Sedgwick County wins pause after KDOC's proposed 38% cut to community corrections funding

Commissioner Ryan Beatty, Sedgwick County commissioner for District 4, said the Kansas Department of Corrections planned a 38% cut to the county's community corrections funding and that county leaders secured a temporary pause after direct talks with KDOC leadership.

The proposed change would reallocate how the state distributes Community Corrections Act (CCA) funds established in 1978, and Beatty said the cut would total nearly $2,100,000 and threaten the county's ability to provide supervision to an average daily population of about 1,100 felony offenders. "Based on that new formula, the Kansas Department of Corrections was scheduling Sedgwick County to receive a 38% cut in KDOC funding. 38%. We were shocked when we heard this news," Beatty said.

Why it matters: Sedgwick County, which Beatty said has the state's largest community corrections caseload and receives nearly 25% of supervised individuals sent from other Kansas communities, relies on KDOC allocations to…