The nonprofit, which is funded with public dollars, was sued by youth justice advocacy groups because it argued it was not subject to California open records and meetings laws
A group of probation chiefs from nearly every county in the state has decided to disband a secretive, nonprofit organization they set up to work out of the public eye on a sweeping state-ordered reform of juvenile justice.in a news release on June 23.
The announcement abruptly ends an unusual chapter in the nearly three-year-long plan by the state to close down the youth detention system and transfer responsibility back to the counties. In response to that legislation in early 2021, 55 of the 58 probation chiefs in the state quietly banded together and formed the nonprofit. It was focused on housing and treating those youths in the system who need to be held in secure facilities, which not all counties in the state have.
In the application for tax-exempt status submitted to the Internal Revenue Service, the consortium wrote that the stated goal of the group was to “lessen the burdens of government” by coordinating realignment efforts by counties, drafting model agreements between counties for housing some youths, and creating a database of treatment programs in counties.
None of the materials indicated the group would close down after the initial wave of youths were returned to counties. Erin Palacios, a lawyer with the Youth Law Center who filed the suit on behalf of a collection of juvenile justice groups called California Alliance for Youth and Community Justice, said it was “welcome news” that the consortium was dissolving.
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