Dunn County CJCC executive committee discusses 2025 grant oversight, Crime Prevention Board administration

Members of the Dunn County Criminal Justice Coordinating Council (CJCC) executive and operations committee met remotely and, without a quorum, discussed several substantive items to send to the full council for action at the February meeting.

The committee focused on grant oversight for 2025, law-enforcement deflection and diversion coordination, the DNA-collection and warrant-fee processes, and a request that CJCC assume administration of the county Crime Prevention Board and its grant fund.

Why it matters: The committee will ask the full CJCC and the County Board to accept or act on identified grants that include $100,000 for treatment-court enhancements and a $250,000-per-year law-enforcement opioid-abatement award. Separately, putting the county Crime Prevention Board under CJCC oversight would open a statutory surcharge fund for competitive grants after the balance reaches usable levels.

Grant oversight and program uses

Sarah (CJCC staff) told the committee the CJCC is “up to seven grants,” with two new awards proposed for 2025 and that the group intends to combine reporting and monitoring into a single…