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Wayne County ratifies FY2026 community corrections application to Michigan Department of Corrections
Summary
The committee ratified a FY2026 community corrections plan and application submitted to the Michigan Department of Corrections to fund local programs serving about 4,500 sentenced Wayne County offenders, including domestic violence treatment, cognitive behavioral therapy, drunk-driver programs and GPS tether supervision.
The Wayne County Committee on Public Safety, Judiciary and Homeland Security ratified a one-year community corrections plan and the county’s FY2026 application to the Michigan Department of Corrections Office of Community Corrections. County staff said the application was submitted on time and seeks funding for a range of programs serving sentenced individuals in the county.
“...our 2026 grant application that is submitted annually to the Michigan Department of Corrections to provide funding for our community corrections programming and staff,” said Ebony McCann, director of the Transition Services Division in the Wayne County Department of Health, Human and Veterans Services. McCann said the department received exigent approval from Chair Bill on May 28 and submitted the application by the Michigan Department of Corrections deadline of June 1.
McCann described programs included in the application: domestic violence treatment both inpatient and outpatient (in jail and in the community), cognitive behavioral therapy delivered in the jail, a drunk-driver jail-reduction program in the community, a recently approved violence-prevention curriculum that will run in the community, and support for the Wayne County Sheriff’s Office for fugitive apprehension and GPS tether supervision for individuals on pretrial supervision. McCann said the application is intended to fund programming and staff to deliver those services.
The county packet describes the program as serving approximately 4,500 sentenced Wayne County offenders. McCann said the department sought ratification of the already-submitted application and that, if awards are received, the department will return to the commission to report the actual award amounts.
Commissioner Wilson moved approval of the plan and application with support from Commissioner Clemente; the committee announced the motion carried. The meeting record does not include a roll-call tally for the vote.
The committee’s ratification allows staff to proceed with local program operations contingent on the state award and to report back with actual award figures once the Michigan Department of Corrections issues them.
