empowered work environment in which probation staff feel safe to take risks and embrace personal accountability for their work with youth.

Resolution 22-0478 approved Amendment 1, providing continued training in the GFCM framework to further build competencies of the Department of Community Corrections and Rehabilitation (DOCCR) Juvenile Probation staff, as well as consulting services to implement tools for case management, policy and procedure development, ongoing monitoring, and outcome evaluations. This amendment allows the provider to complete the training program, develop a bench card and create a training module with DOCCR's Train, Coach, Practice Unit. I...

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