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Monroe County Council approves major probation and community-corrections grants for 2026
Summary
Council approved multiple 2026 grants for probation and community corrections (pretrial services, community corrections, drug court, mental-health court, veterans court and related program budgets). The awards cover partial salaries, fringe benefits and program operating needs; councilors stressed sustainability if state funding declines.
Monroe County's probation department took the council through a series of grant awards on Dec. 9 that will fund pretrial services, community corrections, problem-solving courts and related programs in 2026. Councilors approved the grants and corresponding appropriations in a series of roll-call votes.
Chief Probation Officer Linda Brady said the county received roughly $486,612 from the Indiana Supreme Court across two pretrial grants, plus several Department of Correction awards to support community corrections, drug court, mental-health…
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