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5 <br />12) Support legislation providing that the State is <br />responsible for providing services to children in need <br />of residential mental health treatment; <br />13) * Support the reinstatement of Criminal Justice <br />Partnership Program (CJPP) funding and other <br />alternatives to incarceration lost due to budget cuts in <br />the Department of Correction with the understanding that <br />diverting these funds would lead to greater costs and <br />challenges for the correctional system as well as the <br />general public; <br />14) Support adequate funding for Dispute Settlement Centers <br />and other similar entities as these resources provide <br />viable alternatives to the court system, and thereby <br />diminish court costs and the strain on the limited, <br />already over-burdened judicial system, and any diversion <br />of these funds is "penny-wise and pound-foolish"; <br />15) Support legislation directing that the North Carolina <br />Department of Health and Human Services put on hold <br />further efforts regarding mental health reform until 1) <br />adequate funding is provided to local governments to <br />address implementation costs, and 2) adequate planning <br />and funding is provided to address the costs which will <br />5