BOCC Work Session 11/4/26, 1:30 p.m. - Community Justice Alternatives

Larimer County Board of County Commissioners work session on Community Justice Alternatives (CJA), November 4, 2026. CJA reported receiving $84,700 in partial Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant funding for a one-year pilot, expected to begin in April 2027, to hire a male peer-support specialist with lived experience. The department will explore sustaining the position through vacancy savings, possible Medicaid billing for eligible treatment services, and state Correctional Treatment Fund dollars. CJA also described a three-year partnership with Colorado State University for a tobacco-cessation program, funded at just under $200,000 per year and focused primarily on residential Community Corrections clients. No contracts, bids, or purchasing approvals were presented, and no spending-related motions or votes were taken.

The session focused on CJA’s case-management and supervision services, which staff said covered 3,860 people across pretrial, community service, work release, community corrections, competency, and treatment programs. Commissioners discussed implementation of Colorado’s recently passed mandatory domestic-violence lethality-assessment requirement by July 1, 2027; staff noted that the law’s fiscal note did not provide funding for implementation, and local coordination is ongoing. The meeting was informational, with no formal action items identified.