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Nevada County CCP weighs longer funding, liability protections for innovation grants
Summary
Nevada County’s Community Corrections Partnership discussed whether short-term ‘innovation’ seed grants should require sustainability plans or transition into longer contracts, and raised liability questions for programs such as the Paws animal-care initiative.
Jeff Goldman, Nevada County chief probation officer, led a discussion about the CCP’s innovation fund on Jan. 8, saying the fund was intended as one-year seed money to test promising programs but asking what should happen if a program succeeds.
Members debated three practical paths: keep one-year seed grants and require returning to request further funds; extend initial awards to multi-year terms (for example, three years); or build a process for successful projects to be absorbed into regular CCP funding or department contracts. Goldman suggested adding a sustainability component to…
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