Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
KDOC Pauses Proposed Community Corrections Funding Formula After County Concerns
Summary
The Kansas Department of Corrections announced it will pause a proposed funding formula that would reallocate existing community corrections grant dollars after county officials and legislators raised concerns about data validation and potential public-safety impacts.
The Kansas Department of Corrections announced it will pause implementation of a proposed funding formula that would redistribute existing state grant dollars for community corrections across the state's 31 judicial districts.
KDOC Secretary Jeff Samood told the Select Committee for Government Oversight the proposal grew from a multi-month effort to develop a formula that officials described as "data driven and data outcomes" and intended to be "transparent, equitable, and compliant with the statute." The department proposed weighting 60% of funding to supervised caseloads by risk level and the remaining 40% across poverty, court filings, a crime…
Already have an account? Log in
Subscribe to keep reading
Unlock the rest of this article — and every article on Citizen Portal.
- Unlimited articles
- AI-powered breakdowns of topics, speakers, decisions, and budgets
- Instant alerts when your location has a new meeting
- Follow topics and more locations
- 1,000 AI Insights / month, plus AI Chat
