Shasta County Probation is planning to cut five vacant positions as it prepares for a delayed CALAIM rollout on Oct. 1, 2026, Chief Probation Officer Tracy Neal told supervisors during budget hearings earlier this month.
Neal said the department is also drawing down restricted Community Corrections Partnership, or CCP, funds and SB 823 balances, and that those reserves may not sustain current spending much beyond 2028-29 or 2029-30. In the same presentation, she described a department that is still investing in operations, including a new vocational shop, greenhouse work and a digital program tracker at the Juvenile Rehabilitation Facility.
The staffing cuts appear to be tied to a broader effort to align probation spending with shrinking restricted funds, even as the department waits to implement CALAIM, the state health care program it has been planning to use for juvenile justice-involved youth. The transcript excerpt does not identify which five positions are being eliminated.
Neal’s presentation also pointed to other changes at probation’s juvenile campus, including a West Campus open house planned for July 23 and facility upgrades that the department said are underway.
The budget hearing summary and transcript are available through the county’s meeting video archive on Swagit.
