Community Corrections 2019 Budget

Building safer communities Department Mission Protecting the community Repairing the harm Reducing the risk

2019 Budgeted Revenue $11,744,900

2019 Proposed Expenses $11,744,900

2019 Requests Office support coverage Pretrial services Risk reduction programming “Stepping Up” planning and coordination mental health issues in our jail population

Office Support Needs Sustained growth in workflow areas Significant growth with high contact clients Five front desk operations

Support Tasks Time sensitive inventory for 3 locations Ordering equipment Packaging and returning equipment Setting up initial billing

Add one full-time Office Support II position Recommendation Add one full-time Office Support II position

Adult Division 71.8 full-time equivalents More than 12,000 client services Diversion-including Veteran’s Program Probation and Parole Supervision Specialized caseloads Community-based programming

Adult Division Highlights Pretrial services continue to grow, especially electronic monitoring Demand for risk reduction programming Staff efficiencies new drug testing technology Earned release through dosage probation Mental health issues in our jail population

Pretrial Services Reduces impact on jail National shift away from money bail Disparate impact on indigent and people of color Added a probation officer in 2017 Electronic monitoring costs for indigent

$150,000 to cover electronic monitoring services Recommendation $150,000 to cover electronic monitoring services

Risk Reduction Programming Dosage Probation Dosage probation has delivered over 16,000 of risk reduction programming to clients Saved 100 years of probation supervision Demand for risk reduction programming exceeding current capacity by more than 20,000 hours

Dosage Probation Programming

High Risk - Programming Status

Client Experience with Probation Officer

Recommendation Add one full-time Probation Officer to provide risk reduction programming

Ocular Testing Efficient & cost effective Dignified way to screen for drug use Rewards sobriety Less than a minute to self administer

Stepping Up National Association of Counties sponsored initiative to address the intersection of mentally ill people ending up in jail Mentally ill inmates have: Longer stays in jail Cycle through more frequently

Stepping Up Work Group Sheriff, Directors of Community Services, Public Health, and Community Corrections County Attorney joining future meetings Met April through July of 2018 Significant cross departmental planning and coordination needs Board workshop September 2018

Recommendation Add one full time Planner using Mission Directed Budget Savings to plan and coordinate the Stepping Up initiative

Sentence to Service (STS) Recycling and Energy Center clean up

Cottage Grove Ravine Park Trail clearing Lake Elmo Park Reserve Wood bundling

Sentence to Service will contribute more than 76,000 hours to the community and save more than a million dollars of jail beds in 2019

Juvenile Division 14.0 full-time equivalents Services to more than 1000 clients Diversion Probation Supervision Community-based programming Residential placement

Juvenile Division Highlights Implementing recommendations from probation system review Cost of out-of-home placement Emerging issue - PLACE Program future

Juvenile Probation System Review Facilitated by Robert F. Kennedy National Resource Center Three of four site visits completed Preliminary findings in development Final report and recommendations expected by year end

Juvenile Placements

Juvenile Placement Expenditures (excluding LEC holds)

Juvenile Placements (excluding LEC holds)

PLACE Program Alternative to out-of-home placement for delinquent youth Cottage Grove Service Center Partnership with District 833 Serves kids from across the county

PLACE Program continued South Washington School District Special Services Department will eliminate funding for PLACE by fall of 2019 Exploring options with District’s General Education Department and the Alternative Learning Center Program Evaluating effectiveness of PLACE as an alternative to out-of-home placement

New Requests for 2019 1 - Office Support II $150,000 - electronic monitoring services 1 - Probation Officer – risk reduction programming 1 - Planner - “Stepping Up” coordination