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ORANGE COUNTY
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
Action Agenda
Item No. $-C
ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT
Meeting Date: May 19, 1998
SUBJECT: CJPP: TROSA Contract
DEPARTMENT: County Manager PUBLIC HEARING: YES:
BUDGET AMENDMENT: YES:
NO: X
NO: X
ATTACHMENT(S):
TROSA Contract
(Under Separate Cover)
INFORMATION CONTACT: Sharron Siler
TELEPHONE NUMBERS: ext. 2300
Hillsborough -732-8181
Chapel Hill -968-4501
Durham -688-7331
Mebane -227-2031
PURPOSE: To approve a contract with Triangle Residential Options for Substance Abusers
(TROSA), in the amount of $70,800 for long-term residential treatment services.
BACKGROUND: The Orange-Chatham Criminal Justice Partnership Program (CJPP) Advisory
Board received approval for discretionary funding from the NC Department of Correction to provide
services to persons sentenced to intermediate sanctions. One of the major needs identified by the
advisory board is to include intensive residential treatment services as a part of the service continuum
for program-eligible substance abusers.
TROSA is an alternative to incarceration and serves men and women age 18 and older throughout the
Triangle area and surrounding counties. Located in Durham, NC, TROSA provides a highly
structured environment for a minimum of two years. The program, an intensive array of residential
self-help services, is targeted to offenders and substance abusers. Many of the CJPP clients in
Orange and Chatham counties are sentenced to TROSA as a part of their probation.
At an annual rate of $17,700 or $48.50 per day, TROSA will provide access to services for
approximately four Orange and/or Chatham CJPP clients for the year.
Funds for this contract have been included in the budget amendment approved by the Board at its
April 7, 1998 meeting. The Criminal Justice Partnership Program Discretionary Grant Project
Ordinance provides for the receipt of these funds.
RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board approve the contract,
contingent upon staff review, and authorize the chair to sign.