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Spokane juvenile court says BECCA funding cut will end case management for 300 youths
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Tori Peterson, director of Spokane County Juvenile Court Services, said a July 1 reduction in BECCA-related state funding will cut case management for about 300 youths and sharply reduce Spokane’s BECCA allocations.
Tori Peterson, director of Spokane County Juvenile Court Services, told the regional SCRIBE meeting that a state reduction to BECCA-related funding will sharply curtail local case management for truant and at‑risk youth.
"This funding ends July 1...greatly reduced, reduced by 70%," Peterson said, describing a cut that reduced statewide BECCA funding from about $7 million to $2 million and removed roughly $1.3 million that had been coming to Spokane. The reduction, she said, will mean Spokane can no longer provide case management for many of the approximately 300 youths currently…
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