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Community Corrections reports improved recovery-court outcomes; county accepts a $30,000 grant for personnel
Summary
Megan Lewis told commissioners June intake and year-end outcomes for juvenile and adult services, summarized recovery court outcomes from a recent BJA grant and asked the board to approve KDOC year-end reports and a $30,000 opioid-settlement grant agreement with the City of Manhattan; the board approved both actions.
Megan Lewis (Community Corrections) presented monthly and year-end reports for juvenile and adult services and summarized recovery court outcomes tied to recent grants.
Lewis reported 21 juvenile intakes in June and said the recovery court program has totaled 70 participants under the BJA-funded period with notable outcomes in reduced positive drug tests at graduation and average days of sobriety. "During the course of that BJA grant... we had 70 total participants and 69 graduation rate with an average age of 34 years," Lewis stated in the presentation materials; she also said the program submitted reimbursement requests and closed one grant while seeking other funds.
The commission voted to approve the KDOC year-end reports and also approved a 2027 grant agreement with the City of Manhattan for $30,000 in opioid-settlement funds to support recovery-court personnel costs. Lewis told commissioners the grant paperwork had been reviewed by counsel and presented with no outstanding legal concerns.
Why it matters: the actions secure short-term funding to support personnel costs in Riley County's recovery-court programming and document year-end outcomes required by KDOC.
