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Craighead County, Arkansas · Craighead County 2026 adopted budget

Craighead County — the money trail

$59,784,096.05
This is Craighead County's 2026 budget as adopted by the quorum court's appropriation ordinance and filed with the state as a scanned copy. We use the 'budgeted amount' for each office and fund in the ordinance's list of maximum amounts, checked against each office's budget page. County General includes $4,553,500.00 of 'interfund transfers' to other county funds, so those dollars may be counted again in the fund that receives them. Click any number to see exactly where it comes from. Where the trail goes dark, it becomes a numbered issue in the docket. New here? Read our story or take the plain-words tour.
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Where it goes — $59,784,096.05 appropriated

▶County General Fund1000$28,810,743.7648%✓ Sourced
Printed total is $28,810,743.76; the departments listed add to $28,810,743.77.
▶County Judge1000-0100$589,961.39○ Cited
▶County Clerk1000-0101$814,156.67○ Cited
▶Circuit Clerk1000-0102$397,473.35○ Cited
▶County Treasurer1000-0103$246,922.17○ Cited
▶County Collector1000-0104$532,760.73○ Cited
▶County Assessor1000-0105$1,735,058.75○ Cited
▶Equalization Board1000-0106$15,426.11○ Cited
▶Quorum Court1000-0107$312,515.67○ Cited
▶Building Maintenance1000-0108$1,132,607.32○ Cited
▶Election Commission1000-0109$299,262.43○ Cited
▶County Planning Board1000-0110$15,000○ Cited
▶Computer Services1000-0114$500,388.7○ Cited
▶Lake City Clerk1000-0117$14,558.5○ Cited
▶Soil Conservation Dist.1000-0118$11,000○ Cited
▶Crowley's Ridge Dev Council1000-0119$5,000○ Cited
▶Economic Development1000-0120$143,250○ Cited
▶Association of Arkansas Counties1000-0124$4,122○ Cited
▶Interfund Transfers1000-0125$4,553,500○ Cited
▶East Ark. Planning & Dev. Dist (2020 Census)1000-0126$20,021.58○ Cited
▶COBRA & Retiree Health Insurance1000-0127$12,000○ Cited
▶County Health Unit1000-0300$47,467.3○ Cited
▶St. Bernards Healthcare1000-0308$5,000○ Cited
▶County Sheriff1000-0400$5,389,072.58○ Cited
▶Trial Court Administrator1000-0401$10,000○ Cited
▶Trial Court Administrator I1000-0402$10○ Cited
▶Trial Court Administrator II1000-0403$10,000○ Cited
▶Trial Court Administrator III1000-0404$10,000○ Cited
▶Trial Court Administrator IV1000-0405$10,000○ Cited
▶Trial Court Administrator V1000-0406$10,000○ Cited
▶Trial Court Administrator VI1000-0407$10,000○ Cited
▶Trial Court Administrator VII1000-0408$10,000○ Cited
▶District Court1000-0409$1,324,342.32○ Cited
▶Juvenile Court1000-0414$655,028.45○ Cited
▶Prosecuting Attorney1000-0416$35,473.39○ Cited
▶County Jail1000-0418$7,336,164.9725% of fund○ Cited
▶County Coroner1000-0419$250,684.08○ Cited
▶Constable1000-0420$4,884.19○ Cited
▶Circuit Court1000-0422$950,301.31○ Cited
▶Drug Task Force1000-0424$220,507.95○ Cited
▶Deputy Prosecuting Atty.1000-0425$389,387.68○ Cited
▶Victim/Witness Assistance1000-0435$289,346.45○ Cited
▶Office of Emergency Management1000-0500$172,726.51○ Cited
▶Veterans Service1000-0800$167,418.02○ Cited
▶County Extension Office1000-0801$133,977.7○ Cited
▶Paupers & Welfare1000-0802$6,000○ Cited
▶Consolidated Youth Services1000-0804$465.5○ Cited
▶Senior Citizens1000-0805$2,500○ Cited
▶Disabled American Veterans1000-0808$5,000○ Cited
▶Employee Insurance Fund1002$2,743,8695%✓ Sourced
▶Capital Fund1892$3,651,5306%✓ Sourced
▶County Road Department Fund2000$11,476,648.7819%✓ Sourced
▶Additional Motor Fuel Tax Fund (Act 416 of 2019)2003$377,0001%✓ Sourced
▶Crowley's Ridge Gravel Trail TAP Grant2998$156,010✓ Sourced
▶Treasurer's Automation Fund3000$105,814.8✓ Sourced
▶Collector Automation Fund3001$503,646.751%✓ Sourced
▶Circuit Court Automation Fund3002$99,510✓ Sourced
▶WD District Court Automation Fund3003$126,108.94✓ Sourced
▶Assessors Amendment 79 Fund (Property Tax Relief)3004$154,760✓ Sourced
▶County Clerk's Cost Fund3005$71,200✓ Sourced
▶Recorder's Cost Fund (Circuit Clerk)3006$987,034.322%✓ Sourced
▶County Public Library Fund (1 Mill Tax)3008$744,7421%✓ Sourced
▶Child Support Cost Fund (Circuit Clerk)3012$8,420✓ Sourced
▶Communication Facility & Equipment Fund (Sheriff)3014$383,853.561%✓ Sourced
▶Drug Control Fund (Sheriff)3015$20,000✓ Sourced
▶Jail Operation & Maintenance Fund (Cost Defrayment)3017$336,6301%✓ Sourced
▶County Detention Facility Fund (Booking & Adm Fee)3018$20,000✓ Sourced
▶Boating Safety Fund (Sheriff) (Emergency Rescue Water)3019$26,010✓ Sourced
▶Emergency 911 Fund3020$239,056.4✓ Sourced
▶Indigent Criminal Defense Fund (Public Defender)3026$139,094.41✓ Sourced
▶Adult Drug Court Fee Fund (Circuit Court)3028$1,800✓ Sourced
▶Public Safety Fund (District Court)3029$437.49✓ Sourced
▶Juvenile Probation Fee Fund (Services and Supplies)3031$37,819.1✓ Sourced
▶Circuit Clerk Commission Fee Fund3039$5,600✓ Sourced
▶Assessor's Late Assessment Fee Fund3042$31,995✓ Sourced
▶District Court Specialty Court Fund3045$51,000✓ Sourced
▶American Rescue Plan Fund3046$3,998,765.747%✓ Sourced
American Rescue Plan money budgeted as grants-in-aid (dept 0116).
▶Adult Drug Court-Opioid Settlement3048$28,899.7✓ Sourced
▶Drug Abuse Resistance Education Fund (D.A.R.E.)3490$6,500✓ Sourced
▶Sheriff Federal Drug Forfeiture Fund3492$300✓ Sourced
▶ED District Court Automation Fund3494$7,120✓ Sourced
▶Juvenile Detention Facilities Grant Fund3501$31,167✓ Sourced
▶Juvenile Officer Supplemental Grant Funding3508$8,921✓ Sourced
▶Homeland Security Grant Program3521$311,963.651%✓ Sourced
▶Veteran Treatment Ct Discretionary Grant Program3522$301,918.721%✓ Sourced
▶STAR Court Discretionary Grant Program3523$319,283.321%✓ Sourced
▶STAR Court Peer Recovery Program3526$39,525.45✓ Sourced
▶Supplemental Juvenile Court Funding3527$7,480✓ Sourced
▶DPS Public Safety Equipment Grant3530$10✓ Sourced
▶BJA FY22 Adult Drug Court Discretionary Grant Program3532$233,508.16✓ Sourced
▶Craighead County Saferoom Project Grant Fund3533$10✓ Sourced
▶Craighead County STAR Court Grant Fund3549$60,070✓ Sourced
▶District Court DWI Court Fund (Grant)3578$15,000✓ Sourced
▶Court Improvement Program (CIP) Grant3583$10,000✓ Sourced
▶Crisis Stabilization Unit Grant Fund3589$1,080,0002%✓ Sourced
▶Law Library Fund6009$63,544✓ Sourced
▶Jonesboro Public Library Fund6400$1,949,7753%✓ Sourced