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Fulton County approves two probation grants totaling $63,800 and acknowledges retention stipend plan
Summary
The Fulton County commissioners authorized signatures on a $35,000 Intermediate Punishment Treatment Grant and a $28,800 Continuing County Adult Probation/Parole Grant and acknowledged a probation retention-stipend plan funded from supervision fees. All motions passed unanimously.
Fulton County commissioners on Dec. 9 authorized county signatures for two state grants aimed at adult probation services and acknowledged a plan to fund a retention stipend for probation staff.
Chief Probation Officer Dan Miller asked the board to approve a 2025–2026 Intermediate Punishment Treatment Grant for $35,000 and a 2025–2026 Continuing County Adult Probation/Parole Grant for $28,800. Commissioner Randy H. Bunch was authorized to sign both grants; the motions were moved by Commissioner Steven L. Wible and Commissioner Hervey P. Hann and carried with all commissioners voting in favor.
Miller also submitted a Retention Efforts Letter describing a stipend to be funded from the monthly supervision fee. The stipend would be held in a restricted account that can be spent only by the President Judge for the Adult Probation Department; the board formally acknowledged the letter and the proposed stipend mechanism.
The grants together total $63,800 in new state funding for probation programs for the 2025–2026 period. The record does not specify implementation dates or detailed program budgets beyond the grant awards; the commissioners did not request amendments on the floor. The board adjourned at 11:02 a.m.
Votes at a glance: Intermediate Punishment Treatment Grant ($35,000) — approved; Continuing County Adult Probation/Parole Grant ($28,800) — approved. All votes recorded as "all in favor."
