Fiscal Note
The proposed resolution authorizes the acceptance of a United States Conference of Mayors Police Reform and Equitable Justice grant award of $100,000 and amends the 2024 Police budget for the grant. This grant will be used for the Police Department’s Madison Area Recovery Initiative (MARI) including overtime for the Addiction Resource Team, personnel costs for the Safe Communities peer support coaches, and supplementing existing grant-funding for a Police program assistant, training, supplies, evaluation and coordination. The funds are provided to MPD up front and will earn interest (up to $5,000) which can be used for grant purposes. Funds not expended as of December 31, 2024, will be carried forward in the Grant Fund until fully utilized. There is no impact on the levy.
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Accepting a Unites States Conference of Mayors Police Reform and Equitable Justice Grant Program award of $100,000 for the Police Department’s Madison Area Addiction Recovery Initiative (MAARI); and amending the 2024 Police budget to use the funds for purposes of the program.
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WHEREAS the Police Department created in 2017 the Madison Area Recovery Initiative (MARI) pre-arrest diversion program to direct individuals struggling with mental health and substance use disorder challenges away from the criminal justice system and instead connect them with treatment, peer support and recovery services; and,
WHEREAS, officers referred 263 participants to the program who would have otherwise been arrested. 160 of those referred by officers-initiated program engagement, with 100 successfully completing six months of substance use disorder or mental health treatment; and,
WHEREAS, the program was expanded in 2020 to become more regional, develop an Addiction Resource Team for community outreach, conduct clinical assessments, provide peer support coaching for participants and naloxone distribution; and,
WHEREAS, in addition, through May 2024 have been 332 referrals by officers and...
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