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Officials raise concerns about community corrections funding and oversight during canvass meeting
Summary
During the canvass meeting, a commissioner cited an audit and argued community corrections programs are underfunded and lack timely state payments and local oversight; staff and others clarified that community corrections operates under the Department of Corrections and that funding structure is complex.
During the canvass meeting, commissioners discussed concerns about state funding and oversight for community corrections programs, citing an article in the local reflector and an audit that, participants said, found programs undercompensated and lacking timely state payments.
Speaker 2 raised the issue and said the county had been "not being compensated for" services and that state payments are not timely. "They're underfunded anyway," Speaker 2 said, adding that formulas had been recalculated and local programs were "way underfunded." Speaker 2 also said local officials have limited discretion over how some state funds are spent.
Speaker 6 and others clarified that community corrections programs work for the Department of Corrections and that some state representatives may not understand the local administrative arrangement. "Community corrections works for the Department of Corrections," Speaker 6 said.
Meeting participants discussed the complexity of funding streams — adult, juvenile and diversion programs are managed separately — and the difficulty of reconciling multiple funds. Speaker 2 said she had sent the article to representatives and suggested more follow-up would be required to reconcile accounts and to determine what local actions, if any, are appropriate.
No formal action was taken at the meeting on community corrections funding; Speaker 1 and others requested follow-up information and documents to better understand parcel counts for a tax-sale agenda item and the financial reconciliation that Sherry (name mentioned) must complete.
