To

Mayor and Council

Subject

Juvenile Justice Incentive Grant

Initiator

Samantha Cannon, Juvenile Court

Recommendation

Approval is requested to submit a grant application and if awarded, accept \n \n funds up to $750,000 from the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council for the \n \n operation of the Muscogee County Juvenile Court and amend the \n \n Multi-Governmental Fund by the amount of the grant award. The grant period is \n \n from July 1, 2016 to July 30, 2017.

Approval

Pending

Background

Funds have been appropriated to the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council for

the purpose of providing enhancement capacity for the effective community

program that is currently serving youth who would otherwise be committed the

Department of Juvenile Justice and/or sent to a short-term secured facility.

Analysis

Muscogee County Juvenile Court is requesting funds to provide evidence based

treatment and surveillance to juvenile offenders.

Financial Considerations

The City is not required to provide matching funds to participate in this grant

program.

Projected Annual Fiscal Impact Statement

There will be no additional expenses and no match requirements.

Legal Considerations

The Columbus Consolidated Government is eligible to apply for funds up to

$750,000 from the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council and enter into a

Memorandum of Understanding with Evidence Based Associates, LLC to assist with

the request for proposal and serve as a managing entity of the evidence based

treatment programs.

Recommendations/ Actions

Authorize to submit an application and if granted, accept a grant from the

Criminal Justice Coordinating Council for continued evidence based programming

for the Muscogee County Juvenile Court from July 1, 2016 to June 30, 2017,

amend the Multi-Governmental Fund by the amount of the grant award and enter

into a Memorandum of Understating with Evidence Based Associates, LLC.

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