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Union County approves Redeploy DHS budget and yearly subcontract agreements to expand juvenile services
Summary
County commissioners approved the county's Redeploy DHS application budget, a 10% indirect cost allocation to the county, and annual subcontract agreements with multiple providers to deliver services to youth across the First Circuit.
Union County commissioners approved the county's Redeploy Illinois/DHS application budget and a set of annual subcontract agreements to fund community-based services aimed at reducing youth incarceration.
Becky Pierce, the program director for the First Circuit Redeploy program, summarized the budget and the work the program funds. "We deploy seats to increase to decrease incarceration and provide intervention to youth within the first circuit rather than sending them to IDJJ," Pierce said, describing the program's core aim to use local services and diversion to avoid state juvenile incarceration.
The budget presented by Pierce covers…
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