Recent Criminal Justice Related Partnerships & Grants Awarded 

• Juvenile Accountability Block Grant Summer Work—Provides for summer work program for Juvenile Probation that allows seven-eight youth to work off fines and restitution over the summer. [Funded by the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency]
• Juvenile Accountability Block Grant Community Service Enhancement—Provided a van for the Juvenile Probation Officers to escort youth to perform community services throughout the County. [Funded by Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency]
• Court Liaison Intervention Project—establishes a casework position that assists in providing diversion and home planning for pre-sentenced and sentenced inmates at the jail. [Funded by the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency]
• Day Reporting Center Project—Establishes a diversion program, day reporting, for non-violent offenders, after jail term or in lieu of a sentence for incarceration. [Funded by the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency]
• Central Booking—Provides for a central processing/intake unit at jail that holds offenders for (video) arraignment with the Magisterial District Judges. [Funded by the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency]
• Jail Diversion Project—To divert offenders with mental illness from the booking center/incarceration and link to specialized services through the court. [Funded by the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency]
• Mental Health Court Planning—Provides for the feasibility study and possible planning of a Franklin County mental health court in collaboration with the court and probation. [Funded by the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency]
• CJAB Initiatives-Pre-Trial & Corrections—Increased case flow in the justice system through DA’s and PD’s office.  Also provides evaluation for DRC and training for law enforcement. [Funded by the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency]
• County Intermediate Punishment—Alternative to incarceration options for Adult Probation Department. [Funded by the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency]
• Justice Assistance Grants—Mobile Units/Radios for Sheriff Office and Chambersburg PD Video Equipment., digital camera and recorder for Public Defender’s Office. [Funded by the United States Department of Justice]