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15 <br />CONTRACT BETWEEN <br />THE COUNTY OF ORANGE, NORTH CAROLINA <br />AND <br />PROJECT TURN AROUND <br />THIS CONTRACT is made and entered into the day of , 2005, <br />between the County of Orange ("the County") and Project Turn Around ("PTA"). <br />WHEREAS, the North Carolina Department of Correction Criminal Justice Partnership <br />Program ("CJPP")has awarded a North Carolina Department of Correction Criminal <br />Justice Partnership Program ("NCDOCCJPP") grant to Orange and Chatham Counties, <br />North Carolina; and <br />WHEREAS, PTA desires to provide substance abuse treatment services using the <br />cognitive behavior approach to change the individual thinking of youthful intermediate <br />sanctioned offenders while introducing them to a lifestyle without drugs and alcohol; and <br />WHEREAS, the aforementioned Counties desire to use some portion of the <br />NCDOCCJPP grant to contract with PTA to provide assessment, groups, and counseling <br />services for youthful intermediate sanctioned offenders identified as having a substance <br />abuse problem. <br />NOW THEREFORE, IT IS MUTUALLY agreed as follows: <br />I. This contract shall be effective for the period of .Iuly 1, 2005 through .June 30, <br />2006. <br />II. PTA agrees to provide the following described assessment, groups and counseling <br />services to CJPP-eligible youthful offenders in Orange County and Chatham <br />County (hereafter "program"). <br />A. A C.IPP-eligible youthful offender is defined as an intem~ediate sanctioned <br />offender age 16-25, referred to the program, which has a documented <br />substance abuse problem as defined by a TASC assessment. <br />B, The services provided by PTA shall include, but are not limited to the <br />following: <br />i) PTA will monitor and attend 15B District and Superior Court sessions <br />and shall make an initial determination as to whether an individual may be <br />eligible to participate in the program; PTA will work closely with Adult <br />Probation, TASC and the 15B District Attorney's Office, judges, <br />attorneys, and court personnel to screen between ten (10) to fifteen (15) <br />CJPP-adult offenders for possible entry into the program; PTA will <br />complete an intake assessment within 5-10 business days of the referral to <br />confirm the offender's eligibility to enter the program; PTA will notify the <br />