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Collaborative Justice | Revised Allocation Methodology for Fiscal Year 2023-24 Substance Abuse Focus Grants (Action Required)
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Summary
Summary
As part of the Budget Act of 2023, the Legislature allocated $1.16 million for the Substance Abuse Focus Grant Program to the superior courts to maintain, expand, or enhance collaborative courts, and $75,000 in federal Court Improvement Program funds have been made available for fiscal year 2023-24 to fund the Dependency Drug Court Augmentation. Beginning with this fiscal year and for all subsequent fiscal years, the Collaborative Justice Courts Advisory Committee recommends revising the caseload-based methodology for allocation of the grant to a population-based methodology. The recommended methodology is consistent with the methodology used in pretrial release allocations and based on the 18- to 24-year-old population by county, which will align the distribution of the funding to the population in greatest need of services.
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Recommendation
Recommendation
The Collaborative Justice Courts Advisory Committee recommends that the Judicial Council, effective September 19, 2023, approve the revised population-based methodology for the Substance Abuse Focus Grant Program allocations.
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