Homeless people leaving the Gwinnett County jail will keep getting help with shelter, drug treatment and job training after commissioners approved another $250,000 Tuesday for a program United Way says no other metro county matches.
The money goes to United Way of Greater Atlanta through the Gwinnett Reentry Intervention Program, or GRIP, a partnership with the Gwinnett County Sheriff’s Office, Channel 2 Gwinnett County bureau chief Matt Johnson reports. Commissioners approved it without discussion as part of their consent agenda.
The funding comes from the sheriff’s Inmate Fund, which the office says pays for programs that benefit inmates directly…