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Dunn County expands youth voice in juvenile system with $14,000 grant and new incentives
Summary
Dunn County Human Services received a $14,000 state grant to grow a Youth Leadership Team (YLT). County staff report 11 youth attended the first 2025 meeting; staff are using stipends, food and new small-group formats to increase participation and build life skills.
Carrie Nearing, one of Dunn County Human Services’ family and children services managers, told the Health and Human Services Board on Feb. 27 that the county has won a $14,000 Department of Children and Families grant to expand a Youth Leadership Team (YLT) that brings people with youth justice experience into system design.
The state-created YLT invites people aged roughly 14–21 with current or prior involvement in the youth justice system to advise on policy and programming. Nearing said the initiative prompted the state to shift from the term “juvenile justice” to “youth justice” after youth participants objected to the negative connotation of “juvenile.”
Nearing said…
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