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Juvenile Justice Center seeks permission to apply for $15,825 Partnership for a Drug Free SJC grant
Summary
The Juvenile Justice Center requested and received board permission to apply for a $15,825 Partnership for a Drug Free Saint Joe County grant to fund 5 Star Life substance-use curriculum with staff support for juveniles in the facility.
The Saint Joseph County Board of Commissioners on June 24 granted permission to the Juvenile Justice Center (JJC) to apply for a Partnership for a Drug Free Saint Joe County grant worth $15,825 to support in-facility substance-use disorder education and staff-led programming.
Tara Payano, director of operations at the JJC, told the board the grant would fund 5 Star Life programming with staff support rather than the center’s previous video-only curriculum. Payano said the program includes leadership training, staff professional development and staff-led sessions aimed at teaching coping skills and healthy relationships to juveniles. Payano said the JJC learned on June 13 that it could apply and that the grant application deadline was June 16; the JJC has not applied for this Partnership grant previously, to her knowledge.
Payano said the application sets measurable goals drawn from the state epidemiological profile report and the Indiana Youth Survey: decrease drug or alcohol use among Saint Joseph County residents age 12 and older by 3 percent in 2025–26, and decrease reported youth drug use (including marijuana) by 5 percent. She said the JJC would measure outcomes and that staff support for the curriculum is essential because prior programming had been video-only and funding for staff-led instruction had been lost.
The board approved permission to apply by voice vote recorded as: Mr. Hornblatt — Aye; Mr. Hazen — Aye; Mr. Hazen — Aye.
