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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />• ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: March 27, 2007 <br />Action Agenda ^ <br />Item No. ~ <br />SUBJECT: NC Criminal Justice Partnership Program (CJPP) Continuation Grant <br />Application <br />DEPARTMENT: County Manager's OfFce PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No . <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />NC Department of Correction <br />Continuation Grant Application <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Sharron Hinton, 245-2302 <br />PURPOSE: To approve the state grant application for the continuation of program services <br />• provided through the NC Criminal Justice Partnership Program (CJPP) for FY 2007-2008. <br />BACKGROUND: Since FY 1994-1995, Orange County has served as the fiscal agent <br />administering grant funds for CJPP-related program services in Orange and Chatham Counties. <br />Historically, programs have included pre-trial release services and various substance abuse <br />treatment services. <br />Effective July 1, 2006, pre-trial release services were no longer eligible to receive CJPP funds. <br />As a result, those funds were used to expand treatment services, These services are now <br />provided through the Orange/Chatham Resource Center. Established this fiscal year through <br />contractual arrangements with Freedom House Treatment Recovery Center, the resource <br />center addresses the following goals: <br />1. Eliminate the cost barrier to treatment for the offender population; <br />2. Maintain motivation for treatment through treatment support, probation, court supervision, <br />and community supports, providing close liaison between the entities; <br />3. Strive for maintained abstinence from illegal substances, measured by frequent, random <br />drug screens; <br />4. Promote abstinence from substance use, measuring compliance through frequent, <br />random drug screening, assessing relapses when they occur through treatment planning <br />and individualized treatment goals; and <br />5. Provide case management around key issues of employment, education, life skills <br />issues, as measured by NC TOPPS Outcome Assessment Instrument and Global <br />• Assessment of Functioning (GAF). <br />