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County to reconvene Chapter 980 committee after Racine asks for regional help placing civilly committed persons
Summary
Walworth County supervisors voted July 16 to refer a Racine County resolution and reconvene the county's Chapter 980 (civil commitment) committee to consider long-term options after Racine asked for help placing people committed under state civil-commitment law.
Walworth County supervisors voted July 16 to refer a Racine County resolution to the county's Chapter 980 committee and to reconvene that advisory panel to explore options for placing persons civilly committed under Chapter 980 of the Wisconsin Statutes. County staff and supervisors described an urgent placement problem: placements for persons committed under Chapter 980 must meet statutory distance restrictions (setbacks from schools, churches, nursing homes, parks and residences with children), making it extremely difficult to find compliant private rental properties. A staff presentation said the county previously spent several hundred thousand dollars considering purchase of property to meet placement obligations when a 2021 discharge…
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