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Oregon DOC presents six-year community corrections cost study, proposes higher capitation rates
Summary
The Oregon Department of Corrections told the Public Safety Subcommittee that a statutorily required six‑year cost study supports raising the community corrections capitated rate from $15.09 per day; agency forecasts lower projected supervision populations, reducing the initial funding request.
Mike Rees, director of the Oregon Department of Corrections, and Jeremiah Stromberg, assistant director of the Community Corrections Division, told the Public Safety Subcommittee on May 6 that the department completed a statutory six‑year cost review intended to reset the community corrections capitated rate.
The study found the current local control/capitated rate is $15.09 per person per day and that a fully loaded rate could be as high as $18.18 per day. "That rate is sitting at $15.09 per day," Jeremiah Stromberg said, describing how the department calculates per‑person costs by combining a time study of staff effort with county financial data.
The nut graf: The study is intended to reflect increased staff time and service intensity since earlier time studies and to inform the Legislature whether additional state funding is needed to cover counties' costs for supervising people on probation, parole and other community programs.
Stromberg described the department's…
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