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Legislative analysts outline funding to annualize Pocatello reentry staff, add parole officers and pilot opioid‑medication support
Summary
The committee reviewed requests to annualize personnel at the Pocatello Community Reentry Center, to fund additional parole officers and to pilot medications for opioid use disorder for incarcerated people, among other community corrections enhancements.
The Joint Finance Preparations Committee reviewed several Community Corrections and Community Reentry budget requests on Feb. 4, including annualization of personnel at the Pocatello Community Reentry Center, funding for additional parole officers and a medications for opioid use disorder pilot.
Noah Peterson, budget and policy analyst, said the Pocatello CRC had recently gained positions whose first six months were funded elsewhere; the committee was asked to approve a fiscal‑year 2026 annualization request of $680,700 to keep 17 positions funded on an ongoing…
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