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Johnson County discusses County Attorney budget, flags uncertain victim-services grant revenue
Summary
County Attorney Rachel presented FY26 budget priorities including victim witness coordinator staffing, community violence intervention programs and a pending SAMHSA assessment. Supervisors asked to budget conservatively for a state pass-through victim-services grant and agreed to cut the revenue estimate to $90,000 pending award.
Johnson County County Attorney Rachel presented the office’s fiscal year 2026 budget priorities on Jan. 6, highlighting victim services, community-based programs and uncertainty in state grant revenue.
Rachel, the County Attorney, told the Board of Supervisors the office continued to serve roughly 1,000 victims a year and emphasized an ongoing partnership with the Domestic Violence Intervention Program (DVIP) that provides weekly open hours at the courthouse. “The most important thing is that they get connected with DVIP,” Rachel said, describing the “warm handoff” process in which a DVIP staff person meets victims on-site.
The office requested 2.5 budgeted victim-witness coordinator positions tied to a pass-through federal grant administered through the state Attorney General’s office. Rachel said the county has historically budgeted roughly $180,000 in revenue related to the grant but warned that actual awards have fallen short…
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