The dallas county commission will implement the dallas county family preservation program

The Dallas County Commission has been awarded a $764,508 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program (CFDA 16.738). The purpose of the grant is to develop a comprehensive, trauma-informed, family-based alternative sentencing program for justice-involved parents/primary caregivers and their children and youth in Selma/Dallas County, Alabama. The key objectives are to: 1) Create a multi-disciplinary team to identify and engage eligible participants, 2) Enhance the well-being of children, youth, and families by empowering them with sustainable skills and resources, and 3) Reduce parental incarceration in Dallas County. The grant will fund personnel, services, and program development to achieve these goals over a 3-year period from October 2023 to September 2026.

The purpose is to develop a comprehensive, multi-disciplinary, trauma-informed, best practices family-based alternative sentencing program for justice-involved parents/primary caregivers and their children and youth in selma/dallas county, alabama. The expected outcomes include the development of a multi-disciplinary team to identify potential parents/primary caregivers early to engage, enroll, and provide resources and skills necessary to move cases from the traditional docket to alternative sentencing, enhance the well-being of children, youth, and families by empowering them with sustainable skills, development of healthy life skills, build upon strengths and address potential challenges, increase supportive services, and reduce parental incarceration in dallas county, alabama.