Item Description:
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2024 Hennepin County Community Corrections Comprehensive Plan
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Resolution:
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BE IT RESOLVED, that the Hennepin County Fiscal Year 2024-2025 Comprehensive Plan as presented to the Criminal Justice Coordinating Committee as the statutorily required corrections advisory board be approved; that the Comprehensive Plan incorporate the approved 2024 budget for the Department of Community Corrections and Rehabilitation; that the Chair of the Board be authorized to sign the Hennepin County Comprehensive Plan Fiscal Year 2024-2025 on behalf of the Board, to be submitted to the Commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Corrections; and that the County Administrator be authorized to sign the resulting state grant agreement.
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Background:
The Hennepin County Community Comprehensive Plan Fiscal Year 2024-2025 is a requirement of Minn. Stat. §401.06 The DOCCR comprehensive plan provides:
• A description of Hennepin County size, geography, and demographics
• DOCCR’s administration and correctional services
• Information on our strategic plan
• Focus on pre-trial, diversion and other services
• Narrative on core interventions and evidence-based practices programming
• Victim concerns
• Correctional fees
• Contracted services
• Budget
• Highlights
Minnesota Statute §401.02 requires that a corrections advisory board be established to provide “for the preparation of a comprehensive plan.” Hennepin County has designated the Criminal Justice Coordinating Committee (CJCC) to fulfill that statutorily required responsibility. The Comprehensive Plan is scheduled to be reviewed and approved by the CJCC in February and reviewed by the Minnesota Department of Corrections (MN DOC) in March, which may result in minor changes. County Administration will review and submit the final plan and sign the resulting grant agreement after MN DOC approval and confer with the Board as needed.
The total MN DOC approved in CCA Subsidy for Hennepin County in state fiscal year 2024 (and 2025) is $24,392,676, which is an increase of $7,121,894 from the prior year award of $17,270,782.
The Comprehensive Plan will be on file with the Clerk of the County Board.
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Recommendation from County Administrator: Recommend Approval