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Dunn County CJCC adds caseworker for Project Hope, seeks renewed grant funding and budget review
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The County's Criminal Justice Coordinating Committee reported a new caseworker hire for Project Hope and said it submitted a grant renewal and is reviewing treatment-court programs under priority-based budgeting for potential cost savings and revenue opportunities in 2026.
Sarah, representing the Criminal Justice Coordinating Committee (CJCC), told the Judicial and Law Committee that CJCC has a new caseworker for the Project Hope law-enforcement deflection and diversion program and that a grant to support the position has been updated and submitted for another year.
"We have a caseworker that started with the sheriff's office as far as the Project Hope law enforcement deflection and diversion program, Lindsay Mallison," Sarah said, adding that the new hire is "hitting the ground running" and partnering with the behavioral health officer, Dylan Christ.
Sarah said CJCC spent time with the sheriff’s office updating the grant that funds the staff position and other program elements and that the grant was submitted for another year of funding. She also said two CJCC programs — treatment court and the treatment opportunity program — are under review in a priority-based budgeting process. The review identified potential cost savings, including not filling a support position, and some new 2026 revenue-generating opportunities.
Sarah described the programs as partially grant funded and partially levy funded. No formal committee action was recorded during the meeting on the grant or budget items; Sarah presented the updates for committee awareness.
