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16-93-1703. Grant uses — Definition.
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16-93-1703. Grant uses — Definition.
(a) A grant awarded under this subchapter shall be used by the grantee to establish probation programs that:
(1) Identify probationers for enrollment in the probation program, through, among other tools, a validated risk-needs assessment tool, who are:
(A) Serving a term of probation;
(B) At high risk of failing to observe the conditions of supervision; and
(C) At high risk of being returned to incarceration as a result of that failure;
(2) Notify probationers of the rules of the probation program, and consequences for violating those rules;
(3) Monitor probationers for illicit drug use with regular and rapid-result drug screening;
(4) Monitor probationers for violations of other rules and probation terms, including failure to pay court-ordered financial obligations such as child support or victim restitution;
(5) Respond to violations of those rules with immediate arrest of the violating probationer and swift and certain modification of the conditions of probation, including imposition of short jail stays;
(6) Immediately respond to probationers who have absconded from supervision with service of bench warrants and immediate sanctions;
(7)(A) Provide rewards to probationers who comply with those rules.
(B) Rewards shall include without limitation:
(i) Reduced reporting requirements;
(ii) Less frequent drug testing;
(iii) Certificates of achievement;
(iv) Other rewards as determined by the locality; and
(v) Early termination of the sentence;
(8) Ensure funding for and referral to substance abuse treatment for probationers who repeatedly fail to refrain from illicit drug use;
(9) Establish procedures to terminate probation program participation by and initiate revocation to a term of incarceration
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 16-93-1703
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16-93-1703. Grant uses — Definition.
(a) A grant awarded under this subchapter shall be used by the grantee to establish probation programs that:
(1) Identify probationers for enrollment in the probation program, through, among other tools, a validated risk-needs assessment tool, who are:
(A) Serving a term of probation;
(B) At high risk of failing to observe the conditions of supervision; and
(C) At high risk of being returned to incarceration as a result of that failure;
(2) Notify probationers of the rules of the probation program, and consequences for violating those rules;
(3) Monitor probationers for illicit drug use with regular and rapid-result drug screening;
(4) Monitor probationers for violations of other rules and probation terms, including failure to pay court-ordered financial obligations such as child support or victim restitution;
(5) Respond to violations of those rules with immediate arrest of the violating probationer and swift and certain modification of the conditions of probation, including imposition of short jail stays;
(6) Immediately respond to probationers who have absconded from supervision with service of bench warrants and immediate sanctions;
(7)(A) Provide rewards to probationers who comply with those rules.
(B) Rewards shall include without limitation:
(i) Reduced reporting requirements;
(ii) Less frequent drug testing;
(iii) Certificates of achievement;
(iv) Other rewards as determined by the locality; and
(v) Early termination of the sentence;
(8) Ensure funding for and referral to substance abuse treatment for probationers who repeatedly fail to refrain from illicit drug use;
(9) Establish procedures to terminate probation program participation by and initiate revocation to a term of incarceration for probationers who habitually fail to abide by probation program rules and pose a threat to public safety; and
(10) Include regular coordination meetings for key partners of the probation program, including the partners identified under § 16-93-1702(b)(5).
(b) As used in this section, “validated risk-needs assessment” means a determination of a person's risk to reoffend and the needs that, when addressed, reduce the risk to reoffend through the use of an actuarial assessment tool that assesses the dynamic and static factors that drive criminal behavior.
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16-93-1702. Application.
(a) A county or judicial district may apply for a grant award under this subchapter by submitting a written application to the Administrative Office of the Courts.
(b) The application shall include the following:
(1) A description of the proposed probation program and the need in the county or judicial district for the establishment of a probation program under this subchapter;
(2) A description of the long-term strategy and a detailed plan of implementation, including how the county or judicial district intends to pay for the probation program after the grant funding is exhausted;
(3) A certification that all government or private entities that would be affected by the proposed probation program have been appropriately consulted regarding the development of the probation program;
(4) A description of the coordination plan involving all government or private entities in the implementation process;
(5) Identification of the governmental and judicial partners in the proposed probation program, including the chief judge of the circuit court as well as other participating judges in the applicable jurisdiction, the court administrator, the probation administrator, the county sheriff, the prosecuting attorney, the public defender, applicable private defense attorneys, applicable municipal law enforcement administrators, and applicable treatment provider administrators; and
(6) A description of how and assurances that the applicant will collect key process measures, including the:
(A) Number of probationers enrolled in the probation program;
(B) Frequency of drug testing probationers;
(C) Positive drug test rate and other rates of noncompliance with the measurable conditions of supervision;
(D) Kinds of sanctions available for a
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 16-93-1702
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 16-93-1702. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.