2006 NS Manager - Matching Funds for Mental Health Association (JCPC)

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ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: February 21, 2006 Action AgenS a~ Item No. SUBJECT: Matching Funds for Mental Health Association (JCPC) DEPARTMENT: County Manager PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No ATTACHMENT(S): Program Agreement -Mental Health Association and NC Dept. of Juvenile Justice & Delinquency Prevention INFORMATION CONTACT: Sharron Hinton, 245-2300 PURPOSE: To request $5,269 of County funds as a 30% match requirement to draw down state Juvenile Crime Prevention Council (JCPC) funds. BACKGROUND: Due to the closing of Sheaffer House in July 2005, the Juvenile Crime Prevention Council (JCPC) re-advertised a request for funding parent skills training classes. The JCPC approved funding for the Mental Health Association of Orange County for the amount of $45,585 to provide parent/family counseling to at-risk and adjudicated youth through referrals from Juvenile Services and Orange-Person-Chatham Mental Health case managers. The program agreement with the Mental Health Association and the NC Department of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention is attached. Services will be provided by current staff and include child and family team meetings, school conferences and youth planning team meetings. All JCPC funds received from the NC Department of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention require a 30% match from each respective county. In their deliberations, the JCPC did not anticipate the need for the 30% local match since, at that time, the County's contract with Sheaffer House (through the outside agency funding process) met this requirement. Orange County currently maintains a contract with the Mental Health Association as an outside agency. However, their contract amount totals $2,000 and does not meet the 30% match requirement. An additional $5,269 is required to fulfill the state matching requirements. FINANCIAL IMPACT:. Program services are primarily provided through JCPC grant funds. Local funds totaling $5269 may be obtained from the County's Critical Needs Reserve in order to satisfy the state match requirements.