1. Community Corrections 2017 Budget

2. Building safer communities by protecting the community, repairing the harm and reducing the risk.
Department Mission

3. Overview Staffing proposed at 85.8 full time equivalents
Includes one additional probation officer
Resources have been shifted to address:
supervision needs
case management services
client programing

4. Adult Division Services
65.4 Full Time Equivalents
Services to more than 11,200 clients in 2017
Diversion - including Veteran’s Program
Probation and Parole Supervision
Specialized Caseloads
Community-based groups
Pre Trial Conditional Release
Transfer (to other jurisdictions)
Sex Offender
Domestic Violence
Female Offender
Enhanced Supervision
Offender Recovery Program (ORP)
Re-entry

5. Adult Division Highlights
Pre-trial conditional release numbers have continued to rise
Dosage probation initiative will start year two in 2017
Reentry Assistance Program (RAP) is thriving
New collaborative with Sheriff’s Office to provide groups in the jail to address criminal thinking and behavior
Probation Officer assigned to work with offenders leaving the jauil

6. Pretrial Supervision
Goal: Ensure appearance at next hearing and public safety in the interim
Supervision of defendants who have yet to be convicted or sentenced
Common conditions include no contact with victims, drug testing, and electronic alcohol or location monitoring
Key tool in managing county jail population

7. Annual Adult Pretrial Clients
Will this level out?

8. Pretrial Supervision
In 2015, shifted staff resources to address this issue
2017 includes a $33,000 increase in Drug Testing and Electronic Monitoring expenses
Proposing one new full-time Probation Officer
Defendants being released into the community will receive less supervision without the addition of this position

9. Dosage Probation National Institute of Corrections
additional year of technical assistance
funding evaluation on the effectiveness of the model
Working with providers to better target their services to our clients
Increased risk reduction interventions with high risk clients
Improved collaboration with criminal justice stakeholders.

10. Offenders in Sentence to Service will contribute 85,000 hours to the community in 2017

11. St. Croix Bluffs Brush Removal
Sentence to Service
St. Croix Bluffs Brush Removal

12. Sentence to Service Food Shelf Garden
Planted Green Beans, Corn, Potatoes, Lettuce, and Carrots. To be donated to local food shelves.

13. STS Total Hours/County & State Related Hours
STS Total Hours County Related Hours State Hours

14. Washington County Sentence to Service will offset more than $1
Washington County Sentence to Service will offset more than $1.2 million dollars worth of jail beds in 2017.

15. Juvenile Division Services
13.4 Full Time Equivalents
Services to more than 1,000 clients in 2017
Diversion
Probation Supervision
Residential Placement
Community-Based Programming
Multi-systemic Therapy (MST)
Community Options Program (COP)
PLACE

16. Juvenile Restitution
Recent trends suggest we may reach as high as 88% of restitution cases paid in full for 2016
11% increase since stipend reinstatement in 2014
How much money
34 kids

17. Diversion Partnerships
Youth Service Bureau, Inc. and
Lakes Area Youth Service Bureau
diversion conferences
community work service
counseling
parent education

18. Juvenile Placement No change in placement budget for 2017 Projecting:
16% increase in the number of Juvenile placements for 2016
Only a 7% increase in total placement days for 2016
Anticipate both of these to level off in 2017

19. Juvenile Placements vs. Expenses 2014-2017
Graph/para what child placement will be

20. East Central Regional Juvenile Center
Joint powers with nine counties
Secure detention and dispositional beds
Contract for five beds
$449,260 for 2017
Average Daily Bed Usage
2011
3.83
2012
3.86
2013
4.25
2014
2.93
2015
5.28
Did not pay for unused beds in 2015.

21. Alternatives to Placement: Community-Based Services
P.L.A.C.E. (day treatment)
Multi-Systemic Therapy
Community Options Program

22. PLACE Program
Provides an alternative to out-of-home placement for delinquent youth
Operates in partnership with District 833
Serves up to 10 kids from across the county
In addition to school and groups to address behavioral change students participate in life skills that include shopping, cooking and cleaning

23. Library Collaboration
Three events connected PLACE students in the community and classroom to our County Libraries in 2016
Engaged youth in services focused on teens and young adults
Moving to monthly events in 2017

24. PLACE Summer Program Decision Points: problem solving intervention
Authors of Thinking for a Change; minimum of 8 sessions; open group allows for added flexibility that increased client enrollment, attendance, and successful completion of programming.
Decision Points: problem solving intervention
Open enrollment throughout summer months
Serving high-risk juvenile male probationers

25. 2017 Budgeted Revenue $10,608,800
2016 fee projection

26. Offender Fee Impact Fees impacting court decisions on use of probation
Most fees are paid by a relatively small number of people
The waiver rate is not likely to reflect actual needs of many clients
Too many people going to collections
Ineffective use of staff time to collect some fees

27. Goals Increase the number of non-indigent people who pay their fees
Equitably waive those who qualify
Set clients up for future success
Make effective use of staff time in collecting fees

28. Recommendations to Effectively Use Staff Time
Eliminate the community work service fee
Minimal revenue compared to staff time to manage collections
Impact ~$1,000 annually
Eliminate the transfer out fee
80% don’t pay
Impact ~$5,000 annually

29. In-House Collections 2017 Budget Proposal Improved collections
Take advantage of revenue recapture

30. Recommendation to increase the number who pay
Create a 50% fee for people earning between 125% and 200% of federal poverty guidelines
More reasonable fee for the working poor
Limited knowledge about those who don’t apply for a waiver
Impact of $30,000 to $50,000 over time

31. 2017 Budgeted Expenses $10,608,800

32. Summary 4.67% increase overall $367,500 increase in levy funding
No increase in Community Corrections Subsidy
Net non-levy increase of $106,000 (Fees)
Increased use of electronic monitoring
In-house collections
For the first time in many years the percent of State increase matched the County's

33. Questions?