To

Mayor and Council

Subject

Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency and Prevention Family Drug Court Implementation Grant

Initiator

Samantha Cannon, Juvenile Courrt

Recommendation

Approval is requested to submit a grant application and if awarded, accept \n \n funds up to $600,00 from the Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency and \n \n Prevention for the operation of a Muscogee County Family Drug Court and amend \n \n the Multi-Governmental Fund by the amount of the grant award. The grant period \n \n is from October 1, 2016 to September 30, 2019.

Approval

Pending

Background

Funds have been appropriated to the Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency and

Prevention for the purpose of providing grants for the implementation of Family

Drug Courts to provide treatment services to families who are subject to a

dependency removal order due to parental substance abuse issues.

Analysis

Muscogee County Juvenile Court is requesting funds to implement a Family Drug

Court in Muscogee County to provide treatment services to families who have

dependency proceedings in the Juvenile Court of Muscogee County due to parental

substance abuse.

Financial Considerations

25% matching funds are required, however, Muscogee County Juvenile Court has

identified in-kind matches to allocate for matching funds

Projected Annual Fiscal Impact Statement

There will be no additional expenses.

Legal Considerations

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

$600,000 from the Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency and Prevention.

Recommendations/ Actions

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

Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency and Prevention for the

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