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Sheriff’s community corrections presents 2025–27 biennial plan as state funding tightens
Summary
Crook County Community Corrections presented its 2025–27 biennial plan to the Board of Commissioners, outlining how reduced state funding will change local programming and how most state funds are directed to supervision and sanction beds.
Brian (presenter) and the county’s community corrections manager presented the biennial community corrections plan required by the Oregon Department of Corrections for the 2025–27 biennium to the Crook County Board of Commissioners on Sept. 24. The plan describes program priorities, a tighter budget than prior biennia and which services the office can no longer fund.
Why it matters: Community corrections manages parole and probation supervision funded largely by state grant funds. Commissioners heard that Crook County has received less state funding this cycle and that some previously funded services — notably county payments to cover indigent clients’ costs for certain vendor‑run programs — have been removed from the plan.
The presenter said the majority of state grant funds go to supervision costs — roughly 75% — covering probation officer salaries, buildings and internal service charges. The remainder funds sanction beds (county jail nights used when a supervised person violates conditions) and local‑control beds (short sentences served locally rather than at a state prison). The manager explained sanction beds are actual jail beds paid for out of the grant when deputies book supervised clients for violations.
The plan also notes continued outside funding supporting specialty courts and mental‑health staffing, including Justice Reinvestment and Criminal Justice Commission grants that fund a mental‑health technician who works in the office and jail. The manager said some prior items — such as the county subsidizing costs for certain court‑ordered non‑Oregon Health Plan programs — will no longer be paid by the county and will instead be the client’s responsibility to afford or to address with the sentencing judge.
Board members asked whether formal adoption was required. Staff said the formal step is the grant contract the county has already signed to accept the funds; the plan’s presentation meets the required local‑public‑safety‑coordinating‑council and county‑presentation steps. The board did not take a formal vote on the plan.
Ending: Staff said the plan will continue to be implemented under the signed grant contract and that the changes reflect state funding reductions and the county’s efforts to preserve core supervision services while trimming fewer‑used supportive payments.
