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Commissioners approve juvenile court’s status-offense diversion grant application
Summary
The Board approved a grant application to expand juvenile diversion services; the grant would be mostly reimbursable and would fund additional diversion programming and training if awarded.
The Board approved a juvenile court grant application to expand the county’s status-offense diversion programming.
Jennifer Mokler, supervisor for juvenile court probation, presented the application and said the grant would support expanded diversion services for truancy and other status offenses and would build on an existing local diversion program. Mokler said the grant application was for about $100,000 and that the draft submission prepared by staff was for about $114,000; she told the board that roughly 75 percent of eligible costs could be reimbursed and that the county would need to plan for potential future local costs if the ISD (intermediate school district) did not assume some ongoing expense.
A motion to approve the juvenile court application was made, seconded and approved by the board; no individual votes were recorded in the meeting minutes provided.
Key details: Mokler said the county’s diversion and pre-diversion work has reduced the share of truancy referrals going to court and that the grant would allow training for mentors and expansion of school-based programs. If awarded, the grant would support program staff and training and would require local budget planning for the non-reimbursable portion.
