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Board approves Story County sponsorship for Center for Creative Justice grant application
Summary
The board agreed to act as a local government sponsor (fiscal/administrative agent) for a proposed Edward J. Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant application from the Center for Creative Justice to fund a resource navigator to support people leaving the county jail; supervisors asked about scope, measures, and sustainability.
The Story County Board of Supervisors voted March 4 to sponsor a Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) application from the Center for Creative Justice (CCJ) seeking funding for a resource navigator position to support people leaving the Story County Jail.
Stacy Sugar, executive director of the Center for Creative Justice, said the navigator would work with jail staff to identify people who lack community supports and help plan post-release connections to treatment, housing, employment and other services. She said CCJ would hire and administratively support the position if the grant is awarded and that the county would not be asked for additional…
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