Riley County approves FY25 juvenile and adult services outcome reports and extends KSU recovery-court evaluation contract

Riley County commissioners approved annual outcome reports for fiscal year 2025 covering juvenile and adult community corrections programs and authorized an extension of the county's contract with Kansas State University to continue the third-party evaluation required under a Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) grant.

Megan Lewis, corrections director, presented statistics for juvenile services and adult services for fiscal year 2025. Juvenile intake and assessment totaled 201 intakes for FY25; 48 of those were juvenile-offense intakes with 44% (21 of 48) identified in the fourth quarter as new arrests, and 90% of juveniles were not reoffending across the reporting period, Lewis said. Lewis reported the juvenile intensive supervision program had a 90% success rate and that staff administered 32 cognitive behavioral intervention tools in FY25. Staff compliance and timeliness metrics were presented: 86% of YLS (Youth Level of Service) entries were entered within 5 business days; 83% compliance with case-plan audits addressing moderate and high risk needs.

For adult services, Lewis reported a 65% success rate for supervision terminations: 82 of 126 individuals terminated successfully, with a 35% revocation rate. Adult-services staff completed a new agency-wide case-plan training run by the Kansas Department of Corrections, introduced a moved evening for a cognitive class to improve attendance, and reported 1,051 kudos cards distributed to clients to increase positive reinforcement ratios.

Lewis asked commissioners to approve the KDOC FY25 juvenile services and adult services year-end outcome reports; commissioners moved and seconded each approval and recorded "Aye" votes; the transcript shows the chair then signed the documents.

Lewis also asked the commission to approve an amendment extending the county's contract with Kansas State University to provide an external evaluation for the county's recovery-court program through the extended BJA grant period ending March 31 (year in transcript). Jacob Hansen, interim county counselor, told commissioners the agreement had been reviewed by counsel and recommended for approval. The commission moved, seconded and approved the extension; the transcript records "Aye" votes and the chair signing the approval.

The transcript does not list individual commissioner roll-call votes or provide dollar amounts for the KSU contract in the public discussion. Commissioners approved the outcome reports and the extension by motion.