(a) A county or judicial district may apply for a grant award under this subchapter by submitting a written application to the Administrative Office of the Courts.

(b) The application shall include the following:

(1) A description of the proposed probation program and the need in the county or judicial district for the establishment of a probation program under this subchapter;

(2) A description of the long-term strategy and a detailed plan of implementation, including how the county or judicial district intends to pay for the probation program after the grant funding is exhausted;

(3) A certification that all government or private entities that would be affected by the proposed probation program have been appropriately consulted regarding the development of the probation program;

(4) A description of the coordination plan involving all government or private entities in the implementation process;

(5) Identification of the governmental and judicial partners in the proposed probation program, including the chief judge of the circuit court as well as other participating judges in the applicable jurisdiction, the court administrator, the probation administrator, the county sheriff, the prosecuting attorney, the public defender, applicable private defense attorneys, applicable municipal law enforcement administrators, and applicable treatment provider administrators; and

(6) A description of how and assurances that the applicant will collect key process measures, including the:

(A) Number of probationers enrolled in the probation program;

(B) Frequency of drug testing probationers;

(C) Positive drug test rate and other rates of noncompliance with the measurable conditions of supervision;

(D) Kinds of sanctions available for a violation of probation;

(E) Kinds of rewards available for positive behavior;

(F) Certainty of the application of an appropriate sanction;

(G) Average period of time from detection of a violation to issuance of a sanction for the violation;

(H) Severity of the sanction; and

(I) Time between the completion of the sanction and a subsequent violation, if any.