Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 44, November 2, 2024
The three categories of grants are described as
follows:
(1)
Past
work. A grant is available to a county which has completed an
expansion of its prison facilities within 5 years of the date of the grant
application as defined by section 714(4) of the act (61 P. S. §
390.714(4)). An application
for these funds shall be received by the Department from September 1, 1991 to
December 31, 1991. These grants will not exceed $1 million, and the grants
shall be matched by funding in a like amount by the county from county funds. A
grant will not be awarded until the applicant submits an intermediate
punishment plan to the Commission on Crime and Delinquency, as required by the
County Intermediate Punishment Act (61 P. S. §§ 1101-1114). An application for a grant shall
be divided into individual sections, providing the following information, and
in the following order:
(i)
Description of project. A description of the county
correctional system including: existing community corrections, diversion or
related programs, age of facilities, staffing of facilities, court orders that
were filed before July 1, 1990 against the county concerning the correctional
facility or the conditions of confinement. The description shall include the
rated capacity of the facilities as of July 1, 1990, and how the rated capacity
is determined. Priority will be given to an applicant which was at or exceeding
115% of rated capacity as of July 1, 1990.
(ii)
Amount of grant. The
amount of the grant being requested.
(iii)
Amount of previously expended
funds. The amount of funds expended by the applicant for the repair,
expansion, construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation and improvement of
local correctional facilities and the source of the funds (Federal, State,
county or other), to include a detailed description of the capital
expenditures.
(iv)
Other. Other information the applicant wishes to
provide.
(2)
Future work. Grants are available for the repair, expansion,
construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation or improvement of county
correctional facilities and the purchase of electronic monitoring equipment
begun after December 21, 1989. An application for these grants shall consist of
individual sections, providing the following information, and in the following
order:
(i)
County correctional
system. A description of the county correctional system, including age
of facilities, court orders that were filed before July 1, 1990, staffing of
facilities and rated capacity of the facilities and how the rated capacity is
determined.
(ii)
Problem. A description of the problem that the grant will
address.
(iii)
Solution. A description of the proposed solution to the
problem. The relationship of the solution to the problem identified for which
funds are requested shall be included in this section.
(iv)
Measurement of success.
A description of how the success of the proposed solution may be
measured.
(v)
Previous
efforts. Previous efforts to address the problem and the success. This
shall include a description of programs intended to or having the effect of
reducing the need for construction or expansion of the county correctional
facility, such as county earned time, work release, and the like.
(vi)
Grant amount requested.
The amount of the grant being requested.
(vii)
Inmate population. The
facility population as of July 1, 1990.
(viii)
Funds expended. The
amount of funds expended, or to be expended by the applicant for the repair,
expansion, construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation and improvement of
local correctional facilities for 3 years prior to the application. The source
of the funds (Federal, State, county or other) to be expended shall be provided
in the form of a cost plan that clearly specifies the anticipated costs of the
project. See "matching funds" in §
95.403 (relating to definitions).
If the county plans to utilize the funds expended in the establishment or
creation of a county Intermediate Punishment Plan, a copy of the Intermediate
Plan shall be attached to the grant application.
(ix)
Other. Other
information the applicant wishes to provide.
(3)
Combination of past and future
work. Grants are available for prison expansion that began before
December 21, 1989 and was not completed until after December 21, 1989. These
grants will combine the statutory limitation of $1 million and equal
contribution for work and costs initiated before December 21, 1989, and the
statutory grant limitation for reimbursement in a like amount of the total
grant awarded for expansion or improvement for work completed after December
21, 1989. Applications for the grants shall consist of individual sections,
providing the following information:
(i) A
description of the project.
(ii)
The amount of previously expended funds.
(iii) The county correctional
system.
(iv) The problem.
(v) The measurement of success.
(vi) Previous efforts.
(vii) The grant amount requested.
(viii) The inmate population.
(ix) Other information.
(4)
Submission to Commission on Crime
and Delinquency. A grant will not be awarded to an applicant until the
applicant complies with the statutory requirement of submitting an Intermediate
Punishment Plan to the Commission on Crime and Delinquency as required by the
County Intermediate Punishment Act (61 P. S. §§ 1101-1114).
