| Item Title: | Criminal Justice and Community Support TIDC Grant |
| Submitted By: | Joel Bishop, Executive Director, Criminal Justice and Community Support (915) 546-2204 |
| Subject: | Approve and authorize the Criminal Justice and Community Support Department to apply for the Texas Indigent Defense Commission Technical Support grant. The purpose of the grant is to evaluate the operations and impact on outcomes of the Public Defender's Office. The amount of the grant is $$70,000 with a match of $90,000. |
| Background: | The amount of $160,000 will be used to evaluate the operations and impact on the outcomes of the Public Defender's Office. The match of $90,000 will be satisfied with general funds approved by Commissioner's Court during budget hearings. |
| Fiscal Impact: | Grant - $70,000
Match - $90,000
An account will be set up if grant application is funded. |
| Recommendation: | Approve and authorize the Criminal Justice and Community Support Department to apply for the Texas Indigent Defense Commission Technical Support grant. The purpose of the grant is to evaluate the operations and impact on outcomes of the Public Defender's Office. The amount of the grant is $$70,000 with a match of $90,000. |
| Prior Action: | This grant, in part, builds off of a past recidivism grant through the Justice Center, and expands to indigence evaluation. The previous grant was approved in 2016 in the amount of $51,000 (Contract No. 2016-0924). |
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