To: Board of Supervisors
From: Sheriff
Agenda Section: Consent
SUBJECT:
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Resolution for the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program
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RECOMMENDATION(S):
Recommendation
That the Board of Supervisors:
1. Approve and authorize the Chair to sign Resolution No._____ (Attachment 1) authorizing the Sheriff's Office to submit the governing body resolution for the Byrne JAG program and if awarded, accept the grant funds and sign any documents required by Board of State and Community Corrections for participation in the grant program; and
2. Authorize the Sheriff, Undersheriff or Deputy Director Sheriff's Administration to execute all the necessary reimbursement claims, applications, contracts, and agreements and amendments thereto, in the name of the County of Humboldt, and all other documents required by the Board of State and Community Corrections; and
3. Direct the Clerk of the Board to return completed and signed copy of the Resolution to the Sheriff's Office, Attention: Manda Terrill for submittal to funding agency.
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SOURCE OF FUNDING:
California Board of State and Community Corrections (BSCC)
DISCUSSION:
Historically, funding for the JAG program in California has been allocated directly to counties through a non-competitive process for which the Sheriff's Office has received grant awards. In prior years JAG funds were split between the Anti-Drug Abuse (ADA) and Marijuana Suppression (MSP) grants; in 2014 the BSCC combined both of these grants to establish a competitive grant process that includes all of California's 58 counties. Although the release of the request for proposal was on Dec. 6, 2018, the conference outlining specific instructions was not until Jan. 23, 2019. The grant proposal was due to BSCC by April 25, 2019.
The Sheriff's Office, on behalf of the Humboldt County Local JAG Steering Committee, submitted the application that benefits participants within the Humboldt County Drug Task Force (DTF) a...
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