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County youth diversion coordinator reports 72 referrals, funding gaps after state grant shortfall
Summary
The county's youth diversion coordinator told commissioners the program has received 72 referrals, has an active caseload of 35 youth and faces a funding shortfall after an expected state grant award was reduced; municipal partners, local fees and a likely $10,000 reallocation from ETCOG were presented as partial funding sources.
Jennifer, the Van Zandt County youth diversion coordinator, updated the commissioners on the county’s new youth diversion program, reporting 72 referrals to date, an active caseload of 35 youth and that “nearly a third of those cases have been successfully completed.” She told the court that the program is operating across all five municipal courts in the county under signed memorandums of understanding.
Jennifer said the program was developed after a change in state rules allowing counties to operate a consolidated diversion program rather than separate city programs. She described close cooperation with juvenile probation, the…
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