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Nonprofit pretrial services seeks flat funding but flags higher ankle-monitoring costs and expanding caseload
Summary
A nonprofit contractor presented a FY25-26 proposal near $1.33M, saying operational efficiencies offset many costs but ankle-monitoring expenses and supervision caseloads will rise; the committee received the estimate and asked for further details on screening rollout and cost drivers.
Representatives of the county's pretrial services provider (Speaker 2) presented their FY25-26 estimated needs to the Budget Evaluation Team on April 16, asking for roughly $1.328 million and saying they expect to operate slightly more efficiently than the incumbent budget.
Speaker 2 said the agency came in under budget during ramp-up last year by about $69,136 and believes it can provide services next fiscal year for approximately $30,100 less than the current appropriation, despite an anticipated large increase in ankle-monitoring costs (budgeted to rise from about $40,000 to $91,000). The presenter said the contractor pays for program support services and supplements the contract with about $465,000 in private funding directed at housing, transportation and peer-support services for participants.
Operational details and capacity: the contractor said it currently provides supervision for roughly…
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