WI AB297

Department of Corrections must award performance grants to adult probation and parole offices that increase employment rates among supervised individuals in their regions above a baseline average from fiscal years 2021-22, 2022-23, and 2023-24

Grant amounts are calculated by multiplying the percentage point improvement in employment rates by the number of supervised individuals in the region, then multiplying by $2,500

Regional offices must use grant funds exclusively to provide bonuses for their employees

Offices are disqualified from receiving grants if their region experienced an increase in revocations due to new crimes in the previous fiscal year

DOC must publish annual outcome-based measures including employment rates, recidivism rates by employment status, supervision completion rates, and estimated state savings from reduced incarceration costs