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ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: October 16, 2012 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. 7-c <br /> SUBJECT: Pretrial Services for Chatham and Orange Counties, Inc. Request for Additional <br /> Funding for FY2012-13 <br /> DEPARTMENT: Financial and Administrative PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br /> Services, County Manager <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> Clarence Grief, Assistant County <br /> 1. Pretrial Services Evaluation Report- Manager/Chief Financial Officer, 919 <br /> Budget and Management 245 2453 <br /> 2. September 26, 2012 Pretrial Gwen Harvey, Assistant County <br /> Services' Request with Supportive Manager, 919 245 2307 <br /> Background Materials Joyce Kuhn, Director, Pretrial Services, <br /> 919 245 2970 <br /> PURPOSE: To consider a request from Pretrial Services for Chatham and Orange Counties, <br /> Inc. to increase its original FY2012-13 funding allocation by $40,000 <br /> BACKGROUND: Pretrial Services for Chatham and Orange Counties, Inc. screens and <br /> investigates background and history of defendants who cannot afford bond pending resolution of <br /> their cases. In so doing, it provides information on possible defendant release and supervision <br /> to district and superior court judges so that placement in jail may be unnecessary. Pretrial <br /> connects defendants in need of services with mental health, substance abuse, and other <br /> community support partners to stabilize them, enhance community safety, and reduce <br /> recidivism. Additionally, the agency prepares sentencing plans by individual contracts with the <br /> State for reimbursement. <br /> The Department of Social Services and the Social Services Board reviewed the Pretrial <br /> Services' Outside Agency grant application for FY2012-13. The review team rated Pretrial <br /> Services a social safety net function, effective in supplementing existing County services, and <br /> serving Orange County residents predominately. (The historical caseload split between Orange <br /> and Chatham counties has been 70:30.) <br /> The BOCC awarded Pretrial Services $70,000 in FY2012-13, the same as for FY2011-12. <br /> Chatham County allocated $19,000 in FY2012-13, the same amount as in past years. The <br /> Towns provided $6,000 (Chapel Hill); $4,000 (Carrboro); and $320 (Hillsborough) in FY2012-13. <br />