Eleventh Judicial District administrator presents FY2026 community corrections plan; commission approves

The Crawford County Commission approved the Eleventh Judicial District Community Corrections comprehensive plan and fiscal year 2026 budget after a presentation by the district administrator.

Eleventh Judicial District Court Administrator Mackin presented the FY2026 allotment and program summary, saying the total allotment for the district would be $1,126,736.90, which the administrator broke down into $977,008.31 for correctional services and $148,905.20 for behavioral health monies.

“The allotment for 2026 is $1,126,736.90. That includes correctional services for $977,008.31 and also it includes the behavioral health monies, which is $148,905.20,” Mackin said during the presentation. He described program components — cognitive restructuring, Decision Points and Moral Reconation Therapy (MRT) — and summarized 2024 revocation statistics, staffing turnover and success-rate requirements under state statute.

Mackin told commissioners that community corrections programs are statutorily expected to achieve a 75% success rate; the district’s current success rate is about 71.7% to 72% depending on the metric he cited. He said the program had 51 revocations in 2024, with 22 of those revocations tied to new felony convictions and additional revocations for misdemeanors; he also noted that many staff have roughly two years’ tenure, which affects continuity and training. Mackin said the district is training staff as in-house trainers to reduce onboarding time for core programming.

Commissioners asked for clarifications about the budget breakdown and behavioral health funds. Mackin said behavioral health monies are used in partnership with local mental health centers to provide treatment and services for offenders assigned to community corrections. He said program enrollment in the district typically covers about 350 individuals at any given time (an individual can have more than one court case), and that the district is monitoring potential state-level changes to the funding formula.

After the presentation, a commissioner moved and the commission seconded a motion to approve the Eleventh Judicial District Community Corrections comprehensive plan and budget for FY2026. The motion was seconded and approved on the record; commissioners also discussed scheduling a future work session to review program details.

The district administrator and county staff will follow up with additional documentation and a signature page for the approved plan as recorded in meeting materials.