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Juvenile center cites chronic staffing shortages, proposes institutional license and reports rising out‑of‑county revenue
Summary
Juvenile justice officials told the committee that staff vacancies remain high, the center plans to pursue an institutional license for higher‑risk boys while shrinking community‑based beds, and out‑of‑county contracted beds are projected to bring significant county revenue.
The Juvenile Justice Center director told the committee on July 16 that staffing shortages continue to constrain operations and shape program decisions, even as the center pursues expanded contracted beds for other counties.
The director said the county created 13 assistant supervisor positions (converted from 14 youth-care-worker slots) and has kept the assistant-supervisor posts consistently filled, but that frontline youth-care-worker positions remain underfilled: the center currently has about 20 youth-care workers on staff of an authorized 43. “We currently have 17 kids in our detention unit, and out of those 17, 9 of them are from out of…
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