(a) In order to remain eligible for continued grant funding, a recipient must substantially comply with the standards and administrative regulations of the department of correction defining program effectiveness. Each recipient will participate in an evaluation to determine local and state program effectiveness. The form of this evaluation will be determined by the department of correction.
Terms Used In Tennessee Code 40-36-305
Board: means a local community corrections advisory board as established in this chapter. See Tennessee Code 40-36-102
Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
County legislative body: includes the governing legislative body of any county organized under Article XI, §. See Tennessee Code 40-36-102
Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
Plan: means the "community corrections plan" defined in subdivision (6). See Tennessee Code 40-36-102
Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
Recipient: includes any entity receiving, directly or indirectly, any financial aid under this chapter. See Tennessee Code 40-36-102
State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
written: includes printing, typewriting, engraving, lithography, and any other mode of representing words and letters. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
(b) Continued grant funding shall be based on demonstrated effectiveness in reducing the number of commitments that would likely have occurred without the programs funded under this chapter and also on evidence that the programs are not dealing with persons who otherwise would have been on regular probation; provided, that each recipient, having been deemed eligible for continued grant funding by the department of correction and having entered into an agreement with the department of correction for direct financial aid under this chapter, shall have exclusive authority to provide the contracted services within the agreed upon jurisdiction for the duration of the contract. Nothing in this subsection (b) shall be construed to diminish the department of correction’s authority under this section.(c) Subject to funding availability, each participating county is eligible to receive additional incentive funding for extending programs to other eligible offenders or for adding new programs if it exceeds the objectives of its community corrections plan.(d) If the department of correction determines that there are reasonable grounds to believe that a participating county is not complying with its plan or the minimum standards, the department of correction shall give thirty (30) days’ written notice to the county legislative body, the local community corrections advisory board and the administrator of the program. If the department of correction finds that the participating county is not complying with its plan or the minimum standards established in this chapter, the department of correction shall require the county legislative body to provide a written agreement as to how and when the specific deficiencies identified by the department of correction will be corrected. If no agreement is submitted to the department of correction within the time limit the department of correction has specified or if the deficiencies are not corrected within forty-five (45) days after the agreement has been approved by the department of correction, the department of correction may suspend any part or all of the funding until compliance is achieved.
