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169 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> Action Ag Ala <br /> Item No. f <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: FEBRUARY 16, 1988 <br /> SUBJECT: DISPUTE SETTLEMENT CENTER FUNDING REQUEST <br /> DEPARTMENT: COUNTY MANAGER PUBLIC HEARING: Yes X No <br /> ATTACHMENT(S) : INFORMATION CONTACT: MANAGER'S <br /> OFFICE,X501 <br /> NONE TELEPHONE NUMBER: <br /> Hillsborough - 732-8181 <br /> Chapel Hill - 968-4501 <br /> Mebane - 227-2031 <br /> Durham - 688-7331 <br /> PURPOSE: Consideration of Dispute Settlement Center Request for <br /> additional funding. <br /> BACKGROUND: Dispute Settlement Center requested funds for a new project <br /> (Community Penalties Program) , sponsored in the General <br /> Assembly by Representatives Joe Hackney and Anne Barnes, <br /> during the 1987-88 Budget deliberation. Although the new <br /> initiative was not funded, Dispute Settlement Center did <br /> receive a County allocation and Board suggested the Center <br /> request funds for the community penalties program at mid <br /> year. The Dispute Settlement Center requests $1,500. <br /> The program is one which diverts non-violent prison bound <br /> offenders from prison into a program of restitution and <br /> rehabilitation. The state provides 90% of the grant money <br /> with 10% coming from local match. To date, the Community <br /> Penalties Program has received the follow match money in this <br /> judicial district: <br /> $1, 000 Town of Carrboro <br /> 500 Siler City <br /> 500 Chatham County <br /> $2, 000 Total <br /> A representative from the program will present additional <br /> program information. <br /> RECOMMENDATION(S) : <br /> As the Board decides. <br />