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Collaborative Justice: Recommended Allocations of Fiscal Year 2016-2017 Substance Abuse Focus Grants (Action Required)
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Summary
The Collaborative Justice Courts Advisory Committee recommends funding court programs using grants from the Collaborative Justice Courts Substance Abuse Focus Grant Program, through the California Collaborative and Drug Court Projects in the Budget Act of 2016 [item 0250-101-0001], and the Dependency Drug Court Augmentation to the grants of the Substance Abuse Focus Grant Program, through the federal Court Improvement Program funds for fiscal year (FY) 2016-2017 [item 0250-101-0890]. The committee recommends funding programs in 49 courts for FY 2016-2017 with these annual grants distributed by the Judicial Council to expand or enhance promising collaborative justice programs around the state.
Recommendation
The Collaborative Justice Courts Advisory Committee recommends that the Judicial Council, effective July 29, 2016, approve the distribution of grants from the Collaborative Justice Courts Substance Abuse Focus Grant Program and the Dependency Drug Court Augmentation for fiscal year 2016-2017. The proposed distribution is listed in the last column of Attachment A, Allocation Summary: Fiscal Years 2015-2016 and 2016-2017.