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Wayne County Community Corrections board approves $1.02 million FY2026 grant application
Summary
The Wayne County Community Corrections Advisory Board approved a $1,017,899.76 fiscal year 2026 grant application that allocates funding to local programs and keeps salaries under the Michigan Department of Corrections 30% cap; a $250,000 violence-prevention contract remains pending approval.
At a Wayne County Community Corrections Advisory Board meeting, the advisory board approved the fiscal year 2026 grant application requesting $1,017,899.76 to fund local community corrections programs and staffing.
The grant application allocates funds across multiple programs: $145,000 for Lakeridge Village (cognitive behavioral therapy); $50,000 for the jail-based program; $125,000 for community domestic-violence programming; $45,000 for drunk-driving programs; $75,000 for trauma services through Black Family Development Inc.; $50,000 for Wayne County fugitive apprehension; $21,000 for five-day housing; and a pending $250,000 line for a Real Solutions violence-prevention contract. The application designates roughly $379,000 for salaries, which the board said keeps personnel costs at 26.93%, under the Michigan Department of Corrections’ 30% salary threshold.
Lester Thomas, administrator for Wayne County Community Corrections, summarized the application and the budget breakdown. Thomas said the application “keeps us under the 30% threshold” for salaries and outlined the other categories, including contractual services, equipment, supplies, travel, training and board expenses.
Ebony McCann, transition services division director, addressed programming gaps identified in the application, including education and employment services targeted at people reentering the community. McCann said, “in years past we have not provided programming for [registered offenders] specifically, and or education and employment services.” She described a prior “wrap” vocational program at the Detroit Reentry Center that was discontinued after the facility closed and after program statistics did not demonstrate effectiveness at that location. McCann said the grant and local partnerships would allow staff to leverage community-based curricula from vendors such as Goodwill Industries and Detroit at Work.
Board members asked about specific line items. When one board member noted the last-page categories showed zero for education and employment, Thomas and McCann said the violence-prevention curriculum contains an education and employment component and that board members could direct staff to add or prioritize a separate offender education or employment curriculum.
The board moved and seconded approval of the fiscal year 2026 grant application; the motion passed. Thomas said staff will submit the approved application to the Michigan Department of Corrections and keep the board informed about award decisions.
The approved application includes the pending Real Solutions violence-prevention contract, which the board and staff said requires final contract placement; earlier in the meeting Thomas said staff expected commission approval at the next full commission meeting and that, if approved, implementation would likely begin in June.
