SUBJECT:
Title
Present Letter Dated July 13, 2026, from the Florida Department of Juvenile Justice Regarding the County’s Shared Cost for the State’s Fiscal Year
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INITIATOR:
DEPARTMENT:
Mike McCain, PE, Executive Director
Administration
DESCRIPTION/BACKGROUND:
In accordance with Chapter 2021-219, Laws of Florida, the Florida Department of Juvenile Justice is required to provide each county that is not a fiscally constrained county and that does not provide its own detention care for juveniles, with that county's annual percentage share and its individual portion of total shared detention costs for the state's fiscal year by July 15 of each year. For each county that is not a fiscally constrained county and does not provide its own detention care for juveniles, the individual county's portion of detention funding is calculated by multiplying its annual percentage share by 50 percent of the total actual shared detention costs. The annual individual portion is payable in 12 equal payments due on August 1 and the first day of each month thereafter until the annual amount is paid in full. Attached is the FY 2026-27 secure detention cost sharing billing by county.
BUDGET/IMPACT:
None
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Recommended action
For information only.
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