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Meeting Date:	02/13/2023
Grant Application Submission
Submitted for:	Victor Vasquez	Submitted By:	Victor Vasquez
Department:	County Court At Law #2

Subject:

Discussion and possible action to authorize Webb County Court-at-Law II to submit a grant application as developed, written, and submitted by Webb County Court-at-Law II. The grant is through U.S. Department of Health and Human Services SAMHSA. The grant would fund The DWI Court Program if awarded with a contractual partnership with SCAN which is a non-profit mental health organization and licensed outpatient substance abuse treatment facility. The grant would also contract with AMISTAD Consultation and Evaluation services LLC of San Antonio, Texas for the evaluation services and consulting of the grant. Contractual services also would include Chestnut Health Systems, INC. The request is of $2,000,000.00 for five years or also $400,000.00 per year. Effective date of grant would be October 2023-September 2028. Grant funds shall be utilized to provide outpatient services to area DWI Offenders charged before the county courts-at-law and district courts that qualify for outpatient treatment. Authorizing Webb County Judge to execute all relevant documents any other matter incident thereto. This grant does not require a match; and thus, will not have an impact on the general fund. All required documents were sent for review through Economic Development and the solicitation is compliant with the Webb County single point of contact (SPOC) procedures.[Requested by Victor Villarreal, County Court at Law 2 Judge]

Issue: Currently The DWI Court Program services County DWI Offenders through outpatient services with a partnership with community agencies.

Solution: The grant funds would continue to fund services currently offered by Webb County Court-at-Law II DWI Court Program.

Result: Webb County residents would greatly benefit from the services offered to rehabilitate DWI offenders in our community.

Background:

Currently, The DWI Court Program has been full functional since 2015. If awarded the DWI Court would continue to be fully functional on Day 1 start of the new grant.

Previous Court Action:

N/A

Fiscal Impact

Budget Account Number:	2356
Funding Source:	Federal Grant
Balance:	N/A
Financial Impact:
The grant if awarded would not have an impact to the county budget and would require no county match.