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Trinity County cites CalAIM and jail health revenues as key to restoring corrections staffing
Summary
County officials told the board that CalAIM and related Medi‑Cal revenue streams have funded jail health and justice‑involved services, allowing the county to restore correctional staffing and free patrol deputies from jail duties.
County leaders described jail health and Medi‑Cal (CalAIM) funding as a major factor in the FY2025–26 budget that is enabling Trinity County to restore correctional staffing levels and redirect deputies back to patrol.
CAO Tuthill and Health and Human Services Director Liz Hamilton said the county’s jail health and justice‑involved programs will recognize new revenue in the current fiscal year. Tuthill identified figures shown on slides and said the county has identified roughly $3.5 million and $2.5 million in relevant amounts tied to justice‑involved services and implementation plans that will be spent over the next 18 months to three years as programs are approved and begin billing.
Hamilton described implementation milestones in the behavioral health‑health and human…
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