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September 10, 2019  Funds will be restricted for this specific purpose and PDBHS must only utilize these funds for mental health related needs.  The targeted goal for implementation is FY2020. Financial Impact:  There is no local match required as a condition of the funding. Recommended Action:  Adoption of the ordinance. Next Steps Following Council Action:  The Finance Department will make the necessary budget adjustment. 1. Donna Sayegh, 3104 Garland Drive, spoke in opposition to this item. Motion by Mr. Clark, and seconded by Ms. Psimas, to adopt the following ordinance, and was adopted by the following vote: “ORDINANCE ACCEPTING FUNDING IN THE AMOUNT OF $32,250 FROM THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES AND APPROPRIATING SAID SUM IN THE FY 2020 BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE SERVICES FUND FOR USE BY THE PORTSMOUTH DEPARTMENT OF BHS FOR MENTAL HEALTH OUTPATIENT SERVICES.” Ayes: Battle, Clark, Glover, Lucas-Burke, Moody, Psimas, Rowe Nays: None 19 - 329 - Adoption of an ordinance accepting a grant in the amount of $10,081 from the Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services and appropriating said funds in the FY 2020 Grants Fund to provide funding to operate local probation and pretrial services in the City of Portsmouth. Background:  The Community Corrections & Pretrial Services Program has been continually funded by the state since 1995. It is a diversion from incarceration program.  This state funding allows us to provide quality supervision to non-violent offenders and defendants in the community and directly impact the jail population.  The Department of Criminal Justice Services originally made available $557,246 in state general funds for FY2020 to provide these services locally. This is the additional funding allocated by the state to cover the cost associated with the 3% raise effective July 1, 2019 that was authorized in Item 474 (U) d. of the Act of Appropriations for FY2020.  The original $557,246 was appropriated by City Council through Ordinance 2019- 43 adopted on June 25, 2019. The Department of Criminal Justice Services has subsequently awarded an additional $10,081, which would be appropriated by the draft ordinance being presented to City Council for consideration on September 10.  The appropriation of the additional $10,081 would increase the total grant amount to $567,327. Discussion:  Community Corrections provides a comprehensive array of intermediate sanctions to the local courts as alternatives to incarceration in the city jail. Services include: probation supervision, community service work, restitution, substance abuse assessment, testing and treatment, anger education, domestic violence intervention, and other services as requested by the courts. Between July 1, 2018 and May 31, 2019 the program served 198 probationers. We facilitated the collection of restitution to victims and court costs. Probationers completed 2,223 hours of community service work. Over 58 probationers received conflict resolution and anger education services and 135 received substance abuse services.