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� 1 ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS Action Agenda Item No. J?-d ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: December 1, 1997 SUBJECT: CJPP Grant Acceptance DEPARTMENT: County Manager PUBLIC HEARING: YES: NO: X BUDGET AMENDMENT: YES: X NO: ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: Sharron Siler Contract-NC Dept. of Correction TELEPHONE NUMBERS: ext. 2300 Hillsborough -732-8181 Chapel Hill -968-4501 Durham -688-7331 Mebane -227-2031 PURPOSE: To accept FY 1997-98 grant funding from the NC Department of Correction for the continued implementation of the Orange-Chatham Criminal Justice Partnership Program (CJPP). BACKGROUND: In FY 1995-96, Orange and Chatham Counties formed a multi-county partnership to work collaboratively in implementing a Criminal Justice Partnership Program. Since that time, Orange County has served as the fiscal agent for the annual grant award of$181,941. Funding for this program was made available by the N. C. General Assembly for counties to establish or expand community-based punishments or to establish pretrial monitoring programs. The goals of the CJPP are to: (a)reduce recidivism; (b)reduce probation violations; (c) reduce alcohol and drug dependency among offenders; and (d)reduce the cost of incarceration at the state and local level. Local advisory boards are responsible for developing local community corrections plans and programs designed to achieve these goals. The Orange-Chatham CJPP Advisory Board has established two CJPP components: a pre-trial release program, and substance abuse services targeted to this population. The pre-trial release program, implemented via contractual arrangements with Orange-Chatham Alternative Sentencing, seeks to reduce jail overcrowding in the 15-B Judicial District. The substance abuse component, which has been implemented via contractual arrangements with OPC Mental Health Center, provides clients with the necessary treatment services to address their respective drug and/or alcohol addictions. Funding from this grant award will maintain service delivery during FY 1997-98.