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KDOC budget review: behavioral-health ask and community supervision cost advantages
Summary
KDOC staff told legislators that community corrections is substantially cheaper per person than incarceration and highlighted a budget request to expand behavioral-health grants and staffing. The department provided FY21-FY26 tables and a FY27 enhancement request focused on staff wages and behavioral-health funding.
KDOC fiscal staff summarized the department's community corrections funding and proposed enhancements to meet rising costs and service needs.
Nicole Rincher, KDOC fiscal analyst for corrections, told the Select Committee the department's community corrections funding is largely appropriated from the state general fund, with some special revenue support from a community corrections supervision fund funded by DUI fines. She provided tables of…
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