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EXHIBIT CUYAHOGA COUNTY COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, JUVENILE COURT DIVISION COMMUNITY DIVERSION PROGRAM CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED AGREEMENT THIS AGREEMENT is entered into this day of , 2017 by and between the County of Cuyahoga, Ohio (hereinafter called the "COUNTY"), the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas, Juvenile Court Division (hereinafter called the "COURT") and City of North Olmsted, a government entity, with principal offices located at 27243 Lorain Road, North Olmsted, Ohio 44070 (hereinafter called the "VENDOR"). WITNESSETH THAT: WHEREAS, the COURT desires to engage the VENDOR'S professional and technical services to develop and implement the Community Diversion Program (hereinafter called the "CDP"), or utilize another COURT -approved CDP to hear misdemeanor and status offense complaints that occur in the City of North Olmsted or are committed elsewhere by North Olmsted residents and the VENDOR can provide these services from January 1, 2018 to December 31, 2019. Attachment A identifies some of those misdemeanor and status offenses appropriate for diversion. NOW THEREFORE, the parties hereto do mutually agree as follows: I. TARGET POPULATION - The youth referred to the project shall be males and females, ages ten (10) to seventeen (17). These youth shall be residents of Cuyahoga County referred by the COURT'S Intake Department (hereinafter called the "YOUTH"). II. DESCRIPTION OF SERVICES - The CDP shall be developed and implemented according to standards developed by the COURT, which include, but are not limited to: A. The CDP shall have access to at least one (1) Volunteer Magistrate provided by the VENDOR. 1. A Volunteer Magistrate should be an attorney in good standing, licensed by the State of Ohio or employed by the Federal Government, and approved by the COURT. 2. The Volunteer Magistrate shall complete the orientation program and paperwork provided by the COURT. B. The COURT shall review and approve the CDP procedures implemented by the CDP. C. The VENDOR shall have a confidential filing system that the COURT shall review. D. The VENDOR is subject to verification of funding by the COURT. E. The VENDOR shall monitor participants in the CDP program one (1) year from the date of the hearing. F. The VENDOR shall follow reporting requirements as laid out below. 1. The VENDOR agrees to furnish to the COURT by the first (I") day of each month the monthly CDP Database Report completed in its entirety for each YOUTH diverted during the previous month. For example, all data on diversion hearings occurring in January must be reported by February 1. This data includes, but is not