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County’s drug, mental‑health courts awarded enhancement grants totaling ~$52,100
Summary
Troup County staff said CACJ awarded grant funds totaling $28,280 for the mental health court (with a $4,991 match) and $23,820 for the felony adult drug court (with a $4,204 match); staff asked the commission to accept the consolidated awards.
Jasmine Johnson told commissioners that Troup County’s accountability court, felony adult drug court (FADC), and mental health court received enhancement and innovation grants from CACJ to support testing, confirmations, and increased home checks. She said the mental health court award totaled $28,280 with a $4,991 match (county funds) and included $7,800 for home checks and $5,600 for comprehensive drug testing.
Johnson said the FADC award was $23,100 with an additional $720 for confirmation testing (total $23,820) and a match of $4,204. County commissioners discussed making a consolidated motion to accept the entire grant package at the evening meeting; staff indicated the matches would be covered through DA/other county funds.
