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Corrections Seeks One-Time Funding for Reentry IT Work and to Backfill Prison Industries Fund Deficit
Summary
The Vermont Department of Corrections asked the Senate Appropriations Committee on Jan. 23 for capacity-building funds to modify IT systems for an approved 1115 Medicaid waiver reentry initiative and requested a one-time $3.1 million backfill for a deficit in the Correctional Industries/Offender Work Program fund.
Kristen Tower, deputy commissioner for the Vermont Department of Corrections, and Linda Bradley, financial director, informed the Senate Appropriations Committee on Jan. 23 that the department needs funding to support recent changes in reentry services under a newly approved Section 1115 waiver and requested a $3,100,000 one-time backfill for the Vermont Correctional Industries (DCI) and Vermont Offender Work Program (BOWP) fund deficit.
The reentry request covers capacity-building to modify the department's vendor management system and electronic health record to support the 1115 waiver, which the department said will provide pre-release services up to 90 days and post-release care management,…
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