Choose 180 and the snohomish county prosecutor's office are requesting funds to support an 18-month research and development (r & d) phase to support the launch of snohomish county's first-ever…

Choose 180 and the Snohomish County Prosecutor's Office will use a $246,000 Project Grant award from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention under the Congressionally Recommended Awards program (CFDA 16.753) to support an 18-month research and development phase for launching Snohomish County's first community-based youth diversion programming. Over the first year, Choose 180 will conduct community asset mapping, identify subcontractor memorandums of understanding, and focus on community engagement and relationship building between system and community partners. In the second year, Choose 180 will support collaboration on developing a final report assessing community capacity to lead diversion programming and a draft timeline for program launch.

Choose 180 and the snohomish county prosecutor's office are requesting funds to support an 18-month research and development (r & d) phase to support the launch of snohomish county's first-ever community-based youth diversion programming. In the initial 6-month planning and development stage, choose 180 will conduct community asset mapping and identify and solidify memorandums of understanding with subcontractors. The next 6 months (july-december 2023) will focus on community engagement and relationship building between system and community partners. For the final 6 months of the contract (january-june 2024), choose 180 will support the collaboration between system and community partners to develop a final report assessing community capacity to lead diversion programming and a draft timeline to support the program's launch.