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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. 8 - d <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: Apri16, 1999 <br />SUBJECT: CJPP Continuation Grant Application <br />DEPARTMENT: County Manager's Office <br />PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/1~ <br />BUDGET AMENDMENT: (Y/l~ <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />Grant Application <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Sharron Siler <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: - - ezt. 2300 <br />Hillsborough 732-8181 <br />Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br />Durham 688-7331 <br />Mebane 227-2031 <br />PURPOSE: To approve the FY 1999-2000 grant application for the continuation of Criminal <br />Justice Partnership Program (CJPP) activities. The amount of the application is $181,941.00. <br />BACKGROUND: Since FY 1995-96, Orange County has received grant funds from the NC <br />Depaztment of Correction to operate CJPP programs for both. Orange and Chatham Counties. These <br />programs include: (a) a pre-trial release program for the jails; and (b) a sanctions center to enhance <br />the offenders' success with probation. Both programs aze tazgeted for individuals sentenced to <br />intermediate sanctions and designed to reduce recidivism. <br />FINANCIAL IMPACT: The programs operate solely on state funds and are administered through <br />contractual arrangements. Without this funding from the state, the programs will have to be <br />discontinued unless replacement dollazs can be secured. Grant acceptance will require an <br />appropriate budget amendment. <br />RECOMMENDATON(S): The Manager recommends that the Boazd approves the grant <br />application and authorizes the manager to sign. <br />