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Staff: state grant reductions shifted community corrections costs to user-fee fund
Summary
Staff told the committee that a statewide reduction in community corrections funding required moving some staff costs into the 11.22 user-fee fund; packet includes an award letter and a county breakdown showing the state-level loss.
Staff member (S2) explained the reason for several line-item changes: a grant reduction led to shifting some administrative salaries and benefits into the 11.22 account, which S2 emphasized "is strictly user fees." S2 also referenced an award letter from the state of Indiana and a county-level breakdown indicating community corrections lost funding statewide.
S2 said fund 11.23 contains state money used for early-release clients (the county receives $25 per day for approved clients), and that 11.23 should only be spent if eligible clients are present. The committee reviewed the award letter included in the packet and acknowledged the county's estimated state-level reductions.
