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Strategy A.1.2. Progressive Sanction Levels 1-3Total Amount Appropriated for Fiscal Year 2010: $14,120,361 and Fiscal Year 2011: $14,120,361Established FY 1996Progressive Sanctions Juvenile Probation Officers (Grant F) Description and Funding MethodologyDescription. The Progressive Sanctions Juvenile Probation Officer (PSJPO) Grant provides funding to juvenileprobation departments for the salaries of officers whose primary responsibility is to provide supervision to juvenileson Levels 1, 2, or 3 of the Progressive Sanctions Model. The Legislature appropriated funds for 409 juvenile probationofficers beginning in fiscal year 1996 and an additional 184 officers were funded beginning in fiscal year 1998. Theobjective of the Progressive Sanctions JPO grant is to decrease juvenile probation officer caseloads by increasing thenumber of juvenile probation officers.In previous fiscal years, $5,100,000 was appropriated under this strategy to provide funds for juvenile probationservices and/or juvenile justice programs for juvenile assigned to the Progressive Sanctions Model Levels 1, 2, or 3.These funds are now included in Strategy A.1.1. Basic Probation Services based on changes made to the TJPC budgetduring the 81 st Texas Legislative session.Funding Allocation Methodology. The allocation formula for the Progressive Sanctions JPO (PSJPO) Grant is based onthe same weighted population formula used to determine basic state aid funding. The PSJPO grant is used for thepurpose of salary and associated benefits for only those juvenile probation officers whose primary responsibility is thesupervision of juveniles on Levels 1, 2, or 3 of the Progressive Sanctions Model. The salary amount for a PSJPOallocated in the 1996-1997 biennium is $22,179 annually. The salary amount for a PSJPO allocated in the 1998-1999biennium is $27,567 annually.GOAL B: COMMUNITY CORRECTIONSStrategy B.1.1.Community Corrections ServicesTotal Amount Appropriated for Fiscal Year 2010: $93,587.112 and Fiscal Year 2011: $90,587,112Established FY 1994Community Corrections Grant (Grant Y) Description and Funding MethodologyDescription. The Community Corrections Grant provides funding to local juvenile boards for the purpose ofdeveloping community-based probation programs and services for juveniles at-risk of commitment to the Texas YouthCommission (TYC).Funding Allocation Methodology. Community Corrections funding is allocated using a three-tiered formula based onjuvenile-age population and felony referrals. Seventy-five percent of community corrections funding is allocatedbased on the juvenile-age population (Tiers One and Two) while 25% of funding is allocated based on felony referrals(Tier Three). An additional “tier” was added in fiscal year 2008 when additional funding was appropriated for theCommunity Corrections Grant. This new “tier” distributes the additional funding based on the county’s tax base asreported by the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts.68 TEXAS JUVENILE PROBATION COMMISSION, DECEMBER 2011