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AGENCY TESTIMONY
FY2026 budget overview and allocations
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The Department of Correction presents an overview of its fiscal year 2026 executive budget, highlighting key allocations and increases. The budget reflects investments in various programs and initiatives to improve the department's operations.
- The department's budget for FY2026 is $1.3 billion, with 87% allocated for personal services and 13% for other than personnel services.
- The budget increased by $288 million compared to the FY2025 adopted budget.
- Specific allocations include funding for substance misuse services, the Lightning Law platform, and a new virtual visitation platform.
Francis Torres
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Now we will briefly turn to the fiscal year twenty twenty six executive budget.
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As of the fiscal year twenty twenty six financial plan, the department's budget is 1,300,000,000.0.
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The vast majority of this 87% is allocated for personal services and 13% for other than personnel services.
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The fiscal year twenty twenty six executive budget increased by $288,000,000 compared to fiscal year twenty twenty five.
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Adopted budget of 1,000,000,000.
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Some of the increases of the executive budget include a federal grant funding for the Bureau of Justice Assistance Comprehensive Opioid Stimulant and Substance Use Site Based Program.
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With allowances of 10,000 in fiscal year twenty twenty five, an additional 586,000 in fiscal year twenty twenty six, and 340,000 in fiscal year twenty twenty seven respectively.
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This grant will help expand substance misuse services for department's high risk, high needs population through the addition of five substance misuse counselors.
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We receive an additional 1,000,000 baseline funding beginning in fiscal year twenty twenty six for Lightning Law.
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Also in fiscal year twenty twenty six, we received 1,400,000 for the virtual visitation web based platform that will improve virtual visits.