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Marion County approves $30,000 transfer to cover Drug Treatment Court drug tests
Summary
The Marion County Community Corrections Advisory Board approved moving $30,000 from one budget character to another to cover participant drug testing after staffing vacancies left clients unable to pay; the transfer was requested by Drug Treatment Court director Jeffrey Yanes and approved by the board.
The Marion County Community Corrections Advisory Board on Nov. 13 approved a request from Jeffrey Yanes, director of the Marion County Drug Treatment Court, to transfer $30,000 within the court’s IDOC grant budget to cover participant drug testing.
"We just have a request to move $30,000 from character 1 to character 3 to pay for drug tests," Yanes said, explaining staff vacancies left some participants unable to afford required testing. Chair Carla Duffy asked for a motion; the board moved, seconded and voted in favor.
Yanes said the transfer will prevent unused grant funds from being returned to the Department of Correction and will be used specifically for drug-screening costs. The motion passed with an affirmative vote; no roll-call tally was provided in the meeting transcript.
The board did not specify which court programs or how many participants will benefit from the transfer. Yanes presented the request during the meeting’s agenda and the board approved the adjustment as a budget fund-transfer action.
