State, Counties to Split Juvenile Detention Costs, Maybe
February 11th, 2016 by Mike Vasilinda
The state and counties have been at war over how juvenile detention centers are paid for for more than a decade. At least 23 counties have filed lawsuits against the state, alleging overcharges from a system that relied on estimates of human kids would be locked up. Today, a Senate committee approved a flat cost proposal that has the state and counties splitting the cost of juvenile detention. Leon County Commissioner Nick Maddox says the legislation is a big step forward.
“Its a twelve million dollar saving to counties and that’s very important and cost sharing is a better model for us all. I know for Leon County it’s about 120 thousand dollars a year. We’re currently paying about 970. This takes us to 850, which is great for us” says Maddox.
Lawmakers made it clear that all of the counties suing the state would have to drop their law suits for the legislation to move forward.
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