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Questions Over Halfway House Funding
By thedailyjournal.com
Published: 06/21/2010

A close friend, political contributor and adviser to Gov. Chris Christie is a top-ranking employee of Community Education Centers Inc., the largest company providing the state with treatment centers for former inmates.

Christie has said the state is in dire financial straits and has made massive cuts in his proposed fiscal 2011 budget, but funding for the treatment centers -- traditionally known as halfway houses -- is set to increase $3.1 million. It's one of the rare programs to receive additional funding under Christie.

The final treatment center budget under the state Department of Corrections will be $64.6 million, if the Legislature approves the budget.

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