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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: November 2, 2006 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. ,~ -- r» <br />SUBJECT: NC Department of Correction Grant Award and CJPP Continuation Contracts <br />DEPARTMENT: County Manager <br />PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): (Under Separate Cover) <br />1. NC Dept. of Correction Grant Award / <br />Contract <br />2. Orange County and Freedom House <br />Recovery Center Contract <br />3. Freedom House Recovery Center and <br />Caring Family Networks Contract <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Commissioner Moses Carey <br />Sharron Hinton, 245-2302 <br />PURPOSE: To receive Criminal Justice Partnership (CJPP) implementation grant funds totaling <br />$176,538 from the NC Department of Correction and to approve contracts for the continuation of <br />local services. <br />BACKGROUND: The NC Department of Correction has approved the annual grant proposal <br />submitted by the Orange-Chatham Justice Partnership Advisory Board (OCJP). The purpose of <br />this award is to operate programs, identified by the OCJP, which serve adult offenders from <br />Orange and Chatham counties (Attachment 1). <br />These grant funds are designed to assist adult offenders sentenced to intermediate sanctions. <br />A CJPP-eligible intermediate punishment offender is defined as an adult offender convicted of a <br />misdemeanor or a felony offense who received anon-incarcerative sentence of an intermediate <br />punishment or who is serving a term of post-release supervision after completing an active <br />sentence of imprisonment. <br />Orange County has served as the fiscal agent since the original grant allocation was received in <br />1994. Program services are administered through the OCJP and provided through contractual <br />arrangements. <br />With these grant dollars, the OCJP supports: <br />• The Freedom House Resource Center. This program, administered through contractual <br />arrangements with Freedom House Recovery Center, will serve as a "one-stop shop" <br />and ensure accessibility to prevention, early screening, treatment services and after <br />care/referral for alcohol and drug addicted I-Sanctioned offenders. The program will <br />