title
Commissioner Worley - Budget & Strategy To Accept and Appropriate Grant Funds Designated for COVID-19 Support for County Confinement Facilities (Sheriff-s Office - 100% Grant Funds - $102,940)
body
STAFF CONTACT
Pat Laws - Budget and Strategy - (704) 866-3771
BUDGET IMPACT
budget
Appropriate NCDHHS Federal pass-through funds. No additional County funds.
body
BUDGET ORDINANCE IMPACT
N/A
BACKGROUND
The Centers for Disease Control (CDC), in partnership with the Department of Justice, is providing financial assistance to respond to Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in confinement facilities within their jurisdictions. Limitations in jails and detention centers may not allow for proper social distancing to be maintained. In addition, holding conditions, the complexity of continual jail staff rotations, and frequent movement of Detainees may facilitate the transmission of COVID-19 in jails and detention centers. Because of the possibility for the rapid spread of COVID-19 in local confinement facilities, immediate investigation and control measures are necessary. The purpose of this award is to meet the need to combat COVID-19 in confinement facilities. Additionally, as confinement facilities are reopened for visitors and service/care providers, mitigation of new transmission of COVID-19 must be addressed.
POLICY IMPACT
N/A
ATTACHMENTS
Budget Change Request (BCR)