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County allocates juvenile justice reinvestment funds to Watertown Boys & Girls Club
Summary
Codington County commissioners voted to allocate state juvenile justice reinvestment (JJRI) incentive dollars to the Watertown Boys & Girls Club to support diversion services after an update from the county diversion director.
Codington County commissioners voted Jan. 14 to allocate state juvenile justice reinvestment initiative (JJRI) incentive dollars to the Watertown Boys & Girls Club to support the county’s youth diversion program.
Director of the county youth diversion program Lewis Canfield told the commission the program closed 108 successful diversions between July and the end of 2024 and now has about 121 active cases. Canfield said the state raised the diversion incentive from $2.50 per successful diversion to $7.50, and that “the county received about $237,000 last year,” funds which the…
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