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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. Sj-~ <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: February 17, 1998 <br />SUBJECT: CJPP Discretionary Grant Acceptance <br />DEPARTMENT: County Manager PUBLIC HEARING: YES: NO: X <br />BUDGET AMENDMENT: YES: X NO: <br />ATTACHMENT(S): NC Dept. of Correction INFORMATION CONTACT: Sharron Siler <br />Contract <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 receive a discretionary grant award, in the amount of $245,880 from the NC <br />Department of Correction. <br />BACKGROUND: The Orange-Chatham Criminal Justice Partnership Program (CJPP) Advisory <br />Board has received approval for discretionary funding from the NC Department of Correction for the <br />period of January 1, 1998 to June 30, 1998. Discretionary funds, which are separate from the <br />implementation funds (Item 8-F), are intended for one-time rather than recurring costs. <br />CJPP discretionary funds will be used by the advisory board to: <br />(1) assist in the construction of a men's transitional housing project; <br />(2) contract for long-term residential treatment services; and <br />(3) implement program evaluation. <br />The men's transitional housing project, a joint effort with HOME funding, will provide transitional <br />housing for men sentenced to intermediate sanctions in the criminal justice system and in need of <br />substance abuse treatment. The County has been working with Freedom House, Inc., a local non- <br />profit agency, to develop an implementation plan for this six-bed facility. The men's housing facility <br />will be constructed on the. Freedom House property, adjacent to the current women's housing facility <br />and detox center (for males and females). Freedom House, located on Airport Road in Chapel Hill, <br />