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Pike County Jail Agriculture Project

Award Information

Awardee
Award #
2009-SB-B9-2266
Location
Awardee County
Pike
Congressional District
Status
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2009
Total funding (to date)
$12,602

Description of original award (Fiscal Year 2009, $12,602)

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 disparate jurisdictions consisting of Pike County and the city of Pikeville will use their Fiscal Year 2009 Recovery Act JAG award in the amount of $12,602 to purchase a tractor for the Pike County Jail Agriculture Project. This tractor will assist in providing job training to jail inmates that will prepare them for jobs in the emerging biomass industry, food industry, and other fields in need of trained employees. The program also offers some of the following benefits: fresh fruits and vegetables for use by the county jail, schools, senior centers, and other county agencies; energy efficiency; and education and cost savings to the county's tax payers. The project will teach 120-140 inmates employable job skills over the four-year grant period.

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Date Created: July 15, 2009