Focus Area: Financial Status

Timeframe Issues Personnel Information Sources
24 - 72 hours
2 weeks - 1 month
  • personal debts
  • court fines and fees
  • restitution
  • support obligations including child support
  • benefit enrollments (including enrollment of family members)
  • ability to reduce or suspend support obligations that would otherwise accumulate during the period of incarceration
  • corrections intake counselor
  • child support enforcement specialist
  • court / sentencing report
  • public welfare records
  • community corrections records
  • child support enforcement agency records
  • victim services agency records
Ongoing
  • ability to engage in institutional work to make payments towards financial obligations
  • employment specialist
  • corrections counselor
  • employment program policies and procedures
Prerelease
  • eligibility for TANF, supplemental security income, food stamps, and other benefits
  • earnings potential (given criminal history / convictions)
  • corrections counselor
  • employment specialist
  • specialized benefits counselor
  • employment records
  • program participation
  • community-based medical and mental health records
Community Supervision
  • income and employment status
  • disability and / or indigency
  • feasibility of meeting scheduled payments towards financial obligations given earnings / disability / indigency
  • eligibility for waiver of fines and fees or community service
  • court personnel
  • community corrections officer
  • employment records
  • paystubs, bank statements
  • tax returns
  • community-based medical and mental health records