Rules & Regulations of the State of Tennessee
Title 0420 - Correction
Subtitle 0420-02 - Division of County Programs
Chapter 0420-02-03 - County Correctional Incentives Program Participation and Fund Distribution Subsidy Grant Funds
Section 0420-02-03-.16 - COUNTY'S FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH ACCREDITATION STIPEND REGULATIONS

(1) If a county fails to maintain eligibility and compliance warranting the Accreditation Stipend, then the Department may withhold Accreditation Stipend payments to the county or adjust the amount of such payments, as appropriate.

(2) In the case of material noncompliance or ineligibility the Department may require the county to repay any Accreditation Stipend payments made to the county during the period of material noncompliance or ineligibility.

(3) After a county has received the Accreditation Stipend for three (3) years, the Department will annually review the recidivism rate as defined in the Chapter 1400-05 Voluntary Accreditation Standards for Local Correctional Facilities to ensure that the recidivism rate is lower than that of the offenders who did not participate in evidence-based programming for which the local correctional facility was accredited. The Department may require a county to develop a corrective action plan if the programming in the county did not reduce the recidivism rate by a satisfactory percentage.