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Probation and community corrections warn of grant cuts, rising drug-screen costs and JCAP funding losses
Summary
Probation and community-corrections leaders told commissioners that drug-screening costs and reductions in state reinvestment grants (JCAP) are pressuring budgets; staff proposed shifting some recurring charges to user fees and opioid-restricted funds while urging commissioners to watch grant trends.
Probation and regional community-corrections officials briefed commissioners on program funding pressures and the agency’s reliance on a mix of grants, user fees and county support.
Officials said drug screening is a major recurring cost — historically about $130,000 across probation and community corrections — and that the department is moving to rapid on-site tests (about $3.50 per cup) rather than universal laboratory confirmations (about $11 per cup) to lower costs. The probation director said…
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