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Juvenile court warns of major grant cuts, detention costs rise in 2026 budget outlook
Summary
Juvenile court presenters said revenue will fall sharply for 2026—driven by BECCA and other state funding cuts—while detention costs and insurance allocations push expenditures up; probation reported a 10% expenditure reduction but a roughly 32% revenue decline.
Patricia Fassett, presiding judge of juvenile court, and George Moyer, juvenile court administrator, presented the juvenile court’s 2026 budget outlook to the Cowlitz County Board of Commissioners, covering both probation and detention.
Moyer said the probation budget request largely maintains current services while trimming discretionary items and achieving a roughly 10% reduction in expenditures from 2025 to 2026. He said projected revenue for probation is down substantially—about 32%—because multiple state and grant revenue sources have been reduced or eliminated.
On revenue, presenters highlighted three major changes driving the decline: a substantial cut to BECCA (truancy and at‑risk youth) funding that reduced passthrough support for Educational…
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