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Pine County probation director reports $244,250 restorative justice grant and falling new probation entries
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Probation Director Terry Faucet told the board Pine County received $244,250 from the Office of Restorative Practices to expand youth restorative justice services, reported fewer new probation entries in the last year, and summarized successful truancy and electronic monitoring programs.
Pine County’s probation director told the Board of Commissioners the county will receive a $244,250 award from the Office of Restorative Practices to expand youth restorative justice services and that the department is showing measurable reductions in some formal referrals.
Terry Faucet, the county probation director, said the grant will begin Aug. 1 and includes $29,000 earmarked for juvenile restitution. He said the award “enables us to expand our services to include the community” and cited grant writer Reese (who authored the application) and local partners as key contributors.
Faucet presented the department’s annual snapshot and said new offender entries on probation were 396 in the most recent 12-month period, a…
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