Program D: LTI-Bridge City

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Program D: Bridge City Correctional Center for Youth

Program Authorization: R.S. 15:901-908

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

The Bridge City Correctional Center for Youth (BCCY) (formerly the Louisiana Training Institute - Bridge City) is a secure correctional facility for male juveniles adjudicated delinquent. The BCCY received American Correctional Association (ACA) accreditation in June 1994.

The mission of the Bridge City Correctional Center for Youth is to provide for the custody, care, and treatment of adjudicated offenders through enforcement of the laws and implementation of programs designed to ensure the safety of the public, staff, and inmates and reintegrate offenders into society.

The goals of the Bridge City Correctional Center for Youth are:

Maximize public safety through appropriate and effective correctional custodial and supervisory programs.

Provide for the safety of correctional staff and inmates by maintaining an organized and disciplined system of operations that promotes stability in institutional and other field operations.

Ensure that basic services relating to adequate food, clothing, medical care, and shelter are provided to the inmate population.

Provide an environment that enables behavior change by making rehabilitative opportunities available for inmates who demonstrate motivation for change and the desire to participate in rehabilitative programs.

Maintain accreditation through the ACA while continuing to provide services in the most economical, efficient, and effective way possible.

OBJECTIVES AND PERFORMANCE INDICATORS

Unless otherwise indicated, all objectives are to be accomplished during or by the end of FY 1999-2000. Performance indictors are made up of two parts: name and value. The indicator name describes what is being measured. The indicator value is the numeric value or level achieved within a given measurement period. For budgeting purposes, performance indicator values are shown for the prior fiscal year, the current fiscal year, and alternative funding scenarios (continuation budget level and Executive Budget recommendation level) for the ensuing fiscal year (the fiscal year of the budget document).

RESOURCE ALLOCATION FOR THE PROGRAM

SOURCE OF FUNDING

This program is funded with State General Fund, Interagency Transfers, Fees and Self-generated Revenues, and Federal Funds. Interagency Transfers are derived from the Department of Education for the school lunch program and from the Department of Transportation and Development for security costs associated with the inmate road clean up crews. The Fees and Self-generated Revenues are derived from the employee purchase of meals and telephone commissions. Federal Funds are derived from Social Security for Supplemental Security Income payments for eligible offenders as reimbursement to the institution for the offenders' care and upkeep.

ANALYSIS OF RECOMMENDATION

GENERAL FUND	TOTAL	T.O.	DESCRIPTION

$5,650,791	$5,887,236	156	ACT 19 FISCAL YEAR 1998-1999

			BA-7 TRANSACTIONS:
$128,862	$128,862	0	Carry forward for Acquisitions and Major Repairs

$5,779,653	$6,016,098	156	EXISTING OPERATING BUDGET – November 20, 1998

$83,642	$83,642	0	Annualization of FY 1998-1999 Classified State Employees Merit Increase
$7,313	$7,313	0	Annualization of FY 1998-1999 Unclassified State Teacher Merit Increase
$63,703	$63,703	0	Classified State Employees Merit Increases for FY 1999-2000
$7,934	$7,934	0	Unclassified State Teacher Merit Increases for FY 1999-2000
$118,815	$118,815	0	Risk Management Adjustment
$130,000	$130,000	0	Acquisitions and Major Repairs
($142,737)	($151,000)	0	Nonrecurring Acquisitions and Major Repairs
($128,862)	($128,862)	0	Nonrecurring Carry forward for Acquisitions and Major Repairs
$62,076	$62,076	0	Other Adjustments – Adjust teacher salaries to be compatible with the salary schedule of the Jefferson Parish School Board
$13,698	$13,698	0	Other Adjustments - Maintenance Trade Job Market Upgrade
$0	$11,826	0	Other Adjustments - Increase Interagency Transfers from the Department of Education for the School Lunch Program
$1,860	$1,860	0	Other Adjustments - Increase Interagency Transfers to the Department of Public Safety for radio user fees
$59,192	$59,192	0	Other Adjustments – Allows the payment of Compensatory Leave in excess of 540 hours within a calendar year

$6,056,287	$6,296,295	156	TOTAL RECOMMENDED

$276,634	$280,197	0	DIFFERENCE (TOTAL RECOMMENDED AND EXISTING OPERATING BUDGET)

The total means of financing for this program is recommended at 104.7% of the existing operating budget. It represents 86.1% of the total request ($7,311,398) for this program. The increase in the recommended level is primarily attributed to the increase in Risk Management premiums along with the adjustments to classified employee and teacher salaries.

PROFESSIONAL SERVICES

$67,106		Contracted medical services for the juvenile offenders – psychiatrist, pharmacist, dentist and psychologist

$67,106		TOTAL PROFESSIONAL SERVICES

OTHER CHARGES

		Interagency Transfers:
$968		Allocation to the Comprehensive Public Training Program
$1,307		Allocation to the State Treasurer's Office
$9,823		Administrative cost in Corrections-Administration associated with the Federal School Lunch Program
$2,040		User fee for radio system - Department of Public Safety

$14,138		TOTAL OTHER CHARGES

ACQUISITIONS AND MAJOR REPAIRS

$130,000		Purchase lift to change security lighting, purchase base station, replace kitchen, maintenance and office equipment; upgrade dormitories and administration air conditioning unit

$130,000		TOTAL ACQUISITIONS AND MAJOR REPAIRS

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