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Missoula County attorney asks commissioners to fund Calibrate diversion program amid federal grant cuts
Summary
County Attorney Matt Jennings briefed commissioners on three attorney-office budget requests and urged hard funding for the Calibrate prosecution-led diversion program after federal grant support ends Sept. 30; he outlined scaled funding options and said the program has produced restitution and fewer repeat offenses among graduates.
Missoula County Attorney Matt Jennings told the Board of County Commissioners that his office is requesting a $213,000 annual appropriation to preserve Calibrate, the county's prosecution-led diversion program, after federal grant funding ends Sept. 30, 2025.
Jennings said Calibrate, launched in 2019, lets many low-level offenders avoid convictions after completing requirements, and reported the program has graduated about 50 people and recovered about $150,000 in direct restitution to victims. He presented three attorney-office budget items in reverse order: a withdrawn e-discovery deduplication tool, an optional LexisNexis AI legal-research add-on costing about $34,000 a year, and the Calibrate funding request.
Jennings said the deduplication software was withdrawn due to budget constraints and that the LexisNexis AI add-on showed substantial…
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