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Senate committee hears data and personal testimony on Family Sentencing Alternative program
Summary
Officials briefed the Senate committee on the Family Sentencing Alternative Program, a multi-county diversion that keeps eligible single parents in the community; presenters described program metrics, a pending bill to remove the program's sunset and alumni testimony about reentry and recovery.
The Senate Committee on Early Childhood and Behavioral Health held an informational review April 22 of Oregon’s Family Sentencing Alternative Program (FSAP), a diversion program that allows eligible parents who are sole providers to remain in the community under intensive supervision rather than serve a prison sentence.
Jeremiah Stromberg, assistant director for the Department of Corrections’ Community Corrections Division, described the program’s origins amid earlier justice-reinvestment efforts and said FSAP was designed as a community-based option for eligible, nonviolent people who are sole caregivers. The program launched as a pilot across five counties — Columbia, Jackson, Marion, Multnomah and Washington — and provides enhanced, family-centered supervision: probation officers carry reduced caseloads (roughly half a standard load) and participants receive supports such as treatment, housing assistance, help with…
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