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DIVISION FOR PROBATION AND CORRECTIONAL ALTERNATIVES


                          Adjusted     Executive     Legislative                       
                           Approp.       Request         Approp.
                           2000-01       2001-02         2001-02       Change

STATE OPERATIONS
  General Fund           2,371,500      2,414,400      2,414,400            0 
  Special Rev.-Fed.              0        360,000        360,000            0 
  Total for 
  STATE OPERATIONS:      2,371,500      2,774,400      2,774,400            0 

AID TO LOCALITIES
  General Fund          89,284,800     87,350,500    100,100,500   12,750,000 
  Total for 
  AID TO LOCALITIES:    89,284,800     87,350,500    100,100,500   12,750,000

Agency Mission

The Division of Probation and Correctional Alternatives (DPCA) provides financial aid and technical assistance to local probation departments and not-for-profit organizations that provide alternative sanctions for offenders.

Year-to-Year Change

The Executive proposes an All Funds decrease of $1,531,400 or 1.7 percent. This represents an All Funds State Operations increase of $402,900 or 17 percent and an Aid to Localities decrease of $1,934,300 or 2.2 percent.

Legislative Proposals

The Executive proposes a reduction in State Fiscal Year 2001-02 of $4,061,000 in Alternative To Incarceration (ATI) funding. The Assembly restores funding for these important programmatic efforts. In addition, funding for the Intensive Supervision Probation program is restored. The Assembly proposes a total funding increase of $8,750,000 to restore and enhance these important programs.

The Assembly provides $4,000,000 in funding for supervision, monitoring and mandatory treatment of certain non-violent drug offenders.


ALTERNATIVES TO INCARCERATION - ADDITIONAL FUNDING.
ALTERNATIVES TO INCARCERATION - RESTORATION.
PROBATION & ATI SUPERVISION AND SERVICES - NON-VIOLENT DRUG OFFENDERS.
$4,689,000
$4,061,000
$4,000,000
ATL/GEN
ATL/GEN
ATL/GEN