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ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />RESOGUTICIN N ~L~PPaRT CAP C~NTtNLIATIaN t~F <br />CRII~IINAL JuST~CE PARTNERSHIP PRaCRAM F~Nd[N~ <br />11~HEREAS, Criminal Justice Partnership Program CJPP}funding has been <br />removed from the continuation budget and is now subject to continuation review; <br />and <br />WHEREAS, the non-reoccurring status of CJPP funding and subsequent <br />continuation review will delay the annual appropriation and may result in the lass of <br />qualified professionals to provide treatment services far adult offenders at the local <br />level; and <br />WHEREAS since ~ g94, the State of North Carolina and county governments have <br />been partners in providing necessary community based substance abuse treatment <br />services to adult offenders, which .have been effective in reducing recidivism by <br />these offenders; and <br />wHEREA5, the local CJPP Boards diligently carry out their charge of assessing <br />community needs, planning for services to meet these needs and r~comrnending <br />programs for funding to deliver the services, and evaluating the performance of <br />these programs; and <br />WHEREAS, the loss of CJPP program services will result in the adult offender being <br />without carnmunity based treatment services and could' Increase recidivism, as well <br />r <br />as,~ incarceration in the local jails and State prison system; and <br />Nt~w, THE~E~`C~RE, EE IT RES~L~IED, that the orange County Beard of , <br />Commissioners strvnal endorses full reinstatement of funding far the Criminal <br />V A r N ~ <br />Justice Partnership Program to the continuation budget and the allocat~an of <br />additional funds to support legislative mandates to protect the community and <br />provide a criminal justice continuum at the local level. <br />This, the ~ S~' day of ll~arch ~DDD. <br />... Barry~Jacabs, Chair . =1;~ .: w <br />Orange County Board of Commissioners <br />