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JFAC approves $2.467 million in FY2026 enhancements for Community Corrections, including Pocatello reentry center annualization
Summary
The Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee approved FY2026 enhancements for the Department of Corrections Community Corrections Division totaling $2,467,000 to annualize personnel at the Pocatello Community Reentry Center, cover inflation, and replace equipment.
Noah Peterson, budget policy analyst with the Legislative Services Office, presented the Department of Corrections Community Corrections Division budget request for fiscal year 2026. The package included annualization of personnel costs for the Pocatello Community Reentry Center, general inflation adjustments, and replacement-item funding.
Peterson said enhancement 7 covers the other six months of salary and benefits for 17 positions at the Pocatello reentry center that were funded for only six months in fiscal year 2025. The request included $680,700 to annualize those personnel costs, $212,300 for general inflation, and $1,574,000 for replacement items, for a total of $2,467,000. The motion as recorded described the split as $116,200 from the general fund and $2,350,800 from dedicated funds.
A member moved the package and Senator Wintrow seconded. The committee approved the enhancements on a roll call: the recorded tally was 16 ayes, 3 nays, and 1 absent/excused across the two chambers, and the motion carried with a due-pass recommendation.
Ending: The appropriation will fund the stated annualization, inflation and replacement items; Peterson said the positions had been previously appropriated at six months and this action completes the annualization.
(Note: the motion and the presenters itemization are consistent in totals; the transcript records the detailed items and the aggregated fund split.)
