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1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. g—f <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: November 4, 1996 <br /> SUBJECT: Orange/Chatham Criminal Justice Partnership Program Grant Acceptance <br /> DEPARTMENT: County Manager PUBLIC HEARING: YES: NO: X <br /> BUDGET AMENDMENT: YES: X NO: <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: Sharron Siler <br /> ext. 2300 <br /> Contract-NC Dept. of Correction/CJPP TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br /> Hillsborough -732-8181 <br /> Chapel Hill -968-4501 <br /> Durham -688-7331 <br /> Mebane -227-2031 <br /> PURPOSE: To accept the grant award from the N.C. Department of Correction for the continued <br /> implementation of the Orange-Chatham Criminal Justice Partnership Program. <br /> BACKGROUND: Ratified House Bill 281 provides grant funds to counties to develop community- <br /> based correction programs to appropriately address criminal behavior, provide effective rehabilitative <br /> services and to expand sentencing options for offenders receiving non-incarcerative sentences. <br /> In FY 1995-96, Orange County received $181,941 in CJPP funding to initiate a pre-trial release <br /> program and to provide a comprehensive substance abuse program for persons sentenced to <br /> intermediate sanctions. The programs are administered on a contractual basis and funded solely by <br /> CJPP funds. <br /> This contract provides for the continuation of both programs. <br /> RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board accept the grant award and <br /> authorize the chair to sign. <br />