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Klamath County director warns justice-reinvestment cuts could force closures, bed reductions and service cuts
Summary
Community Corrections director warned that state funding changes and law changes are reducing county justice-reinvestment income, likely forcing elimination of positions, housing contracts and hundreds of thousands in savings measures; he recommended not applying for a competitive supplemental grant.
Eric Heltman, director of Community Corrections, told the Klamath County Board of Commissioners on July 1 that legislative funding changes and law reforms have sharply reduced state grants that support local community corrections programs and that the county will likely face substantial program and staffing reductions.
Heltman reviewed multiple pieces of recent legislation and commission guidance, including references to House Bill 5005 and materials summarized by the Association of Oregon Counties. He said changes to how deflection programs and behavioral-health floors are funded will reduce per-program allocations and that the legislature’s biennial decisions have effectively reduced funding available to counties for deflection work.
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