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Monroe County probation officials report 2024 outcomes, warn state grant funding stagnant
Summary
The county’s community corrections director told commissioners the department used roughly $1.5 million in 2024 Department of Correction grant funds to support home detention, problem‑solving courts and pretrial services, and warned state grant levels have been flat for five years and the program faces an additional proposed 10% state cut.
Becca Scribe, the community corrections executive director and deputy chief probation officer, told the Monroe County Board of Commissioners on June 5 that community corrections and probation operate as a single department and that Department of Correction grants fund staffing for home detention, problem‑solving courts and pretrial services.
The presentation summarized 2024 activity and outcomes and flagged funding pressure. "We receive about 1.5 little over $1,500,000 in grant funding for these specific programs," Scribe said, and added that Department of Correction grants "have been flatlined for the past 5 years." She told commissioners the state budget proposal cuts…
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