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Commission briefed on statewide community supervision reforms, new funding formula and standards
Summary
Overview of the Community Supervision Advisory Committee’s work: a single funding stream with additional $43 million, adoption of LSCMI risk tool as baseline, required risk screening and case planning for moderate/high-risk cases, training and quality assurance expectations, and a planned workload study and data reporting improvements.
Commission members heard an overview of recent legislative-driven reforms to how Minnesota counties deliver probation and community supervision, including a new single funding stream, minimum standards, required assessments and training, and steps to improve statewide data and workload analysis.
Assistant Commissioner (presenter) summarized reform drivers as: funding, the size of the community supervision population, and lack of uniform standards across county delivery systems. The presenter told the commission Minnesota has a comparatively high community supervision population and that the 2023 legislation created a single equitable funding formula and added $43 million to support community supervision agencies.
What the advisory committee recommended and the commission heard - One funding stream and…
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