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Kinsey Youth Center director says shelter care operating funds shrinking as facility rebuilds services
Summary
County officials and Kinsey Youth Center leadership debated staffing levels and program revenue at the Sept. 11 budget workshop; the Kinsey director said the program faces operating pressure and asked the county to maintain personnel funding while the center rebuilds occupancy and revenue.
Kinsey Youth Center leadership told Howard County officials Sept. 11 that the county-run juvenile shelter care program is operating below planned occupancy and that operating flexibility is needed while the center reconstitutes services.
“Kenzie has been shut down for two months” earlier in the year for compliance work, Kinsey staff said during the workshop. “I only have $40,000 left,” the Kinsey director said when describing the facility’s narrowed operating cushion. Kinsey staff explained the unit is…
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