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District Court urges council to restore full-time eviction diversion position as grant ends
Summary
District Court Administrator Anithia Brewer told the Committee the court's eviction diversion program, recognized nationally, is losing external grant support and the court's request for a full-time facilitator position was denied in the proposed budget; Brewer urged council to reconsider to sustain the program.
District Court Administrator Anithia Brewer told the Lansing City Committee of the Whole on May 5 that the court's eviction diversion program — developed with support from the National Center for State Courts — has helped thousands of households and needs continued local funding now that the grant is ending.
Brewer said the program has been highly active: “To date, he has worked directly with 19 61 families. Currently over 1,300 households are…
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