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Commissioners approve MOU with Metropolitan Community College for youth case manager to support micro-credential program
Summary
Douglas County approved an interlocal agreement with Metropolitan Community College to create a county-based youth and family engagement specialist — funded in year one by MCC and a $50,000 City of Omaha district grant — to help system-involved 17–24-year-olds access short vocational credential courses.
The Douglas County Board of Commissioners on March 25 approved an interlocal agreement to let the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office host a youth and family engagement specialist who will connect system-involved 17–24-year-olds with short "micro-credential" training at Metropolitan Community College (MCC).
The memorandum of understanding formalizes a partnership between the county and MCC that, for year one, combines MCC funding and a $50,000 district community grant from Omaha City Councilman Ron Hugg to pay salary and benefits. Commissioners approved the MOU on a 7–0 vote (motion by Commissioner Friend; second by Commissioner Kavanaugh).
Sheriff’s Office representatives said the position grew from a 2023 pilot in which MCC and Avenue Scholars ran two micro-credential cohorts (cell-phone repair and basic construction) for system-involved young people. The…
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