The Justice Department seeks to award a $750,000 grant to the Santa Cruz County Probation for a program aimed at reducing repeat criminal offenses. The Santa Cruz County Board of supervisors is expected to approve the R-5 grant today, which stands for recidivism reduction through research based rehabilitation and re-entry. The program, which focuses on repeat criminal offenders between the ages of 18 to 25, is aimed at rehabilitating and treating offenders for drug abuse and criminal thinking.
