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Joint resolution authorizing an emergency appropriation of $252,924 in the general fund with offsetting grant revenue of $189,693, and the acceptance of Grant Award # 2012-DC-BX-0007 from the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice Assistance for the period October 1, 2012 through September 30, 2014.
Staff Summary
· This is a two-year $189,693 enhancement grant from the US Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice Assistance.
· The funding will be used to hire a clinical psychologist in the Court’s Psychological Services division to complete the psychological evaluations for TIM Court clients.
· This position will reduce the current turn-around time of 30 days, allowing clients to move out of the jail and into the TIM Court program in at least half that time.
· The psychologist would also be available to provide psychotherapy to TIM Court participants and collaborate with other community-based services.
· The grant requires a 25% match totaling $63,231 over the two years that will be paid out of the probation service fee fund through an emergency appropriation of $63,231 in the probation service fee fund for the local match, an interfund transfer of $63,231 from probation service fees to the general fund.
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WHEREAS, the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice Assistance Adult Drug Court Discretionary Grant Program provides funds to enhance existing drug courts; and
WHEREAS, the 19th Judicial Circuit began a drug court program known as the Therapeutic and Intensive Monitoring (TIM) Court in 2005; and
WHEREAS, the 19th Judicial Circuit sought a $189,693 enhancement grant from the Bureau of Justice Assistance to enhance the TIM Court’s ability to evaluate clients and place them in the drug court program in a more timely manner; and
WHEREAS, the 19th Judicial Circuit will use the funding to hire a clinical psychologist dedicated to completing psychologi...
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