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ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: December 13, 2005 Action Agen`~da~ Item No. SUBJECT: CJPP Grant Acceptance DEPARTMENT: County Manager PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: NC Dept, of Correction Grant Award / Sharron Hinton, 245-2300 Contract PURPOSE: To receive Criminal Justice Partnership (CJPP) implementation grant funds totaling $163,914 from the NG Department of Correction. BACKGROUND: The NC Department of Correction has approved the annual grant proposal submitted by the Orange-Chatham Justice Partnership Advisory Board (OCJP), Orange County, as fiscal agent, was advised of the grant award in fall 2005 following the adjournment of the NC General Assembly, Senate Bill 622, which was approved on August 13, 2005, enacted the state budget for FY 2005-06, Section 17.23 of that bill contains numerous provisions, which changes haw the funding to counties participating in the CJPP is established, The funding amounts are based on three basic criteria, all of which have been revised as a part of Senate Bill 622: 1, A fixed, equal amount per county, based on the number of counties participating; 2. Each county's share of the state population; and 3. Each county's amount of probation admissions. The purpose of this award is to operate programs, identified by the OCJP, which address adult offenders sentenced to intermediate sanctions. In addition to $11,500 used to offset administrative casts of the C,IPP initiative, service programs currently receiving CJPP funds include: Orange-Chatham Alternative Sentencing (Pre-Trial Release Program) - addresses jail overcrowding by moving inmate-related data expeditiously through the criminal justice system. Freedom House Recovery Center (Intensive Outpatient Treatment) - Project Turnaround (Substance Abuse Counseling Services) -