§ 911 - Grant program for community-based half-way houses and programs - Vermont Statutes

§ 911. Grant program for community-based half-way houses and programs

(a) A grant program for community-based alternatives to incarceration is established to assist:

(1) private nonprofit community organizations establish half-way houses and programs to help adult ex-offenders and offenders on probation, parole or furlough reintegrate into the community; and

(2) existing half-way houses and programs for adult ex-offenders and offenders on probation, parole or furlough.

(b) The alternatives to incarceration board established under section 912 of this title shall establish procedures and guidelines by which it shall solicit and review proposals for grants, award grants, and monitor and evaluate the progress of projects funded under this chapter.

(c) Private, nonprofit organizations which create residential half-way houses for former prisoners or offenders on community release status shall receive priority funding under this chapter.

(d) [Repealed.] (Added 1989, No. 288 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; 2009, No. 33, § 83( l )(2).)