CJCC committee backs letters supporting two grants to sustain law-enforcement deflection and peer support
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CJCC Executive/Operations Committee approved letters of support for two state grant opportunities to continue a law-enforcement deflection caseworker, Kaleidoscope Center hours and 48 hours of county-wide mobile peer outreach. The motions passed by voice vote; no opposition was recorded.
The Criminal Justice Coordinating Council (CJCC) Executive/Operations Committee voted to provide letters of support for two time-sensitive state grant opportunities intended to sustain law-enforcement deflection services and countywide peer outreach.
Sarah (CJCC staff) told the committee the awards would help continue a full-time law-enforcement deflection caseworker whose current funding ends midyear, maintain Kaleidoscope Center hours, and preserve 48 hours of mobile outreach peer-support coverage across the county. The first opportunity is the State Department of Administration’s State Violence Prevention Grant Program, which Sarah said is offering $10,000,000 in federal ARPA funds for violence-prevention and crime-reduction programs; awards would run through December 2026. The second is a Department of Health Services crisis-program enhancement that will fund two to five sites at up to $100,000 each and would extend support into February 2027.
Sarah described allowable uses including wages and benefits for the Project Hope behavioral-health caseworker, counseling and treatment assistance, driver’s-license reinstatement, bus passes, hotel vouchers, medications, phones and phone service, outreach materials, security deposits to help people move into housing, and training opportunities for law-enforcement deflection teams. “Right now we are using other grants to patch together coverage,” Sarah said, adding that the County currently has a $192,000 grant that funds a full-time position through Dec. 31, 2026, but that the committee needs to backfill funds beyond that.
Committee members discussed budget scale and outreach; one member urged Sarah to pursue the full State Violence Prevention award. Chair said he would accept a motion; a member moved and the committee approved letters of support by voice vote. Sarah said she would attach the membership list and meeting minutes to the letter when she submits the applications.
The motions to provide letters of support were announced as passed; no opposed votes were recorded on the audio.
