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Morgan County approves application for up to $850,000 in 2027 community corrections grant
Summary
Morgan County commissioners voted 3–0 March 2 to let Court Services apply for the 2027 adult community corrections grant, not to exceed $850,000; the grant will fund home detention electronic monitoring, staff and leased equipment and is reportedly non‑matching.
Morgan County commissioners voted 3–0 on March 2 to allow Court Services to apply for the 2027 adult community corrections grant, not to exceed $850,000.
Miranda Boamp, assistant chief probation officer at Court Services, asked the board for approval. "We are requesting commissioner approval to apply for the 2027 adult community corrections grant. not to exceed $850,000," she said, adding the award is not a matching grant and would fund the county's home‑detention electronic monitoring program.
Boamp told commissioners the grant helps pay officers who administer the program and the leased equipment that tracks participants. She said Court Services has applied for and received the funding roughly since 1985 and described the program as a less costly alternative to incarceration.
Commissioner Brian Ker moved to allow the application; the motion was seconded and carried by voice vote, 3–0.
County staff said the grant period would run Jan. 1, 2027, through Dec. 31, 2027, and that program participants also pay user fees that offset costs. Commissioners and staff discussed the broader legislative context and the need to monitor state budget actions that could affect funding in future years.
The board took no additional fiscal action at the meeting; the vote authorized submitting the application only. Any subsequent award and acceptance would require separate approval and appropriation.
