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Orange County,North Carolina <br /> Assessment of Jail Alternative Programs <br /> 3.5 Provide a summary of the remarks offered by the Courts, Justice, and Human Services <br /> System officials interviewed. <br /> 3.6 Identify program costs and current source(s)of funding for at least the past three(3)years. <br /> 3.7 Identify revenue received by the program via grants, participant payments, etc. (pending <br /> availability of data)for at least the past three(3)years. <br /> 3.8 Identify current and recent year individual program costs per participant. <br /> Task 4.Assess &quantify the impact that referenced program participation has had on the County's <br /> daily/annual jail inmate population(s)and is anticipated to have on future jail populations: <br /> 4.1 Collect and evaluate data regarding the County's daily and annual jail populations for at least <br /> the past five(5)years utilizing data provided by the Sheriff's Office; <br /> • Monthly jail population reports <br /> • Existing security classification criteria <br /> • Existing bond schedule(s)and practices <br /> • Age&gender demographics if/as available <br /> • Annual budget allocated to Jail operations <br /> 4.2 Research and plot the County's general resident population for the past three (3) years <br /> utilizing data obtained from the NC Office of Budget&Management. <br /> ■ Including the age & genderd emographics which coincide with the Jail's age & gender <br /> categories identified above. <br /> 4.3 Overlay findings of Tasks 1, 2, and 3 with that of Task 4 to determine the net effect and/or <br /> impact of the referenced programs on the County's jail population(s) over the past three (3) <br /> years. <br /> 4.4 Collect, organize, assess and compare the costs identified; overall/general as well as <br /> specific/participant,etc. <br /> 4.5 Prepare and graphically illustrate the projected resident populations of the County over the <br /> next 20 years utilizing data obtained from the NC Office of Budget&Management. <br /> 4.6 Utilizing the data developed and charted in sub-task 4.1 as the "baseline", calculate and <br /> illustrate graphically the projected inmate populations anticipated to occur in the County Jail <br /> over the next 20 years. <br /> ■ Continue to utilize the age&gender demographics previously referenced. <br /> 4.7 Provide summary ofs tudy findings and observations and, where appropriate, the basis for <br /> any recommendations made. <br /> PHASE 11-PROCESS ASSESSMENT <br /> Pursuant to Jail AlternativesW ork Group member comments, it was suggested that variousi nternal <br /> system processes, deferment options, or specific process improvements may be worth considering. <br /> And, that although some of these may not be alternatives to incarceration per se, they may with <br /> modification or formalization, result in efficiencies and/or benefits to the system itself. <br /> Task S. During Phase I meetings with program administrators and system officials solicit specific <br /> observations and recommendations regarding; <br /> • Known and/or suggested processes to be considered, <br /> • "Minor"or"informal" programs <br /> • Deferment options utilized but not formalized <br /> • Other programs not listed in Phase I; i.e.Carpe Diem, Dispute Settlement,etc. <br /> Solutions for local Government,Inc. 2 <br />