DDEPARTMENT: Office of the County Manager
FILE TYPE: Regular Action
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Adoption Of Resolution Of Support For Efforts Of Community Supervision Work Group
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PURPOSE/ACTION REQUESTED
Adopt a resolution of support of the efforts of the Community Supervision Work Group and urge the legislature to pass a new funding formula and significant appropriation during the 2023 legislative session.
SUMMARY
Dakota County supports changes to the community supervision funding model so that state fund allocations are transparent, needs based, and equitable among county and state supervision providers. Counties need a substantial increase in community supervision funding to achieve this model. Community supervision is a fundamental part of the criminal justice system in Minnesota and funding sufficient to ensure effective services is vital to public safety in all communities across the state community supervision includes services such as probation, supervised release, and intensive supervised release.
Minnesota's counties provide essential community supervision services both as mandated by M.S. Chapter 244.19 and also as delegated by the Department of Corrections under M.S. Chapter 401; When the Legislature decided that community supervision was best delivered through a state-county partnership, it stated a clear intent that the state would provide significant funding to the counties for the operation of local programs. Over the past 20 years, Minnesota has become the state with the lowest level of corrections funding in the nation because the Legislature has not upheld its promise to provide adequate state resources to support community supervision. The Legislature's failure to adequately fund community supervision has increased local property taxes on residents and businesses.
A revised community supervision funding formula is necessary to ensure that all communities in Minnesota have enough state funding to provide a consistent standard for effective, evidence...
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