TITLE
Title
APPROVE STATE CRIMINAL ALIEN ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (SCAAP) FUNDING
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SPONSOR
Sponsor
Sheriff D.H. Rogers
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BACKGROUND
Background
The Guilford County Sheriff’s Office is in receipt of the 2017 State Criminal Alien Assistance Grant in the amount of $82,714. The federal Bureau of Justice Assistance administers this program. SCAAP provides federal payments to states and localities that incurred correctional officer salary costs for incarcerating undocumented criminal aliens with at least one felony or two misdemeanor convictions for violations of state or local law, and incarcerated for at least 4 consecutive days during the reporting period. These funds may be used for correctional purposes only. Allowable expenditures of these funds include (but are not limited to):
• Salaries for corrections officers
• Overtime costs
• Corrections work force recruitment and retention
• Construction of corrections facilities
• Training/education for offenders
• Training for corrections officers related to offender population management
• Consultants involved with offender population
• Medical and mental health services
• Vehicle rental/purchase for transport of offenders
• Prison industries
• Pre-release/reentry programs
• Technology involving offender management/inter-agency information sharing
• Disaster preparedness continuity of operations for corrections facility
The Sheriff’s Office is planning to use the funds to purchase the following:
$50,714 Catastrophic Inmate Medical Charges (beyond our current medical contract coverage)
$32,000 Inmate management training and offender training (Detention and Reentry participants)
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BUDGET IMPACT
Budget Impact
Budget Ordinance Amendment
General Fund
$82,714 Increase in Federal/State Revenues
$82,714 Increase in Appropriation to Law Enforcement
NO ADDITIONAL COUNTY FUNDS REQUIRED
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REQUESTED ACTION
Requested Action
Approve receipt of the 2017 SCAAP Program grant in the amount of $82,714 and increase Federal/State revenue and the FY 2018-19 Law Enforcement budget by $82,714 to reflect grant funding. Funds will be used for medical expenses, and inmate (reentry) training.
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