Primary Department: Juvenile Probation
Primary Department Head/Elected Official: Henry Gonzales
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Secondary Department Head/Elected Official:
Regular or Supplemental RCA: Supplemental RCA
Type of Request: Grant - Award
Project ID (if applicable): SOAR_GY26
Vendor/Entity Legal Name (if applicable): Office of the Governor/Public Safety Office
MWBE Contracted Goal (if applicable): N/A
MWBE Current Participation (if applicable): N/A
Justification for 0% MWBE Participation Goal: N/A - Goal not applicable to request
Grant Indirect Costs Rate (if applicable): 0%
Justification for 0% Grant Indirect Costs Rate (if applicable): Choose an item.
*This grant is reduced by 10% each year
Request Summary (Agenda Caption):
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Request by Juvenile Probation for approval to accept from the Office of the Governor/Public Safety Office grant funds in the amount of $65,246.22, with no required match, for the FY26 Sobriety Over Addiction and Relapse (SOAR) Specialty Court, Specialty Courts Grant Program, with an indirect cost exemption requested due to the grant being reduced by 10% each year.
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Background and Discussion:
The Harris County Juvenile Probation Department (HCJPD) has received grant funding for the SOAR Drug Court Program since 2019, on an annual basis. The grant funding pays for services that the participants receive while under specialty court supervision. This drug court is a registered specialty court in the State of Texas Specialty Court Registry (179).
Expected Impact:
The participants of the SOAR Specialty Court can benefit from additional services such as therapeutic substance abuse services, training for SOAR Court staff, GPS monitoring for participants, requisite drug and alcohol testing and increased assessments to ensure placement in the program is appropriate based on needs of the participants, as a result of being a recipient of these grant funds.
Alternative Options:
If this grant were not awarde...
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