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Nevada County CCP reviews four innovation-fund requests, asks applicants to show scalability and sustainability
Summary
At a Nevada County CCP meeting, four nonprofit proposals sought seed grants from a $40,000 innovation fund. Presenters described pilot restorative justice, youth employment, wellness, and pet-foster programs; CCP members pressed for metrics, scalability and written sustainability plans and scheduled a follow-up decision meeting.
Nevada County's Community Corrections Partnership on Monday reviewed four proposals for the CCP "innovation fund," an annual pot of seed money set at $40,000 for community-based programs serving justice-involved populations. Presenters from Community Beyond Violence, Connecting Point, Women of Worth and a volunteer-led animal-foster program described pilot projects and asked the CCP to fund start-up or expansion costs.
The proposals aim to expand local options for people involved with the justice system: a restorative-justice pilot for survivors of domestic violence, job-skills and navigation services for youth, a community wellness curriculum used in a county shelter and jail, and temporary foster care for clients' pets while they enter treatment. Applicants requested a range of funding, including two for the full $40,000 and one request for up to $20,000 for the animal program.
The issue matters to the CCP because the innovation funds are drawn from county realignment dollars and are intended to seed programs that could lower rearrest or incarceration rates among AB 109 realigned populations. CCP members repeatedly pressed applicants on measurable outcomes,…
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