Tallapoosa Drug Intervention Program

This grant program is authorized by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5) (the 'Recovery Act') and by 42 U.S.C. 3751(a). The stated purposes of the Recovery Act are: to preserve and create jobs and promote economic recovery; to assist those most impacted by the recession; to provide investments needed to increase economic efficiency by spurring technological advances in science and health; to invest in transportation, environmental protection, and other infrastructure that will provide long-term economic benefits; and to stabilize state and local government budgets, in order to minimize and avoid reductions in essential services and counterproductive state and local tax increases. The Recovery Act places great emphasis on accountability and transparency in the use of taxpayer dollars.

Among other things, it creates a new Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board and a new website ' Recovery.gov ' to provide information to the public, including access to detailed information on grants and contracts made with Recovery Act funds.

The Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program funded under the Recovery Act is the primary provider of federal criminal justice funding to state and local jurisdictions. Recovery JAG funds support all components of the criminal justice system, from multi-jurisdictional drug and gang task forces to crime prevention and domestic violence programs, courts, corrections, treatment, and justice information sharing initiatives. Recovery JAG funded projects may address crime through the provision of services directly to individuals and/or communities and by improving the effectiveness and efficiency of criminal justice systems, processes, and procedures.

The county of Haralson will use their Recovery Act JAG award to support their Drug Court program. They will fund the salary of a Drug Treatment Provider to continue the intensive treatment part of the Drug Court program. The goals of the program are to retain the existing positions associated with the drug court; create jobs, if possible; reduce participant contact with the criminal justice system; reduce costs associated with criminal case processing and recidivism; reduce jail overcrowding; introduce participants to an ongoing process of recovery designed to achieve total abstinence from illegal drugs and/or alcohol abuse; and promote self-sufficiency and empower substance abusers to become productive and responsible members of the community.

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