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Commissioners weigh probation fund pressure, upcoming federal grant and JDAI coordinator proposal

Jennings County Council/Commissioners · August 22, 2024
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Summary

County officials discussed the probation/drug‑testing fund (fund 4935), a pending federal grant of roughly $60,000 to offset drug testing, and a JDAI proposal that would fund a juvenile services coordinator for four years with initial county fronting of half of the first‑year salary.

Commissioners debated how to shore up probation and drug‑testing finances while expanding juvenile services. A county official explained the probation fund (fund 4935) has been used to pay program costs but was not carried forward in the current draft and needs reallocation to sustain probation services. The official said, “Starting in sometime in this fall, I've got a $60,000 grant from the federal…

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