Oregon DOC presents $370M community corrections budget, urges adoption of updated cost study

The Department of Corrections told the Public Safety Subcommittee on March 12 that community corrections carries an approximately $370 million biennial budget and urged consideration of an updated six‑year cost study that would increase the department's per‑day capitated supervision rate from $15.09 to $18.18.

Jeremiah Stromberg, Assistant Director for the Community Corrections Division, told the committee that the department passes most community corrections dollars through to counties for supervision, sanctions and services; the presentation said the $370 million figure and the capitated daily rate are used to calculate baseline funding tied to the state forecast that will be updated April 1. DOC said the $15.09 per‑day rate reflects current statutory baseline calculations; a more recent time study and county financials presented to the committee would set the rate at $18.18 per day and, using the October forecast cited by DOC, corresponded to about $68 million in additional funding needs (the department said this number would change with the April forecast).

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