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Consider recommendations regarding Agreements with Community Action Commission dba CommUnify for Fiscal Year (FY) 2026-2027, and with the Council on Alcohol and Drug Abuse (CADA) FYs 2026-2028, as follows:
a) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute the Agreement for Services of Independent Contractor (Agreement) with the CADA (a local vendor) to provide preventative diversion services as the provider for the Youth Empowerment Services (YES) program to youth, from July 1, 2026, to June 30, 2028, with a total contract amount not to exceed $518,158.00;
b) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute an Agreement for Services of Independent Contractor with Community Action Commission of Santa Barbara County, dba CommUnify, to provide services related to the South Coast Youth Safety Partnership (SCYSP) from July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2027, for a total contract amount not to exceed amount of $50,913.00;
c) Authorize the Chief Probation Officer or designee to approve subsequent changes to the agreements including authorizing additional services, amending program staffing requirements, amending service locations, and adding programs goals, outcomes, and measures, and reallocation of funds between funding sources. Authorize the Chief Probation Officer or designee to approve line-item budget changes to Attachment B-1 of the Agreements in an amount not to exceed 10% of the stated line-item budgeted amounts for each service. Changes can be made as long as the total contract amount of the Agreement is not increased, and subject to the Board’s ability to rescind this delegated authority at any time, and provided that in no event shall any such amendment extend the term of the agreement; and
d) Determine that the above actions are government fiscal activities of funding mechanisms which do not involve any commitment to any specific project which may result in a potentially significant physical impact on the environment, and are therefore not a project under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Section 15378(b)(4) of the CEQA guidelines.