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10 <br /> The second program is to contract with a private, non-profit or for-profit agency <br /> or a county funded agency to provide a comprehensive substance abuse program for <br /> persons sentenced to intermediate sanctions. The problems leading to the proposed <br /> program: <br /> (a) Current research findings indicate that many criminal offenders are <br /> substance abusers. Data collected by the Orange-Chatham Criminal Justice <br /> Advisory Board which profiled prison admissions for each jurisdiction <br /> found the following: 32% of felons and 1% of misdemeanants admitted to <br /> prison from Orange County in FY 93-94 were confined due to drug <br /> offenses and 32% of felons admitted to prison from Chatham County <br /> during the same period were confined due to drug offenses. Self reports <br /> by prisoners from Orange County during FY 93-94 indicate frequent <br /> alcohol use by 30% of felons and 33% of misdemeanants and frequent <br /> drug use by 35% of felons. Self reports by prisoners from Chatham <br /> County during the same period indicate frequent alcohol use by 29% of <br /> felons and 46% of misdemeanants, though none admitted,to frequent drug <br /> use. <br /> (b) The percentage of probation revocations due to drug/alcohol use is rising <br /> gradually. In Chatham County, 2% of probations were revocations due to <br /> alcohol/drug use in 1993, a 1% increase from 1991. In Orange County, 4% <br /> of revocations related to alcohol/drug use, a 1% increase since 1991. <br /> (c) Anecdotal information from probation supervisors *indicates that as much <br /> as 60% of their caseloads have substance abuse problems. <br /> (d) There is no coordination of existing referrals and services to this <br /> population. <br /> (e) There is no specific substance abuse program designed to meet the needs <br /> of addicted offenders. <br /> (f) While an array of substance abuse services already exist, particularly in <br /> Orange County, they have limited capacity and would have difficulty <br /> accommodating this targeted population. <br /> The offenders targeted for services under this program would have the following <br /> characteristics: <br /> (a) Felony offenders or misdemeanants who are on intensive/high risk <br /> probation, including those who have violated probation. <br />