City and County of San Francisco

Adult Probation Department
The San Francisco Adult Probation Department values the individuality and diversity of clients, recognizes the challenges they face, and invests in their success through services designed to address their needs and help them permanently exit the justice system.
A Message From Chief Fletcher
Dear Friends,

This year has been unprecedented to say the least. I am deeply thankful to all of our staff and community partners for their unwavering commitment to serving our clients through these very challenging times.

Together we have supported some of the most vulnerable people in our community through services and housing opportunities that have kept them safe and healthy, while protecting public safety. We look forward to 2021 as we continue to work together in Protecting the Community, Serving Justice and Changing Lives.

Karen L. Fletcher
Chief Adult Probation Officer
San Francisco Adult Probation Department
APD's Racial Equity Work Group
View APD's Racial Equity Plan here
A Message from our Racial Equity Leads here
APD Launches a New CASC Website

We're excited to announce a new website for the Community Assessment and Services Center (CASC). It's a good site to direct clients to learn about programs, resources, and services.
Reentry Services
CPOC Employee of the Year
We’re excited to announce that Steve Adami was named the Chief Probation Officers of California Employee of the Year for 2020.
After spending over 20 years addicted to drugs and in and out of jails and prison, Steve received an incredible gift - he got clean and sober. After being released from prison in 2010, he earned a Master's Degree in Public Administration, was inducted into a National Honor Society for Public Affairs and Administration and received the Barbara Jordan Award for Academic Excellence from San Francisco State University. In 2014 he was hired by the San Francisco Adult Probation Department, promoted to a managerial position, and assumed the Interim Director position in February 2020. Throughout his employment, Steve has advocated for client services and has been a driving force in building collaborative partnerships with our criminal justice colleagues and our community stakeholders. As a balanced voice for both rehabilitation and accountability, Steve has earned the respect of the community, elected officials and has gained the trust of our sworn probation staff through his willingness to roll up his sleeves and provide the support necessary to produce positive outcomes. 
Wall of Change
Community Advisory Board
In the Community
Serving BVHP in a time of need - View here
COVID Accomplishments
March 2020
  • APD launched a 30 unit transitional housing program at a Master Lease SRO Hotel.

  • APD launched a 14-bed emergency housing program for people released from SF county jail pretrial. This program is funded through the Community Corrections Partnership.
 
April 2020
  • APD partnered with 5 Keys Charter School to ensure distance learning would be available to our clients served at the CASC Education Center and HOJ Learning Center.

  • In the first month of the Shelter in Place Order, Deputy Probation Officers supported the needs of their clients by conducting over 4,100 telephone contacts with clients and an additional 2,300 contacts with programs and providers. 
 
May 2020
  • APD launched Step Up to Freedom, a 3-year rental subsidy program for people on parole and post-release community supervision (PRCS).

  • APD launched a 51 unit emergency housing program for clients of the Pretrial Diversion Project.

July 2020
  • APD shifted its behavioral health and clinical services to a virtual platform by installing tablets at its transitional housing programs ensuring clients have access to case management, 1:1 therapy, groups, classes, and an array of other supportive services.

  • APD partnered with CDCR, DPH, and state parole to provide housing and supportive services to clients released to San Francisco from state prison as a result of the COVID surge across California's prisons.
 
August 2020
  • APD was awarded funding through the Bureau of Justice Assistance, Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program, and will soon be implementing the City’s first mental health housing program for justice-involved adults.

  • APD launched a Community Advisory Board of formerly incarcerated individuals who represent areas of the City impacted by crime and violence.

September 2020
  • Deputy Probation Officers worked evenings to conduct 209 Wellness Checks and provide clothing vouchers and hygiene kits to support clients in the community.

November 2020
  • In partnership with Code Tenderloin, APD launched the Reentry Employment Network bringing together community partners who provide employment services to justice-involved adults.

December 2020
  • APD’s Stay Warm Coat Drive distributed hundreds of coats to people in need in the Bay View and Tenderloin.

  • APD and the Family Giving Tree provided 140 gifts to the children of the families that we support in the community.

  • Deputy Probation Officers partnered with the CCSF Healthy Streets Operation Center(HSOC) team in an effort to support an unhoused and distressed client in the community. 

  • APD was selected to participate in two SAMHSA's GAINS Center's Criminal Justice Communities of Practice in the areas of Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion and Engaging Clients for Successful Reentry.

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