Budget Strategies

1. Canteen Profits
   a.  Use profits from items sold to inmates to purchase items for inmates
    
2. Industry Profits – sell products made
   a.  Woodworking shop
   b.  Gardening plot
   c.  Recycling center
    
3. Grants –
   a.  Availability
        i.  Public
        ii. Private – McKnight, Blandin, Pillsbury, 3M
   b.  Writing – most counties have a grant writer within the Human services department
   c.  Using
   d.  Documentation
    
4. Donation through special interest groups – (identify specific needs)
   a.  Books – Public library & college bookstore
   b.  Eye glasses – Lions
   c.  Bibles – Gideons
    
5. Telephone Systems
   a.  Commissions from pay phones systems used by inmates
    
6. Church Organizations – donations through time and money
   a.  Jail ministries
   b.  Pilot Outreach
   c.  Hazelton
   d.  Catholic Charities
    
7. Chamber of Commerce
   a.  Join and attend meetings
   b.  Good chance for networking and getting public to put into program needs in the jail
    
8. Federal Subsidy Programs (by having education)
   a.  Food
   b.  Commodities
   c.  Surplus
    
9. Seek administrative support and approval
   a.  Administration has the authority
    
10. Identify special interest
    a.  Veterans association for veterans that are incarcerated
    b.  Lions—glasses
    c.  Native American
    d.  Spanish
     
11. Charitable Gambling
    a.  Money from local casino – for group Gamblers Anonymous
     
12. Donations from programs services – STS
    a.  Donation of tools to get projects done but jail keeps tools
    b.  Use STS crew to complete projects in the jail
     
13. Research goals of special interest groups
    a.  Group comes into the jail and does research but leaves equipment and supplies for the
         jail to use after research is complete
     
14. Use Volunteers to increase staff
    a.  Make them volunteer staff members; provide training & volunteer handbook
    b.  AA, NA, Ministerial, etc.
     
15. Promote Needs
    a.  Advertise in newspaper
    b.  Provide receipt for tax deduction
    c.  Send thank you letters

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