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Probation faces roughly $30,000 shortfall after state grant cuts; county staff reductions, reassignments proposed
Summary
Howard County probation officials told the council state grant reductions and mandatory longevity raises left a roughly $220,000 gap for 2026; the department plans to eliminate a vacant probation officer position and delay refilling to reduce the shortfall to about $30,000 and will seek to use non-general-fund sources where possible.
Probation administrators told the council that state-funded grant reductions and state-mandated longevity raises created a projected $220,000 shortfall for 2026, and described a plan of personnel restructuring and reallocation to reduce that gap to roughly $30,000. Judge Mark Tate and Purdue Extension and probation staff outlined the changes. Probation said the state reduced certain grant funding by roughly 10% across the board; at the same time, state law requires probation departments to grant automatic longevity increases to eligible probation officers. Those two forces combined produced the budget gap, Tate said. The…
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