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Grayson County to apply for $234,000 jail drug-and-alcohol program grant with 25% commissary match
Summary
A sheriff's office representative told the commissioners the county will apply for a $234,000 state grant to fund an in-jail drug-and-alcohol program and to cover officer pay; the grant requires a 25% match to be paid from commissary funds. The court approved the application.
A representative of the Grayson County Sheriff's Office told the commissioners on Feb. 10 that the office will seek a state grant to fund an in-jail drug-and-alcohol treatment program and to cover officer pay. "The total amount of the grant application is 234,000 dollars that includes both the program and the officer pay," the representative said, and added the grant requires a 25% match that would be taken from commissary funds.
Commissioners moved to approve submitting the application and the motion carried by voice vote. The representative said the county received the same grant last year and is asking that the award this year include funding for supervising officers as part of the program package.
The court did not debate the item at length and provided no further details in the meeting about the proposed program model, the specific state grant program name, or the timeline for award and implementation. Commissioners recorded the motion and approved the request to apply; final acceptance of any grant and the use of commissary funds for the match would require subsequent administrative steps if the grant is awarded.
