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Community corrections director reports staffing, program and grant updates; new walk-in intake and monitoring app highlighted

Atchison County Commission · November 18, 2025
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Catherine Sparks told commissioners the KDOC workbooks were approved, the department is piloting walk-in intakes and a Repath monitoring app, and that grant and evidence-based funding changes may not arrive until FY2028. She reported caseload numbers and recent program activity.

Catherine Sparks, Atchison County Community Corrections director, gave a quarterly update covering July–September activity, program changes and grant prospects.

Sparks said both KDOC workbooks were approved and noted a minor $5 discrepancy in the accounting workbooks that staff are documenting and working with KDOC to resolve. She described two internal amendments already signed: one moved salary and benefit line items to match actual pay structure and funded a one-week sober‑living placement for a client; the…

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