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Chief Probation Officer Andrea Brennan introduced herself to the board and provided an update on pretrial work and staffing. \"Good afternoon. I'm Andrea Brennan. I am your chief,\" she said, noting she had completed her first quarter on the job.

The board also discussed pretrial funding and certification. A speaker reported that the county's pretrial grant through the Office of Court Services had a reduction of about $20,000 from what was requested but said local staff expected to manage within the reduced award. Board members emphasized that Office of Court Services grants are routed through the judicial branch and are separate from Department of Corrections allocations, meaning DOC cuts do not automatically apply to IOCS funding.

Probation operational numbers and certification status: Chief Brennan reported operational activity levels for pretrial reviews and said the office is in provisional certification and working toward full certification; she described plans for a site visit with support services and judges later in the summer to align on certification requirements. The chief said staffing recruitment is underway and that candidates were being interviewed.

Action taken: the board recorded the membership change by motion and vote; no other formal board votes were taken on certification or grant acceptance during the meeting.

Next steps: probation staff will proceed with scheduled site visits, continued certification work, and implementation of pretrial processes; the board will receive additional operational updates at future meetings.

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\"That will just cut into our PI fund because the DOC will not be increasing their grant,\" Bill said, describing how an increase in rent would likely be paid from the program's PI (program internal) fund. He reported the program's PI fund balance at the meeting as $689,219 and said the DOC grant dollars for the current year are nearly exhausted.

Why it matters: meeting participants said the PI fund supports employee insurance and benefits and other local programs (including the McDap program). Officials warned that persistent rent increases would reduce the fund's ability to cover those costs and could make the program less sustainable without county assistance.

Options discussed: the board discussed alternatives including staying in the current building, moving to other space, purchasing the building, or asking the county commissioners to provide office space close to the courthouse. A housing committee had recommended keeping offices as close to the courthouse as possible to preserve continuity of services and ease client access; the committee's report had been submitted to the commissioners, board members said.

Costs and investments: speakers noted the county has invested in security and building upgrades at the current location and that moving would create additional upfront costs to make new space safe for staff. No formal vote or lease decision took place; board members said they expect the commissioners to review options and decide before the current lease expires in December.

Next steps: the director asked commissioners to consider office-space options and the board will re-evaluate budget impacts at a future meeting.

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The cuts were targeted across program areas rather than applied as a flat percentage, Bill said: the county's community corrections request of $362,802 was approved in full; the drug court request of $65,000 was funded at $35,000 (a $30,000 reduction); and the prosecutor's diversion request of $61,964 received no funding. \"We requested 61,964 for the prosecutor's diversion, and they funded 0 of that,\" Bill said.

Why it matters: the prosecutor diversion position and certain drug-court supports have depended on DOC grant dollars. Board members and the prosecutor's office described the prosecutor diversion role as one that also manages misdemeanor and traffic diversion work and generates revenue that supports other office functions.

What was said and what will change: meeting participants said the statewide grant spreadsheet showed prosecutor diversion programs across the state were not funded this cycle, suggesting a policy decision at the Department of Corrections rather than a county-specific cut. Bill said the department produced a statewide spreadsheet and that \"none of the prosecutor's diversions throughout the state were funded.\" He also said jail-treatment grant requests were funded at zero in many counties.

Local responses: officials said they will seek alternate funding streams rather than immediately asking the county council to make up the shortfall. Bill said drug court will continue to operate at a reduced level because the remaining drug-court award covers the treatment director stipend and public defender costs, but some education programs and participant incentives will need other funding.

Financial context: Bill reported that the DOC grant dollars for the local program are largely exhausted for the year, with about $17,000 remaining in the grant account; he also reported a program internal (PI) reserve of $689,219. The prosecutor's office reported a separate pretrial-diversion fund balance of about $205,000 and said that fund has ongoing draws to pay deputy prosecutors and clerical staff tied to diversion work.

Discussion vs. formal action: board members discussed options including applying pretrial-diversion reserves, asking the county to absorb positions into the general fund, and pursuing external grants; no formal vote on those measures occurred at the meeting.

Background and statewide context: meeting participants said the cuts are consistent with an executive-branch directive to reduce state spending (discussed as a roughly 10% target) and that the DOC's allocations this cycle were targeted unevenly across program types. The advisory board heard that the Indiana Office of Court Services (a judicial-branch funding route) is a separate funding stream and should not be assumed to be subject to the same DOC reductions.

Next steps: staff said they will distribute the statewide DOC spreadsheet to board members and continue to explore alternate funding and budget adjustments for the prosecutor diversion position and program supports.

","Board members were told state Department of Corrections grant awards will shrink overall, leaving community corrections funded in full but eliminating prosecutor diversion funding and reducing drug court support; local leaders said they will seek other funding and rely on existing reserve accounts.","actionData","errors"]

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Board adds Chief Probation Officer Andrea Brennan; pretrial certification and grant updates discussed

Proposed rent increase and 5-year lease could draw on PI reserves, officials say

State DOC grant cut reduces local criminal-justice funding; prosecutor diversion eliminated