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1 <br />ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. $-C <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: May 19, 1998 <br />SUBJECT: CJPP: TROSA Contract <br />DEPARTMENT: County Manager PUBLIC HEARING: YES: <br />BUDGET AMENDMENT: YES: <br />NO: X <br />NO: X <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />TROSA Contract <br />(Under Separate Cover) <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: Sharron Siler <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: ext. 2300 <br />Hillsborough -732-8181 <br />Chapel Hill -968-4501 <br />Durham -688-7331 <br />Mebane -227-2031 <br />PURPOSE: To approve a contract with Triangle Residential Options for Substance Abusers <br />(TROSA), in the amount of $70,800 for long-term residential treatment services. <br />BACKGROUND: The Orange-Chatham Criminal Justice Partnership Program (CJPP) Advisory <br />Board received approval for discretionary funding from the NC Department of Correction to provide <br />services to persons sentenced to intermediate sanctions. One of the major needs identified by the <br />advisory board is to include intensive residential treatment services as a part of the service continuum <br />for program-eligible substance abusers. <br />TROSA is an alternative to incarceration and serves men and women age 18 and older throughout the <br />Triangle area and surrounding counties. Located in Durham, NC, TROSA provides a highly <br />structured environment for a minimum of two years. The program, an intensive array of residential <br />self-help services, is targeted to offenders and substance abusers. Many of the CJPP clients in <br />Orange and Chatham counties are sentenced to TROSA as a part of their probation. <br />At an annual rate of $17,700 or $48.50 per day, TROSA will provide access to services for <br />approximately four Orange and/or Chatham CJPP clients for the year. <br />Funds for this contract have been included in the budget amendment approved by the Board at its <br />April 7, 1998 meeting. The Criminal Justice Partnership Program Discretionary Grant Project <br />Ordinance provides for the receipt of these funds. <br />RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board approve the contract, <br />contingent upon staff review, and authorize the chair to sign. <br />