N.D. Cent. Code § 12-44.1-17.1
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12-44.1-17.1. Correctional facility grant committee - Correctional facility grant program - Report
Official statutory text
12-44.1-17.1. Correctional facility grant committee - Correctional facility grant
program - Report.
1. The department of corrections and rehabilitation shall establish a correctional facility
grant committee consisting of two members appointed by the director of the
department of corrections and rehabilitation, two members appointed by the North
Dakota association of counties, the commissioner of recovery and re-entry, and the
director of the behavioral health division of the department of health and human
services. The director of the department of corrections and rehabilitation shall choose
one member to serve as chairman. The committee shall:
a. Establish criteria for the evaluation of existing re-entry programs, including
educational and counseling programs used by existing re-entry programs;
b. Establish criteria for the evaluation of grant applications;
c. Establish policies for screening and implementing grants under this section;
d. Establish criteria and policies for evaluating programs funded under this section;
e. Establish criteria and policies necessary for the successful administration and
management of the grant program;
f. Administer grants to county, regional, or tribal correctional facilities; and
g. Provide annual reports to the department of corrections and rehabilitation
regarding the status of the correctional facility grant program.
2. The correctional facility grant committee shall administer a grant program to expand
access to evidence-based programming in county, regional, and tribal correctional
facilities.
3. Grants awarded under this section must prioritize county, regional, or tribal correctional
facilities with no existing re-entry, educational, counseling, or other evidence-based
programs. Grants may be awarded to support access to culturally responsive
treatment alternative programs.
program - Report.
1. The department of corrections and rehabilitation shall establish a correctional facility
grant committee consisting of two members appointed by the director of the
department of corrections and rehabilitation, two members appointed by the North
Dakota association of counties, the commissioner of recovery and re-entry, and the
director of the behavioral health division of the department of health and human
services. The director of the department of corrections and rehabilitation shall choose
one member to serve as chairman. The committee shall:
a. Establish criteria for the evaluation of existing re-entry programs, including
educational and counseling programs used by existing re-entry programs;
b. Establish criteria for the evaluation of grant applications;
c. Establish policies for screening and implementing grants under this section;
d. Establish criteria and policies for evaluating programs funded under this section;
e. Establish criteria and policies necessary for the successful administration and
management of the grant program;
f. Administer grants to county, regional, or tribal correctional facilities; and
g. Provide annual reports to the department of corrections and rehabilitation
regarding the status of the correctional facility grant program.
2. The correctional facility grant committee shall administer a grant program to expand
access to evidence-based programming in county, regional, and tribal correctional
facilities.
3. Grants awarded under this section must prioritize county, regional, or tribal correctional
facilities with no existing re-entry, educational, counseling, or other evidence-based
programs. Grants may be awarded to support access to culturally responsive
treatment alternative programs.
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