Community corrections director reports caseload, training and funding stability

Michelle Callum, director of community corrections, delivered a semiannual update on agency operations and partnerships. She said the department currently supervises 329 adults on intensive supervision (including 12 Ottawa County cases), 66 participants in the drug court program, 110 clients on pretrial services and 113 juvenile services clients. Callum also reported 248 juvenile intake and assessment incidents between March 1 and Oct. 1 (noting incidents can involve the same youth more than once).