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March 12, 2007
Dear Grant Application Reviewer:
The Board of County Commissioners fully supports Weld County's application for Targeted
Capacity Expansion Grants for Jail Diversion Programs to improve the continuum of substance
abuse and mental health services for Weld County.
We have has worked directly with many of the agencies and departments involved in this grant,
including Island Grove Regional Treatment Center, North Range Behavioral Health, and the
county entities and departments involved, including the sheriff, probation, and district attorney.
In lieu of incarceration, this project will further the partnerships between these organizations and
will assist this community in its efforts to develop an effective continuum of care for people with
substance abuse or mental health disorders.
We plan to work closely with this project as it progresses and to participate in the interagency
collaboration efforts to ensure its success. We are confident that these efforts will positively
impact our community.
Should you have any further questions, please contact any of us at 970-336-7204.
Very truly yours,
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Vicky Sprague
From: DEBBIE PILCH [debbie.pilch@northrange.org]
Sent: Friday, March 09, 2007 9:16 AM
To: Vicky Sprague
Cc: Dave Long
Subject: 2007 Jail Diversion Grant Support Letter Request
Attachments: 2007 Jail Diversion Grant Letter of Support Sample.doc
Weld County Board of County Commissioners,
We respectfully request a letter of support from the Board of Weld County Commissioners with
all of you as signators on your letter for this grant application. If I could pick it up from your
office by Monday, March 19th, that would be great. Below is some back ground information
on this effort and attached is a sample letter of support. Please email me or call me at 347-
2369 for letter pick up.
Thank you so much for your help and support.
Debbie
<<2007 Jail Diversion Grant Letter of Support Sample.doc>>
Grant Background Information From Wayne Maxwell:
The Weld County Commissioners, the Weld County Sheriff's Department, the District Attorney,
the Greeley Police Department, North Range Behavioral Health, Island Grove Regional
Treatment Center, Sunrise Community Health Center, the North Colorado Health Alliance, and
Banner Health have met to discuss community-wide concerns around services to individuals
with behavioral health needs who become involved in the criminal justice system. Coming out
of discussions among these agencies has been the realization that Weld County needs to find
a way to establish an array of services that would reduce the number of persons with
addictions or mental illness who end up in jail, or at the emergency department of local
hospitals or both.
A potential source of grant funding from the Substance Abuse and Mental health Services
Administration has been identified that could possibly provide the needed funding to attack the
problem. The specific title of the grant program is, "Targeted Capacity Expansion Grants for
Jail Diversion Programs." Eligible applicants are limited to a State, political subdivision of a
State (including a County), an Al/AN tribe or tribal organization, or the Al/AN federally
recognized tribe. Weld County has agreed to work with partnering agencies and submit a
proposal for the Targeted Capacity Grant.
The basic requirements of the program are listed below.
• Community-based mental health services will be available for individuals who are
diverted from the criminal justice system.
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• The services offered to jail diversion clients will be based on current research
findings and include case management, assertive community treatment, medication
management and access, integrated mental health and co-occurring substance abuse
treatment, and psychiatric rehabilitation.
• The services offered to jail diversion clients will be coordinated with social services,
including life skills training, housing placement, vocational training, education job placement,
and health care.
• There will be relevant interagency collaboration between the appropriate criminal
justice, mental health, and substance abuse systems.
• The Federal support provided by this grant will be used to supplement and not
supplant, State, local, Indian tribe, or tribal organization sources of funding that would
otherwise be available.
• The jail diversion program will be integrated with pre-existing systems of care for
those persons with mental illness.
We can do this!
What we need from you is a strong letter of support, and we urge you to provide one. We have
attached brief template you can use to get you started. Please flesh it out and individualize it in
your own words.
Thank you —Wayne Maxwell
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