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Riley County commissioners approve applications to two grants for community supervision and services
Summary
Community Corrections staff reported program caseloads and recovery court outcomes and commissioners voted to allow the department to submit a Carolyn Pine Foundation letter of intent and a BJA FY25 strengthening community supervision application.
Megan Lewis, Riley County Community Corrections (speaker 12), briefed the commission on February program activity and two grant opportunities. She said February saw six intakes and described ongoing juvenile and adult supervision caseloads, recovery court participation and program graduations.
Lewis asked for permission to submit a Carolyn Pine Charitable Foundation letter of intent to fund direct client services and for approval to submit a Bureau of Justice Assistance FY25 strengthening community supervision agency operations grant. She said the BJA grant would support a supervision platform expansion, additional part-time staff (a compliance officer and a peer support specialist), increased random drug testing seven days a week, direct client services (housing, dental, vision and prescriptions), training, a program evaluator and IT costs.
Commissioner (speaker 1) moved to allow Community Corrections to submit the Carolyn Pine letter of intent; the motion was seconded and approved by voice vote. A subsequent motion to approve submission of the BJA FY25 application was moved, seconded and approved by voice vote as well.
Why this matters: The grants, if awarded, would provide three years of federal funding capacity to expand supervision tools and direct services that the department said reduce recidivism and support program participants. Lewis said recovery court shows lower recidivism compared with typical community supervision and summarized that some participants graduate while others transfer or are revoked.
Next steps: Staff will submit the Carolyn Pine LOI and finalize the BJA application by the grant deadlines; commissioners approved both submissions during the meeting.
