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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: October 1, 2003 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. <br />SUBJECT: Criminal Justice Partnership Program Grant Acceptance <br />DEPARTMENT: County Manager PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />NC Dept. of Correction Grant Award / Sharron Hinton, ext. 2300 <br />Contract <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough 732-8181 <br />Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br />Durham 688-7331 <br />Mebane 336-227-2031 <br />PURPOSE: To receive Criminal Justice Partnership Program (CJPP) implementation grant <br />funds totaling $165,221 from the NC Department of Correction. <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 address adult offenders <br />sentenced to intermediate sanctions. <br />With these grant dollars, the OCJP supports the pre-trial release program. This program, <br />administered through contractual arrangements with Orange-Chatham Alternative Sentencing, <br />addresses jail overcrowding by moving inmate-related data expeditiously through the criminal <br />justice system. In addition, the OCJP supports a continuum of services for this population. <br />Such treatment programs are provided through contracts with OPC Mental Health Center and <br />Project Turn Around. <br />FINANCIAL IMPACT: Program services are primarily provided through CJPP grant funds. The <br />County currently contributes $8,250 towards pre-trial release program services and $11,519 for <br />administrative support to the OCJP. <br />RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board accepts the grant award <br />and authorizes the chair to sign contingent upon staff review. <br />