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� 1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: March 19, 2002 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. $_ <br /> SUBJECT: Criminal Justice Partnership Program (CJPP) Contracts <br /> DEPARTMENT: County Manager PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> 1. Orange-Chatham Alternative Sentencing Sharron Hinton, ext. 2300 <br /> Contract <br /> 2. OPC Mental Health Contract TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br /> 3. McCauley Family Learning Center Hillsborough 732-8181 <br /> Contract Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br /> Durham 688-7331 <br /> Mebane 336-227-2031 <br /> PURPOSE: To approve service delivery contracts for the Criminal Justice Partnership Program <br /> (CJPP). <br /> BACKGROUND: In January 2002, the Board approved receipt of the grant award from the NC <br /> Department of Correction to administer services from the Criminal Justice Partnership Program. <br /> Due to the state budget shortfall, CJPP grant funds were reduced last fiscal year as well as for <br /> FY 2002-2003 from $181,941 to $165,221. <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 a non-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 Orange-Chatham Justice Partnership <br /> (OCJP) and provided through contractual arrangements. The following contracts are <br /> recommended by the OCJP for the continuation of CJPP service delivery: <br /> A. Orange-Chatham Alternative Sentencing —This contract provides for pre-trial release <br /> services. The purpose of the program is to identify and monitor eligible candidates from the <br /> Orange and Chatham County jails in order to reduce jail overcrowding. The contract totals <br /> $65,514 from its previous $82,206. <br /> B. OPC Mental Health —This contract provides offenders with access to various substance <br /> abuse treatment services through its Treatment Alternatives to Street Crime (TASC) <br /> program. The service contract for last fiscal year was $89,735; however, Orange-Person- <br />