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January 27.2009 Background: . Department of Mental Health, Mental Retardation and Substance Abuse Services (MHMRSAS) identified a one-time funding to support mental health and criminal justice initiatives. . The one-time funds may be used to provide programmatic oversight of mental health/criminal justice issues related to consumers and how this maintains and/or enhances the community. . The goal of this initiative is to provide demonstrable evidence of the economic, treatment and programmatic efficacy of mental health and criminal justice collaboration. . All funds should be expended in the current fiscal year 2009. Discussion: . DMHMRSAS will issue payment of $60,000.00 to the Department of Behavioral Healthcare Services for Jail Diversion Initiative. Financial Impact: . Estimated Revenue and Appropriation in the FY2008-2009 Behavioral Healthcare Fund Budget will be increased by $60,000.00. . No local match funding is required. Recommended Action: . Adoption of an ordinance. Vision principle: Thriving Neighborhoods and a Sense of Community. Next Steps Following Council Action: . The Director will ensure that the budget action required to increase the total appropriations and estimated revenues in the Behavioral Healthcare Services by $60,000.00 is processed immediately upon adoption of the ordinance. Motion by Ms. Randall, and seconded by Mr. Whitehurst, to adopt the following ordinance, and was adopted by the following vote: "ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING IN THE FY 2008-2009 BEHAVIORAL HEAL THCARE FUND THE SUM OF $60,000 ALLOCATED BY THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH, MENTAL RETARDATION, AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES FOR USE BY THE DEPARTMENT OF BEHAVIORAL HEAL THCARE SERVICES FOR THE JAIL DIVERSION PROGRAM." Ayes: Heretick, Psi mas, Randall, Smith, Whitehurst, Holley Nays: None 09 - 58 - Adoption of an ordinance accepting a grant of federal funds in the amount of $36,007 from the Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services and appropriating said amount in the FY 2008-2009 Grants Fund to support the Juvenile Accountability Block Grant Violation Intervention Program. Vision Principle: Thriving Neighborhoods and a Sense of Community. Background: . The Department of Criminal Justice Services has made available $32,406 in federal funds to support this program locally. . The Juvenile Accountability Block Grant Program allows the Community Criminal Justice Board to identify and fund services for seriously violent juvenile offenders in Portsmouth. . The program has been continually funded for ten years. We currently provide a Violation Intervention Program for serious, violent juvenile offenders offering intensive supervision services and electronic monitoring.