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Commission approves grant application to add juvenile caseworker in public defender’s office
Summary
The board authorized submission of an OJJDP grant to add a juvenile-focused caseworker in the public defender’s office to provide wraparound services and track outcomes for juvenile clients; the motion passed 3–2 amid questions about sustainability after the grant ends.
Pennington County commissioners on Oct. 7 approved the submission of a three‑year grant application to the U.S. Department of Justice Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) to fund an additional caseworker in the county public defender’s office.
The grant application, presented by Jennifer Williams Kroll (grant manager) and Eric (public defender), is for the OJJDP’s “enhancing juvenile indigent defense” program. The requested grant would fund one full-time equivalent…
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