{
  "type": "entity-timeline",
  "title": "Judge Ready's program changes funding source",
  "caption": "About $250,000 paid from opioid settlement money this year is requested from county general next year as settlement funds shrink.",
  "source": {
    "label": "Vigo County Budget Committee, 2026-08-12 — Judge Ready's program identified at about $250,000, paid from opioid funds this year, 1:48:34",
    "href": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SI1Sw5K1LHE&t=6514"
  },
  "unit": "usd",
  "alt": "A two-event timeline for Judge Ready's drug-treatment court program shows about 250,000 dollars paid from opioid settlement funds in 2026 and about 250,000 dollars requested from Vigo County general funds for 2027 because settlement money is shrinking and not guaranteed.",
  "dataTable": {
    "columns": [
      "Budget year",
      "Funding source",
      "Approximate amount",
      "Status"
    ],
    "records": [
      [
        2026,
        "Opioid settlement funds",
        250000,
        "This year's cost"
      ],
      [
        2027,
        "County general fund",
        250000,
        "Requested; included in approved courts budget"
      ]
    ]
  },
  "footnote": "The highlight is flagged and describes both amounts as about $250,000; it does not say the program itself was newly approved.",
  "entity": {
    "name": "Judge Ready's drug-treatment court"
  },
  "lanes": [
    {
      "id": "opioid",
      "label": "Opioid settlement"
    },
    {
      "id": "general",
      "label": "County general"
    }
  ],
  "events": [
    {
      "date": "2026-01",
      "label": "This year's funding",
      "description": "About $250,000 from opioid settlement money",
      "lane": "opioid",
      "amount": 250000
    },
    {
      "date": "2027-01",
      "label": "Next year's request",
      "description": "About $250,000 from county general",
      "lane": "general",
      "amount": 250000
    }
  ],
  "theme": "default"
}