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Street College tells Champaign County it needs help to sustain juvenile detention programming; three months of funding remain
Summary
Street College presented to the Champaign County Board about weekly programming inside the juvenile detention center, said it costs $8,600 per month and has funding for about three more months, and asked the board to help identify funding sources; board members and staff discussed possible grants and budget options.
Jay Walker, representing Urbana-based nonprofit Street College, told the Champaign County Board Committee of the Whole that the organization provides in‑facility programming at the county juvenile detention center and needs help securing funding to continue services.
Street College provides three signature courses — an entry-level music production class, a podcasting/audio storytelling class, and a civics/dialogue course — delivered two times per week in two- to three-hour sessions. Walker said five to six instructors engage detained youth and that the program’s reconnection model…
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