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Board approves budget modification to accept Criminal Justice Commission funding for specialty courts
Summary
The board approved a budget modification to accept additional grant funding from the Oregon Criminal Justice Commission to partially backfill shortfalls for four specialty courts that provide alternatives to incarceration.
The Multnomah County Board of Commissioners approved a budget modification to accept additional Criminal Justice Commission (CJC) grant funding intended to support the county's specialty courts, programs that provide alternatives to incarceration for qualifying justice-involved individuals.
The budget modification covers additional, mostly one-time, funding awarded after the state short session. Department of Community Justice Director Denise Pena and partners from the District Attorney's Office described the four programs supported by the grant: Dewey Intensive Supervision Program (DISCORT), a mental health court, START (Success Through Accountability, Restitution and Treatment) drug court, and STEP (Strategic Treatment and Engagement Program), which targets certain Measure 11 prison-bound…
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