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Community corrections providers urge lawmakers to preserve funding in House Bill 96
Summary
Leaders of nonprofit and publicly operated community corrections programs told the House Public Safety Committee they support increases included in the governor's introduced operating budget and asked lawmakers to maintain line items that fund residential treatment, psychotropic reimbursements and staff pay.
Leaders of Ohio community corrections programs told the House Public Safety Committee they support the increases proposed in House Bill 96 and asked lawmakers to preserve line items that fund residential community corrections and medication reimbursements.
Speakers from nonprofit and public community corrections groups testified that the governor's introduced budget includes funding increases they believe are necessary to retain staff and maintain treatment capacity. They asked the committee to keep proposed amounts for the Department of Rehabilitation and Corrections lines that support halfway houses and community based correctional facilities (CBCFs).
Testifying, Matt McClellan, executive director of Star Community Justice Center and trustee of Gorgias Inc., described the role of CBCFs in providing residential…
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