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ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: March 27, 2007 Action Agenda Item No. ,rte SUBJECT: NC Criminal Justice Partnership Program (CJPP) Continuation Grant Application DEPARTMENT: County Manager's Office PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No ATTACHMENT(S): NC Department of Correction Continuation Grant Application INFORMATION CONTACT: Sharron Hinton, 245-2302 PURPOSE: To approve the state grant application for the~continuation of program services provided through the NC Criminal Justice Partnership Program (CJPP) for FY 2007-2008. BACKGROUND: Since FY 1994-1995, Orange County has served as the fiscal agent administering grant funds for CJPP-related program services in Orange. and Chatham Counties. Historically, programs have included pre-trial release services and various. substance abuse treatment services. Effective July 1, 2006, pre-trial release services were no longer eligible to receive CJPP funds. As a result, those funds were used to expand treatment services. These services are now provided through the Orange/Chatham Resource Center. Established this fiscal year through contractual arrangements with Freedom House Treatment Recovery Center, the resource center addresses the following goals: 1. Eliminate the cost barrier to treatment for the offender population; 2. Maintain motivation for treatment through treatment support, probation, court supervision, and community supports, providing close liaison between the entities; 3. Strive for maintained abstinence from illegal substances, measured by frequent, random drug screens; 4. Promote abstinence from substance use, measuring compliance through frequent, random drug screening, assessing relapses when they occur through treatment planning and individualized treatment goals; and 5. Provide case management around key issues of employment, education, life skills issues, as measured by NC TOPPS Outcome Assessment Instrument and Global Assessment of Functioning (GAF). .