The Institutional Operations Programming Skill Enhancement is one of three treatment programs created from the former Institutional Operations Programming Program in FY 2008. Skill Enhancement is one of two branches managed by Programming Administration in the Department of Corrections.
During the 2015 General Session, the Legislature appropriated for Fiscal Year 2016, $5,455,300 from all sources for Programming Skill Enhancement. This is a 1.5 percent increase from Fiscal Year 2015 revised estimated amounts from all sources. The total includes $5,454,800 from the General/Education Funds, an increase of 1.7 percent from revised Fiscal Year 2015 estimates.
The Institutional Operations Programming Skill Enhancement program is one of three programs created from the former Institutional Operations Programming program in FY 2008 (an additional program - Programming Education).
Skills Enhancement consists of seven different areas in programming:
- Sex Offender Treatment
- Recreation
- Volunteer Services
- Recidivism Reduction
- Library Services
- Central Utah Correctional Facility (CUCF/Gunnison) Programming
- Draper Programming
COBI contains unaudited data as presented to the Legislature by state agencies at the time of publication. For audited financial data see the State of Utah's Comprehensive Annual Financial Reports.