The Juvenile Justice Coordinating Council (JJCC) adopted a resolution to appoint this FY 2026- 2027 Comprehensive Multi-Agency Juvenile Justice Plan (JJCC-CMJJP) and Juvenile Justice Crime Prevention Act (JJCPA) Spending Allocation Ad-Hoc Subcommittee on June 16, 2025. The JJCC-CMJJP Ad-Hoc Subcommittee was charged with proposing an updated and revised CMJJP as well as making recommendations as to the spending of FY 2026-2027 JJCPA funds.
It should be noted that much of last year’s Subcommittee Report remains true as we continue with youth justice reimagined and the continuance of the Youth Development Department. The subcommittee’s focus was to continue to make improvements in the proposal process to reflect the evolving landscape of juvenile justice programming while creating a more defined process in reporting justice outcomes. The highlights capture the work we built on this past year from previous years that demonstrate our commitment to continuous improvement in the process. To that end, we worked to memorialize the process utilized during Ad-Hoc’s work. This year included some very important updates including restructuring of the CMJJP Ad-Hoc Timeline.
JJCC Member | Representing |
Beigh, Katheryn (Co-Chair) | Los Angeles County Probation Department |
Osborne, Tapau (Co-Chair) | Los Angeles County Office of Education |
Rodriguez, Luis | Los Angeles County Public Defender’s Office |
Carroll, David | Los Angeles County Department of Youth Development |
Barragan, Oscar | Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department |
Lewis, Samuel | Non-Profit CBO Supervisorial Representative District 1 |
Green, Josh | Non-Profit CBO Supervisorial Representative District 3 |
Navarro, Juan | Non-Profit Drug and Alcohol Provider |
Kent Mendoza | At-Large Community Member |
FY 2026-27 JJCC-CMJJP Ad-Hoc Subcommittee Meeting schedule
September 10, 2025 (9:00 Am – 11:00 AM - 2 hours)
September 12, 2025 (9:00 AM – 10:00 AM - 1 hour)
September 18, 2025 (9:00 AM – 11:00 AM - 2 hours)
September 29, 2025 (9:00 am – 11;00 AM - 2 hours)
October 17, 2025 (10:00 AM – 12:00 PM 2 hours)
October 21, 2025 (10:00 am – 12:00 PM - 2 hours)
October 29, 2025 (3:00 PM – 4:30 pm 1. 5 hours)
November 12, 2205 (10:00 AM – 12:00 pm - 2 hours)
November 17, 2025 (2:00 PM - 4:00 pm - 2 hours)
November 24, 2025 (10:00 AM – 12:00 PM - 2 hours)
January 15, 2026 (2:00PM -3:30 PM - 1.5 hours)
January 22, 2026 (10:00 AM – 12:00 PM -2 hours)
January 28, 2026 (10:00 AM – 12:00 PM -2 hours)
January 29, 2026 (2:00 PM – 4:00 PM - 2 hours)
January 30, 2026 (10:00 AM – 12:00 PM -2 hours)
February 3, 2026 (10:00 AM – 12:00 PM - 2 hours)
February 5, 2026 (12:30 PM – 2:30 PM - 2 hours)
February 12, 2026 (2:00 PM – 4:00 PM - 2 hours)
February 18, 2026 (1:00 PM – 4:00 pm - 3 hours)
February 19,2026 (1:00 PM – 2:00 PM - 2 hours)
February 20,2026 (10:00 Am – 12:00 PM 2 hours)
February 23, 2026 (9:00 AM – 9:30 AM - .5 hours)
February 26, 2026 (9:00 AM – 10:00 AM – 1 hour)
A Snapshot of JJCC-CMJJP Ad-Hoc Subcommittee Scheduled Meeting Hours Within the Past Three Fiscal Years (FY 2021-2022 - FY 2026-2027)
FY 2021-2022: A total of 13 Scheduled Meeting Hours FY 2022-2023: A total of 20.5 Scheduled Meeting Hours FY 2023-2024: A total of 25 Scheduled Meeting Hours
FY 2024-2025: A total of 29 Scheduled Meeting Hours (Total Hours: 44 hours) FY 2025-2026: A total of 35 Scheduled Meeting Hours (Approximately 10 additional team meetings for a total of 45 hours)
FY 2026-2027: A total of 41.5 Scheduled Meeting Hours (Approximately 10 additional team hours for a total of 51.5 hours)
It should be noted that the numbers of scheduled meeting hours quadrupled from 13 hours to 41.5 hours since FY 2021-2022. Additionally, it is estimated the Ad-Hoc Subcommittee worked 10 hours outside the scheduled meetings for 51.5 hours of work, compared to the 13 hours in FY 2021-2022. The additional hours of study and deep dialogue among the Ad-Hoc Subcommittee were necessary to analyze proposals to prepare for making funding recommendations. This is a testament to the dedication and incredible work the Ad-Hoc Subcommittee commits to in providing measured and thoughtful updates to the CMJJP, and to the funding recommendation process. The collaboration and effort to build consensus among leaders serving youth at-promise to inform is needed to guide an ever-
evolving landscape of justice re-imagined for youth, families, and communities of Los Angeles County.
Funding Requests submitted by Governmental Partners submitted requests over 89 million dollars. This was the highest total received since Ad-Hocs began in 2018. The amount of funding available to allocate, based upon the State estimated, was approximately 54 million, which was a difference of approximately 35 million. As indicated above, the work increased in meeting hours by six (6) hours as the group worked diligently to create the funding recommendations. The current fiscal year included county department budget curtailments also experienced by city governmental partners. Therefore, the task of creating funding recommendations proved to be an involved collaborative process. The fundamental concern was to provide as many programs providing direct services to young people as possible.
JJCC-CMJJP Ad-Hoc Subcommittee Recommendations to the Juvenile Justice Coordinating Council (JJCC)
In 2018 improvements were launched that include a comprehensive update to the CMJJP and membership on the Juvenile Justice Coordinating Council. Ever since, work has been done to improve the CMJJP update with a focus on the
steps to create greater transparency and the process for reviewing funding
proposals. This work continues to be done to strengthen the continuum of care.
Revisions and Updates to the CMJJP for FY 2026-2027 included the following:
Reviewing the CMJJP for updates before considering funding proposals ensures the Ad-Hoc Subcommittee's work reflects the realities of today's ever-evolving justice reimagined landscape in Los Angeles County. Updates made uplift the continued direction of greater
accountability in ensuring funds meet the urgent and specific needs of at-promise and probation youth and their families in a targeted manner, specifically around managing unspent funds balances. The Ad-Hoc Subcommittee deliberated extensively on how to manage unspent funds balances with new funding requests and enhanced prior processes and developed a more defined process for this. Applying the updated frameworks to proposal evaluation also resulted in a more coherent discussion on how services are being reimagined to address the developmental needs for youth.
Between January 2024 through December 2025, the previous JJCPA Evaluator published eight (8) evaluations/reports. The evaluations have been added to the plan and were provided to the Ad-Hoc as part of their work. The most recently published information includes evaluation of several JJCPA funded programs that had data available, as well as a Gap Analysis. The prior Ad-Hoc (FY 2025-26) asked that funded governmental partners receive the published report “Capacity Building for Data Collection” that is a toolkit for agencies to learn how to conduct data collection. The information was sent out to the funded governmental partners. Two additional emails were sent. The follow-up email was to clarify that support would continue to be available, and invoicing and support would not change. They were informed Department of Youth Development (DYD) would be the department that would work directly with them regarding at-promise data collection. Probation would retain data collection for justice-involved youth. The final email was to introduce DYD staff and the JJCPA contracted evaluator team so they may begin data collection. It should be noted that the FY 25-26 Funding Request Form and letter sent to governmental partners that data collection would be mandatory.
The creation of a budget review process of the current funding request budget in comparison to the previous FY funding request budget was created to provide the Ad-Hoc with an enhanced review of the program services and how an agency would plan to spend the funding. The budget reviews were informative for the Ad-Hoc to ensure funding will be targeted to provide direct services. As a direct result of the review process, Ad-Hoc determined that agencies would be informed individually regarding items that would not be allowed to be reimbursable under JJCPA funding. TheAd-Hoc made decisions regarding the budget review analysis to help formulate the funding recommendations.
The most important update by Ad-Hoc Subcommittee was in support of the proposed timeline changes. The proposed changes should result in the following benefits:
Major shift in providing the information to the Board of Supervisors for the upcoming fiscal year
Will provide more time for the Ad-Hoc Subcommittee to review governmental partner funding request submissions
JJCC meeting and vote to approve funding recommendations and draft CMJJP will provide the adopted information to be in closer alignment with the CEO Budget deadline (annually January prior to upcoming fiscal year start)
Provide a larger time period between the adoption of funding recommendations and the upcoming fiscal year to complete draft MOUs prior to the upcoming fiscal year start date
Annual Resolution to create the next FY CMJJP Ad-Hoc Subcommittee (November/December)
CMJJP Ad-Hoc Subcommittee will convene (January/February) to work on CMJJP updates
Governmental Partners Funding Request Forms for the following FY will be sent (January/February)
Community Advisory Committee (CAC) Youth Needs Assessment Survey posted on website (February)
Programs/Projects form posted on website (February)
CMJJP Ad-Hoc will begin revie of received funding request forms for the upcoming FY (March-July)
CMJJP Ad-Hoc Subcommittee will finalize funding recommendations for the upcoming FY (October/November)
JJCC will vote to approve updated CMJJP and funding recommendations for the upcoming FY (November/December)
Board information will be submitted (January/February)
CMJJP will be submitted to the Office of Youth and Community Restoration (May 1st)
For the upcoming FY of 2027-2028, the process will begin once the CMJJP is adopted for FY 2026-2027.
CMJJP Ad-Hoc Calendar schedule will be provided as an attachment to the Resolution
Commitment will be required by CMJJP Ad-Hoc self-nominees to attend 90% of the scheduled listed meetings
Commitment that should they be unable to attend 90% of the meetings, at any time during the work of the Ad-Hoc deliberations, Co-Chairs reserve the right to meet with the Ad-Hoc member regarding a large number of missed meetings (over 10% of meetings). Co-Chairs reserve the right to meet with the Ad-Hoc member regarding a larger number of missed meetings. Co-Chairs reserve the right to ask an Ad-Hoc member to step down due to missing a large number of meetings as it would be unfair to the remaining Ad-Hoc members who dedicated their time to completing the work.
The revised funding request form will include information that will later be utilized to create a graph based upon the information provided in the funding request forms. It will be based upon de- identifiable information. The information will provide a picture of the scope and depth of programming JJCPA funded programs provide to youth in Los Angeles County. The information will include:
Total number of programs offering services to youth
Total youth served by the program for the prior FY
Program frequency
SPA’ s covered by the program
Estimated cost per capita per youth
This will result in the creation of a future graph providing a snapshot of information regarding direct services. The vision is to create a future dashboard providing information on all programs by fiscal year.
Revised CMJJP Ad-Hoc Funding Review and Allocation Process
Process Improvement Funding Review and Allocation Process streamlined proposal and review process to allow for more depth conversations, improved efforts to communicate with organizations on unspent funds, clarify submission process based on strategy.
CMJJP Ad-Hoc members agreed upon a new level review to create standard guidelines to make funding recommendation decisions. They included the following:
No program expansions or added staff
Review of COLA increases
No external evaluations
No indirect costs over 15%
Reviewed the pattern of spending during the last three (3) FYs of expenditures (based upon year-end closing expenditures).
If a governmental partner had unspent funds, they were reviewed as well as what the governmental partner submitted as their plan to spend down the funding in FY 25-26.
Determined that all governmental partners that had unspent funds, (FY 26-27 after year end closing) any remaining unspent funds (through FY 24-25) could be swept and utilized to fund new programming for the upcoming FY. The Ad-Hoc was clear that governmental partners be informed this year of the changes for next year regarding unspent funds.
Ad-Hoc members wanted the processes to be memorialized for future Ad-Hocs to provide a process to complete the work. Therefore, information has been included.
Tapau Osborne, Co-Chair
JJCC member Representing Los Angeles County Office of Education
Katheryn Beigh, Co-Chair
JJCC Chair Representing Los Angeles County Probation Department