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Joint resolution authorizing the acceptance of a grant award from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Center for Substance Abuse Treatment and an emergency appropriation of $208,333 for the Lake County Therapeutic Intensive Monitoring Court Service Enhancement project.
Staff Summary
· Lake County has received a second year of funding in the amount of $208,333 for a drug court enhancement project from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration for the period September 30, 2011 - September 29, 2012.
· The 19th Judicial Circuit will use the grant funds to continue a contract with Haymarket to provide recovery coaches for TIM Court participants.
· Up to 33 new participants a year receive intensive case management services including two evidence-based practices: motivational interviewing and contingency management.
· There have been 28 participants enrolled in the program since it began earlier this year.
· This grant is renewable in the amount of $208,333 for one more year upon the successful completion of the 2011-2012 award period, and there is no match required.
· This resolution authorizes the acceptance of the grant award #TI023106-02 and appropriates the $208,333 in new funding for the period September 30, 2011 - September 29, 2012.
Body
WHEREAS, the 19th Judicial Circuit’s drug court program known as the Therapeutic and Intensive Monitoring (TIM) Court received a $208,333 grant from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration in 2010 that was renewable for two additional years; and
WHEREAS, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration recently informed the 19th Judicial Circuit that it has been awarded a second year of funding in the amount of $208,333; and
WHEREAS, the 19th Judicial Circuit is using these grant funds to work with the Haymarket Center’s recovery coaches to provide TIM Court participants with intensi...
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