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2024 CCGA Probation Program Grant
Toledo Municipal Court
Lisa Falgiano (x1949)
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Authorizing the Mayor to accept and deposit an amount of $1,533,400 from a grant received from the State of Ohio, Department of Rehabilitation and Correction, Division of Parole and Community Services for the appropriation and expenditure of those funds from the Community Corrections Grant, authorizing the execution of any grant documents that may be required for the acceptance of the funds; and declaring an emergency.
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SUMMARY & BACKGROUND:
The Toledo Municipal Court has been awarded a grant of $1,533,400, a renewal and combination of the previous Justice Reinvestment and Incentive Grant (J.R.I.G) and the 408 Standard Probation program, from the State of Ohio, Department of Rehabilitation and Correction for the continuation of community-based non-residential programs and to improve probation services and to enhance access to treatment and educational programing for offenders in Toledo, Ohio, in 2023-2025.
This grant provides funding for the continuation of intensive supervision, remote reporting and electronic monitoring programs, pays for most of the employment expenses of two (2) Probation Officers, assessments, substance abuse treatment, necessary services and supplies for this program and provides 100% funding for 1.5 FTE support staff positions, allows moderate and high-risk offenders to receive community-based substance abuse assessments, outpatient and residential substance abuse treatment, domestic violence counseling and employment counseling through June 30, 2025.
The grant provides a means to alleviate some need for jail confinement and at the same time, provides intensive probation supervision of defendants, who might otherwise be sentenced to CCNO for six months. Defendants approved for the Standard Probation Program are released early from CCNO and receive assessment, drug testing, substance abuse treatment, and other types of mandatory servic...
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