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• 7/2: Call with the CAPPAC funding subcommittee (nine members) and eight PCCD staff to discuss the proposed funding formula.
• 7/7: Call with Deputy Executive Director (County Commissioners Association of Pennsylvania) to discuss potential for additional state funding for probation to hold counties harmless under a new formula.
• 7/8: Call with Senior Policy Advisor (Bureau of Justice Assistance) to discuss potential funding formula.
Monthly Status:
The funding subcommittee met on October 1 and heard a presentation by PCCD researcher which reconstructed the dismal history of grant-in-aid funding in Pennsylvania—the funding method that was repealed by JRI 2.0, Act 115.
From the CSG Justice Center’s perspective, this project is concluded. The subcommittee appears ready to adopt a formula consistent with the recommendation of PCCD and the CSG Justice Center.
Monthly Status:
The funding subcommittee meeting scheduled for September 3 was cancelled. Review of the consultant report to the funding subcommittee is pending BJA approval.
New Insights:
Moving the probation funding process under the PCCD instead of the Board of Parole, as enacted in Act 114, was itself a significant system improvement in terms of state-level engagement with the probation field and staff capacity.
Monthly Status:
The funding subcommittee met on August 6 and reviewed a proposal for the funding formula developed by CSG Justice Center and PCCD staff. The formula relies in equal parts upon two measures of the volume of people under supervision, with each weighted by a comparative measure of the challenges represented by the people under supervision. The two measures are (1) sentences to probation, including split sentences to probation, with the sentencing severity (OGS/PRS) index as a weight multiplier and (2) reported caseloads, with the risk index weight multiplier.
Monthly Status:
The funding subcommittee met on July 2 and reviewed a proposal for the funding formula that relies in equal parts upon two measures of the volume of people under supervision, with each weighted by a comparative measure of the challenges represented by the people under supervision. The two measures are (1) sentences to probation, with the sentencing severity (OGS/PRS) index as a weight multiplier and (2) reported caseloads, with the risk index as a weight multiplier.
Monthly Status:
The funding subcommittee met on June 4 and reviewed new information on sentences to probation and risk assessment of people on probation.
New Insights:
Monthly Status:
The May 7 funding subcommittee was cancelled pending further data development.
New Insights:
A new funding formula will either have to hold all counties harmless until additional state funding is provided, or certain counties, notably Philadelphia, will have dramatic decreases in state funding.
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