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i <br /> 1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. -1 <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: November 4, 1996 <br /> SUBJECT: CJPP Contract: Freedom House <br /> DEPARTMENT: County Manager PUBLIC HEARING: YES: NO: X <br /> BUDGET AMENDMENT: YES: X NO: <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): Contract INFORMATION CONTACT: Sharron Siler <br /> ext. 2300 <br /> TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br /> Hillsborough -732-8181 <br /> Chapel Hill -968-4501 <br /> Durham -688-7331 <br /> Mebane -227-2031 <br /> PURPOSE: To contract with Freedom House, Inc. to assist with the architectural costs associated <br /> with the construction of a men's halfway house to accommodate Criminal Justice Partnership <br /> Program(CJPP)clients. <br /> BACKGROUND: In December 1995,the BOCC accepted a discretionary grant award, in the <br /> amount of$166,320 from the NC Department of Correction for the expansion of Freedom House. <br /> Freedom House, located on Airport Road in Chapel Hill, currently provides halfway house services <br /> for females. There are also detox services available for males and females. However,th°re are no <br /> temporary residential services available for males. Funding from this discretionary allocation will be <br /> used to assist in the construction of a facility to serve as a halfway house for males from Orange and <br /> Chatham Counties. <br /> The attached contract with Freedom House provides for assistance with the architectural fees <br /> associated with this project. <br /> RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board approve the contract and <br /> authorize the chair to sign. <br />