Justice Programs moves services in-house; committee hears testing, DOJ audit and policy changes

Dec 22, 2025

The Judicial General Government Committee was told Justice Programs moved to in-house operations, resumed referrals across treatment and OWI programs, restarted drug and alcohol testing that found high initial positive rates, received TAG grant funds, and underwent a DOJ audit with recommendations to follow.

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The Portage County Judicial General Government Committee heard that Justice Programs has moved operations in-house and resumed accepting referrals, a change the program said has increased face-to-face services and monitoring.

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