The Starke County Community Corrections Advisory Board recently held a quarterly meeting where the board members approved the 2023 performance measures, and annual reports for all three IDOC grant funded programs. Those programs include Community Corrections, Pre-trial Probation, and the Jail Treatment Program.
Continue readingThe Starke County Commissioners took action Monday night to unanimously approve a letter of support toward Starke County Court Services’ request for grant funding for Fiscal Year 2023.
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The recent merger of Starke County Community Corrections with the County Probation Department will result in better services, as well as cost savings. That’s according to Shawn Mattraw. He’s the director of the new entity, known as Starke County Court Services. “Well, the big difference is that it’s going to [be] a cost savings,” he says, “The past structure, when we were separate entities, we had a director in Community Corrections and a chief probation officer. Those positions were funded pretty nicely. Now, those positions have been eliminated, and it’s just me.”
