File #: 2023-0387    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Resolution Status: Consent
File created: 3/23/2023 In control: Board of Commissioners
On agenda: 4/11/2023 Final action: 4/11/2023
Title: Commission District(s): All Request To Accept Emergency Subgrant Award from the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council for State Fiscal Year 2023 for the Benefit of the Magistrate Court of DeKalb County's Misdemeanor Mental Health Court (MMHC) in the Sum of $14,820.
Attachments: 1. J23-8-063 DeKalb Misdemeanor MHC Emergency

                                    

Public Hearing:  YES      NO                                                   Department: Magistrate Court                                     

 

SUBJECT:

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Commission District(s): All

Request To Accept Emergency Subgrant Award from the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council for State Fiscal Year 2023 for the Benefit of the Magistrate Court of DeKalb County’s Misdemeanor Mental Health Court (MMHC) in the Sum of $14,820.

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Information Contact: Judge Rhathelia Stroud

Phone Number: 470-707-7910

 

PURPOSE:

To accept emergency subgrant award in the amount of $14,820 awarded by the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council to the County for the benefit of the Magistrate Court’s Misdemeanor Mental Health Court, which is the county’s adult misdemeanor mental health court.

 

NEED/IMPACT:

The grant funds will be used to continue to support the court’s mission in a collaborative effort with other entities and agencies in the decriminalization of persons living with serious mental illness engaged in the criminal justice system. Through the efforts of the MMHC, these funds will be used to defray costs associated with the MMHC’s operations, and treatment options for the court’s participants.

 

FISCAL IMPACT:

The county is not required to provide match funds for this award.

 

RECOMMENDATION:

Recommended Action

To accept the emergency subgrant award in the amount of $14,820 from the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council for the benefit of the Magistrate Court of DeKalb County’s Misdemeanor Mental Health Court. To approve the resolution and authorize the chief executive officer to execute all necessary documents....