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Drug court faces funding uncertainty as county staff outline current revenues and staffing
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County finance staff presented drug court's year-to-date finances and said the program faces a funding gap when mental-health-tax revenues end after 2025; staff and commissioners discussed staffing, software licensing, and possible bridge funding options.
Cowlitz County finance staff told commissioners Monday that the drug court program’s budget is currently underwritten in part by state and mental-health-tax reimbursements and that the county must prepare for a funding gap after 2025. “They have currently a $60,000 budget for intergovernmental revenue. They've brought in, just over 28,000,” finance manager Susie said in the workshop summarizing grant and state-reimbursement activity for the drug court. Susie also said personnel expenses for drug court show “5 and a half FTE filled, and they have 1 open position,” and that…
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