Request for approval to use general funds in the amount of $40,000 to partner with the Women’s Justice Institute to establish and implement the Harris County Women’s Justice Commission and host a launch event in support of the Commission including a Women’s Justice Pathways Mapping Session with support from Core Associates, and general funds in the amount of $1,000 to cover food and drinks for the launch event. | Community Exchange
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Request for approval to use general funds in the amount of $40,000 to partner with the Women’s Justice Institute to establish and implement the Harris County Women’s Justice Commission and host a launch event in support of the Commission including a Women’s Justice Pathways Mapping Session with support from Core Associates, and general funds in the amount of $1,000 to cover food and drinks for the launch event.
Harris County may spend $41,000 to launch a new Women's Justice Commission focused on women in the criminal justice system.
Harris County Commissioners Court may spend $41,000 to create a new Women's Justice Commission. The plan partners with the Women's Justice Institute, a nonprofit focused on ending women's mass incarceration. The money would set up the Commission and fund a public launch event featuring a Women's Justice Pathways Mapping Session — a community tool that helps local groups find ways to improve outcomes for women involved in the criminal justice system in Harris County.
Harris County may spend $41,000 in general funds to create a new commission focused on women in the local criminal justice system and hold a public launch event.