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Community Corrections warns of $700,000 shortfall; council hears urgent plea to fund benefits
Summary
Bill Watson, director of court services, told the council the Community Corrections user-fee fund is deeply depleted after state cuts and insurance increases and asked for an immediate infusion (roughly $700,000) to sustain programs and avoid program closure and jail-population increases.
Bill Watson, director of court services, presented an urgent funding update for Vigo County Community Corrections, saying the program’s user-fee fund can no longer sustain benefits and operations after recent state funding cuts and a sharp rise in health-insurance costs.
Watson said the fund historically paid benefits and operated residential and electronic-monitoring programs…
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