BILL NUMBER: SB 2183	ENROLLED
	BILL TEXT

	PASSED THE SENATE   AUGUST 30, 2000
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY   AUGUST 29, 2000
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   AUGUST 25, 2000
	AMENDED IN SENATE   MAY 26, 2000
	AMENDED IN SENATE   MAY 10, 2000
	AMENDED IN SENATE   MAY 1, 2000
	AMENDED IN SENATE   APRIL 13, 2000

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Soto
   (Coauthors:  Senators Polanco and Solis)
   (Coauthors:  Assembly Members Bock, Firebaugh, Hertzberg, Knox,
Kuehl, Lowenthal, Strom-Martin, and Washington)

                        MARCH 16, 2000

   An act to add Article 5 (commencing with Section 13839) to Chapter
4 of Title 6 of Part 4 of the Penal Code, relating to trauma
intervention, and making an appropriation therefor.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 2183, Soto.  Trauma intervention.
   Under existing law, the Office of Criminal Justice Planning (OCJP)
funds, among other programs, various programs relating to victims
services.
   This bill would appropriate $534,000 from the General Fund to OCJP
for the purpose of implementing a multisite trauma intervention
project to replicate and expand the existing OCJP-funded Child Trauma
Intervention Program for youth exposed to community violence.  The
bill would require OCJP to report to the Legislature annually on the
program, on an interim basis, and to provide a full report by
February 1, 2005.
   Appropriation:  yes.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


  SECTION 1.  Article 5 (commencing with Section 13839) is added to
Chapter 4 of Title 6 of Part 4 of the Penal Code, to read:

      Article 5.  Youth Victim of Crime Trauma Intervention Program

   13839.  The Office of Criminal Justice Planning (OCJP) shall
administer a multisite trauma intervention project to replicate and
expand the existing OCJP-funded Child Trauma Intervention Program for
youth exposed to community violence.  The goal of this program is to
reduce the impact of trauma on child and adolescent victims or
witnesses of violent crime or witnesses of traumatic death caused by
exposure to community violence.
   (a) The Office of Criminal Justice Planning shall issue a
statewide competitive Request for Proposals (RFP) to replicate and
expand this existing trauma intervention program.  The Office of
Criminal Justice Planning shall subsequently award grants, to three
sites for program expansion.  Applicants shall be required to provide
a 20 percent in-kind match of the total grant award.  Grants
provided under this program shall be for a period of four years.
   (b) In selecting the sites for program implementation, the Office
of Criminal Justice Planning shall consider the following factors,
including, but not limited to:
   (1) Documentation of sufficient numbers of youth exposed to
violent crime and traumatic death in the surrounding community to be
served by the program.
   (2) The ability of the applicants to demonstrate a coordinated
plan with school and community mental health services, local
victim-witness assistance programs, and local law enforcement
officials to support successful program implementation.
   (3) The applicant demonstrates that the school district is willing
to participate.
   (4) The ability to provide a 20 percent in-kind match of the total
grant award.
   (c) The Office of Criminal Justice Planning shall require a
uniform, multisite intervention outcome evaluation, using
standardized measures to determine programs effectiveness.  The
outcome domains shall include, but are not limited to, the following:

   (1) Psychological distress, including Posttraumatic Stress
Disorder (PTSD), depression, anxiety, and grief.
   (2) Educational outcomes, including grade-point average (GPA),
class failures, attendance, and dropout rates.
   (3) Behavioral and functional disturbance, including school
disciplinary actions, classroom and home behaviors, aggressive
behaviors, delinquency, gang involvement, and substance use.
   (d) The Office of Criminal Justice Planning shall conduct
evaluations of service utilization and cost-effectiveness of service
delivery.
   (e) The Office of Criminal Justice Planning shall report on the
program to the Legislature annually, on an interim basis, and shall
provide a full report by February 1, 2005.
  SEC. 2.  The sum of five hundred and thirty-four thousand dollars
($534,000) is hereby appropriated from the General Fund to OCJP for
the purpose of implementing this program in the first six months of a
proposed four-year program period, with additional funding
contingent upon an appropriation in the Budget Act.  Of this amount,
no more than 5 percent shall be available to OCJP to administer and
conduct service utilization and cost-effectiveness evaluations of
this program each year.