The Municipal Courts Department (MCD) requests City Council to authorize a grant application to the Criminal Justice Division of the Office of the Governor of Texas for the Juvenile Case Manager Program Truancy Prevention Initiative in the grant amount of $200,011.016. The purpose of this program is to work in collaboration with school administration in the Houston Independent School District to identify truant youth, assess factors contributing to truancy, as well as provide appropriate referral services to youth and families in efforts to successfully improve attendance, return students to school, and deter further involvement into the juvenile justice system.
MCD requests City Council to authorize the Director of MCD to accept the grant funding and expend approved funding as soon as awarded, and to apply for and accept future awards offered by the Office of the Governor of Texas in connection with this grant, if any.
Although City departments, pursuant to Ordinance 97-776, have received blanket authorization from City Council to apply for and accept grants of no more than $400,000.00, in this case the granting agency is requiring a Resolution by Council to complete the grant submission.
No matching fund from the City is required with regard to this grant.
The Grant funded projects must begin on or after August 1, 2018 and expire on or before July 31, 2019.
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Director and Presiding Judge
J. Elaine Marshall