The County Community Corrections Advisory Board shall have the following powers, duties and responsibilities:
(A) To formulate a community corrections plan providing for individual community corrections programs;
(B) To make recommendations to the Board of Commissioners and any city, town or private organization in the county for the establishment and operation of community corrections programs;
(C) To prepare any application for state financial aid for such plan and programs as required by I.C. 11-12-2-4, as now or hereafter amended, and to take any action which might be required from time to time under state law to qualify such plan and programs for state financial aid;
(D) To observe the operation of community corrections in the county;
(E) To make an annual report to the Board of Commissioners containing an evaluation of the effectiveness of the community corrections programs, with particular attention to any program receiving state financial aid;
(F) To make recommendations for the improvement, modification or discontinuance of any community correction program;
(G) To make recommendations to community correction programs receiving state financial aid concerning compliance with the standards adopted by the State Department of Corrections for such programs;
(H) (1) To recommend to the Board of Commissioners the approval or disapproval of contracts with units of local government or non-governmental agencies who desire to participate in the community corrections plan; and
(2) Before recommending approval of a contract, the Advisory Board must determine that a program is capable of meeting the standards adopted by the State Department of Corrections for programs receiving state financial aid.
(I) To maintain an office if approved and designated by the Board of Commissioners.
(BC Ord. 1992-1, passed 2-3-1992)