Title
Approval to Proceed with the Application for the 2016 Community Court Grant Program through the Bureau of Justice Assistance/Center for Court Innovation for Funding Up to $200,000 for Olympia Municipal Court - Community Court
Recommended Action
Committee Recommendation:
Not referred to a committee.
City Manager's Recommendation:
Move to approve the Olympia Municipal Court to apply for the 2016 Community Court Grant Program through the Bureau of Justice Assistance/Center for Court Innovation for funding up to $200,000 for the Olympia Municipal Court's Community Court
Report
Issue:
Whether to approve the Olympia Municipal Court to proceed with the application to the 2016 Community Court Grant Program.
Staff Contact:
Diane Whaley, Public Defense Coordinator, 360.753.8057
Presenter(s):
None - Consent Calendar Item.
Background and Analysis:
Olympia Municipal Court has started the soft launch of a Community Court. Through the Center for Court Innovation, the court has an opportunity to obtain grant funding. The court has buy-in from key stakeholders qualifying us and improving our chances for success. The grant funding obtained could be used to help implement and fund Community Court in obtaining more partners. Specifically, the court could potentially fund a resource coordinator, an on-site housing/homelessness provider, an on-site social worker to screen the needs of potential community court candidates, an on-site mental health evaluator, an on-site drug and alcohol evaluator, an on-site veteran's resource, and other miscellaneous social services and expenses for community court (including security). In addition, the grant could be used to fund our current MOU partners.
Currently, the Olympia Municipal Community Court is operating under key partnerships on-site with South Puget Sound Community College (SPSCC), Pacific Mountain Workforce Development Council (PacMtn), and SeaMar Community Health Centers (SeaMar). These are partnerships operating und...
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