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From the Chief Judge and the Clerk of Circuit Court, requesting authorization to enter into a Professional Services Contract with the Planning Council for Health and Human Services, Inc., as the Evaluator of the Family Drug Treatment Court (FDTC) and Rebecca Foley as the Milwaukee County FDTC Coordinator for a period of January 1, 2012, through August 30, 2014.
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The Chief Judge and the Clerk of Circuit Court received authorization to accept a three-year grant from the U.S Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs (OJP), Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), in the amount of $650,000 to implement the Milwaukee County Family Drug Treatment Court in October of 2011. In order to implement the FDTC the Chief Judge and the Clerk of Circuit Court are requesting authorization to enter into a Professional Service Contract with the Planning Council for Health and Human Services, Inc. as the evaluator of the FDTC and Rebecca Foley as the FDTC Coordinator for a period of January 1, 2012 through August 30, 2014. The FDTC Coordinator is also being contract for an additional $2,440 per year to purchase incentives for the participants in the FDTC.
Background
On May 5, 2011 the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention released a Family Drug Court Programs grant with a deadline of June 20, 2011. On Friday, September 2, 2011, Milwaukee County received notice from OJJDP (Award Number, 2011-DC-BX-0001) awarding Milwaukee County a $650,000 three year grant for the period of October 1, 2011 through August 30, 2014 to support the Milwaukee County Family Drug treatment Court. In October of 2011 the County Board approved receipt of the three year grant.
On October 1 - 2, 2011 and October 5, 2011 the FDTC published a Professional Service Request for Proposal in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel for the FDTC Coordinator at an annual cost of $65,000 and the Evalu...
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