Florida Association of Counties
June 16, 2011
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Reduction of $20 million for county share of juvenile
detention cost ($97 M  $77 M)
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Proviso
◦ Workgroup
◦ Safety valve for counties remaining in the state system
◦ JDAI
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SB 2112 – Ability for Counties and Sheriffs to operate local
Regional Juvenile Detention Facilities
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HB 997 – Civil Citation
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From the funds in Specific Appropriations 1068 through
1077 A, the Florida Association of Counties and the
Department of Juvenile Justice shall provide joint
recommendations to fund alternatives for locally funded
and operated juvenile detention to the Executive Office of
the Governor, the President of the Florida Senate and the
Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives no later
than November 1, 2011. The Department of Juvenile
Justice must notify the Senate Budget Committee, the
House Appropriations Committee, and the Governor’s
Office of Policy and Budget of the date of any meeting at
least one week prior to each meeting.
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Commissioner Lois Wexler, Broward County
Commissioner Kevin Beckner, Hillsborough County
Linda Brehmer-Lanosa, Orange County, Assistant
County Attorney
Wayne Applebee, Sarasota County, Criminal Justice
Policy Coordinator
Tim Burns, Pinellas County, Director of Justice and
Consumer Services
Linda Brehmer-Lanosa
Linda Brehmer Lanosa is an Assistant County Attorney
with Orange County, Florida, in the litigation section.
She handles all types of matters ranging from civil rights
cases to annexation disputes to breach of contract
actions. She graduated from Stetson University, College
of Law with honors in 1991. She received a Bachelor of
Science Degree with honors in Chemical Engineering
from the University of California at Berkeley and a
Master a Science Degree in Computer Science and
Engineering from Santa Clara University. She is admitted
to practice law in the States of Florida and California, the
United States District Courts in Florida, the Eleventh
Circuit, the United States Supreme Court, and is
registered to practice before the United States Patent
and Trademark Office. Prior to law, she was an engineer
in the semiconductor and telecommunications
industries.
◦ Division of Administrative Hearings challenges to the
2008-09 fiscal year
 August 15th in Orlando
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Define Pre v. Post Disposition
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Protection for Counties that do not opt out of state run
juvenile detention system
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Input in Detention Budget and Operations
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Juvenile Justice Boards or Public Safety Coordinating
Councils
◦ Local Input on efficiencies for Detention
◦ County partnerships for existing prevention, intervention and
diversion services
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Demonstrate existing resources Counties contribute to
juvenile justice
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County input for FAC
and appointed team
members
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Will host conference
calls prior to meetings
with DJJ if counties are
interested
◦ Email Sarrah Carroll
scarroll@fl-counties.com
First Meeting June 10, 2011
Secretary Wansley Walters, Deputy Secretary Robert Woody, Assistant
Secretary for Detention Julia Strange, Special Assistant Theda Roberts,
Legislative Staff, Director of Program Accountability Beth Davis,
Governor’s Office & FAC Appointed Members
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Suggests a “fixed” and “variable” rate
◦ Fixed would be regardless of youth in detention
◦ Variable would fluctuate as # of youth in detention change
◦ Using last year’s numbers, counties were returned $8 million
from the TF. Under the new proposal, counties would have
retained $3 million throughout the year.
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Two bills each month
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New billing system after years of changes
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Not worth the investment for Counties
◦ Referrals & Admissions are decreasing
 Felony Referrals 11%
 Misdemeanors 10%
 Other 11% - Violations of Probation, Contempt of Court
◦ Closing three facilities and reducing capacity at all others  2,007
down to 1,392 (reduction of 615 beds)
 Hillsborough East
 Seminole
 Osceola
◦ Utilization down to 62%, but will increase as detention beds go
“offline”
◦ Juvenile Detention Alternative Initiative
Detention Reform
Shift
Resources to
the Front
End
Local
Detention
Facilities
FMJS
6/17/2011
Community
Based
Juvenile
Justice
Detention Cost Share Reform
Commissioner Lois Wexler, Broward County
In November 2004, Lois Wexler was elected to the Board
of Broward County Board of County Commissioners after
twelve years as a member of the School Board of Broward
County. She currently sits on the Children’s Services Board,
the Metropolitan Planning Organization and the School
Oversight Committee. Since 1992 she has served as a
member, with several terms as Chair, of the 17th Judicial
Circuit Juvenile Justice Board. While serving as a School
Board member, she was appointed by Governor Chiles to
serve on the State’s Juvenile Justice Accountability
Board. Commissioner Wexler was instrumental in
organizing a Youth Anti-Violence Summit in May of 2010,
and recently formed a subcommittee of the 17th Judicial
Circuit Juvenile Justice Board to deal with the issue of
juvenile detention in Broward County. Commissioner
Wexler is a graduate of Florida Atlantic University and
holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Elementary Education.
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Counties paid $5 Million
for pre-dispositional
youth who Failed to
Appear (FTA)
◦ Data NOT provided
◦ Requested information in
March
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Counties as check writers
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Have no influence on
whether or not youth
shows up to court
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Judges can detain youth
on contempt of court
charges (often VOP or
FTA)
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Youth may not meet the
detention criteria
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Validated Risk
Assessment – unless
youth meets detention
threshold, he/she cannot
be detained
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Okaloosa County
Hold on…someone still has
to pay to operate the
detention center!
◦ 70% of cost was $1,319,073
Until changes have been
made to:
◦ 70% of pre-disposition
detention days were for
court orders (4,820 days)
◦ 4,820 days at $8/day for
ankle bracelet monitoring
would have cost $38,560
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Savings of $1,280,513!!!
???
◦ how detention is operated,
◦ the billing system, or
◦ the statute
Counties would NOT realize
these savings
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Adjusting budget to match utilization only
Current
Budget
Dollars
Percent of $
Utilization*
County
$77,819,360
76.07%
73.41%
2.65%
State Adjustment
$24,482,345 23.93%
25.59%
$2,721,147 Adjustment needed to balance utilization
with budget
*10-11 Utilization data based on July 2010 to March 2011
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Violations of Probation (VOP) that are not new law
violations cost Counties millions each year
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There are 33,778 days in the 10-11 Utilization to date
where a youth was placed in detention for a VOP that
was not a new law violation
Current
Utilization
VOP @
County
VOP Shift to
State
Current
Budget
VOP Shift to
State Budget
County
73.41%
61.46%
$77,819,360
$62,887,338
State
25.59%
38.54%
$24,482,345
$39,414,367
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11.95% Difference = $14,943,022
Wayne Applebee, Sarasota County, Criminal Justice Policy Coordinator
Sarasota County appointed Wayne Applebee as Criminal Justice Policy Coordinator in December
2007, a position that monitors the county’s criminal justice systems and develops and implements
criminal justice programs.
Prior to working with Sarasota County, Applebee was responsible for the development,
implementation and administration of a state-of-the art regional jail in the State of Maine (the first
north of Virginia), that served all populations. Among other duties, he served as the chief
negotiator for jail financing between two boards of county commissioners, oversaw the jail site
selection process, drafted new state legislation that allowed the creation a “Jail Authority Board”,
and administered public education for the regional jail’s bond referendum. Upon the jail’s opening,
Mr. Applebee served as the first Jail Administrator and Chief Executive Officer of the Jail Authority
Board.
His other experience includes Chief Deputy for the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office where he
oversaw 5 divisions, including Patrol, Criminal Investigations, Corrections, Court Security and Civil
Process. Prior to his criminal justice career, Mr. Applebee served as a municipal Parks and
Recreation Director for 5 years. Mr. Applebee has a bachelor’s degree with high distinction in
Public Management from the University of Maine, is a graduate of the Maine Criminal Justice
Academy, numerous F.B.I. and other law enforcement executive programs. Wayne and his wife,
Debi, have 3 children.
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Defining Pre v. Post Disposition
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Violations of Probation, except new law violations
Failure to Appear
Detention stays over 21 day statutory limit
Youth over 18
Foster Youth
Legislative Budget Request
◦ Equalize budget and utilization
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Local Input on Detention Budget and Operation
◦ Not much discussion on incentives
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Official Recommendations due November 1st
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Substantive Legislation for Agencies must be turned in
to the Governor’s Office by August 1st
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Legislative Budget Request due to Governor’s Office by
September 15th
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Technical Advisory Group
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Email Sarrah Carroll
◦ scarroll@fl-counties.com
◦ Don’t forget about the Technical Advisory Group