Performance grants based on improving employment rates for individuals on probation, parole, or extended supervision. (FE)

Under the bill, an office that receives a grant may spend up to 15 percent of the funds on data collection and administration for the grant and must spend at least 85 percent of the funds to improve supervision and rehabilitative services for individuals on probation, parole, or extended supervision who reside in the office's region. The bill specifies that the services may include implementing evidence-based practices for risk and needs assessments; implementing intermediate sanctions such as community service, home detention, or work furlough programs; expanding the availability of evidence-based practices for rehabilitation programs such as drug and alcohol treatment, anger management, and vocational training; hiring personnel to implement evidence-based practices for rehabilitative and vocational programming; procuring new technologies or equipment to supervise or rehabilitate or provide vocational training; and evaluating the effectiveness of programs.

The bill requires DOC to develop and publish outcome-based measures for each region such as the employment rate and the average length of employment for individuals on probation, parole, or extended supervision; the percentage and employment status of individuals on probation, parole, or extended supervision who are convicted of a crime while on the supervised status; the number and employment status of individuals on probation, parole, or extended supervision who complete their period of supervised status; the programs for individuals on probation, parole, or extended supervision that were created or eliminated; and an estimate of savings to the state as a result of reduced correctional costs due to lower crime rates among individuals on probation, parole, or extended supervision.

The bill requires DOC to work with the offices to prepare annual reports for the legislature. The reports must be available to the public and must include information about the effectiveness of the performance grants based on outcome-based measures and recommendations regarding resource allocations or collaboration with other state, regional, or local entities or other regions for improvements to the performance grant program.