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Vigo County officials outline juvenile center transition, seek funds for medical care and training
Summary
County staff and judges told the budget committee the county juvenile center will move from the sheriff's control back under the court in January; officials requested that medical care and annual required training be budgeted in the juvenile budget because the nonreverting fund that had been supporting those items is shrinking.
Vigo County officials told the budget committee that control of the county juvenile center will formally move back under the courts at the start of the calendar year and that the county needs to reconfigure how it pays for on-site medical care and mandatory staff training. Those changes, officials said, will increase the juvenile center's 2026 budget request.
Court and county leaders described the switch as an administrative change tied to who is ultimately liable for conditions in the juvenile facility.
Officials said juvenile medical services previously were paid from the sheriff's budget but need to move into the juvenile center's budget when control transfers. The same vendor that provides jail…
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