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| SPONSOR: | Leavell | DATE TYPED: | 2/16/01 | HB | |||
| SHORT TITLE: | Youth Mentoring & Job Placement Program | SB | 614 | ||||
| ANALYST: | Dunbar | ||||||
| Recurring
or Non-Rec |
Fund
Affected | ||||
| FY01 | FY02 | FY01 | FY02 | ||
| $ 400.0 | Rec | General Fund | |||
(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)
Relates to HB 730
SOURCES OF INFORMATION
Children Youth and Families Department
SUMMARY
Synopsis of Bill
SB 614 appropriates $400.0 from the general fund to CYFD for the purpose of contracting for a program that provides mentoring, job preparation and placement for youth in detention or on probation or parole statewide.
Significant Issues
This bill focuses on providing services to youth who are in detention, on probation or parole.
These services are directed toward training for employment or assisting the placement for employment.
PERFORMANCE IMPLICATIONS
CYFD's performance measure relating to re-commitment of juvenile offenders to either a juvenile or adult correctional facility is related.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS
This bill appropriates $400.0 from the general fund to CYFD for expenditures in FY02. The expenditure is recurring and any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of FY02 shall revert to the general fund.
ADMINISTRATIVE IMPLICATIONS
This bill would require CYFD to develop an RFP and contract for the specified services and assign staff to monitor compliance with contract requirements.
RELATIONSHIP
This bill relates to HB 730.
OTHER SUBSTANTIVE ISSUES
The bill would require the CYFD to "contract with an organization that has experience working with youth in detention at juvenile detention centers and to provide mentoring, job preparation and job placement." It is unclear if the CYFD would be required to contract with a single provider; with a single provider who "has experience working with youth at all of the youth detention centers" in New Mexico; or with a single provider at each of the youth detention centers. The term "other support facilities" is not defined.
The bill should be amended to strike out the above language pertaining to contracting with an organization. The bill would then be a duplicative of HB 730.
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