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Children’s Justice Center requests small training and therapy budget increases as caseloads rise
Summary
The Davis County Children’s Justice Center told the Budget Committee it needs modest 2026 increases — including $671 for out-of-state training and $2,900 in VOCA funds for therapy — to support staff training, cover therapy costs and respond to a growing caseload.
At a meeting of the Davis County Budget Committee, Julie, director of the Davis County Children’s Justice Center, told the committee the center is requesting modest increases to its 2026 budget to cover staff training and therapy for child victims as caseloads climb.
Julie said the center handled 610 children in 2024 and has already served 392 through August 2025. "We're a safe place for kids and their families to come to talk about hard things that have happened," she said.
The increases are largely to pay for required and advanced training and to adjust a VOCA (Victims of Crime Act) grant line for therapy. Julie said the budget line for training needs to grow by $671 to allow staff to attend out-of-state leadership and national child-abuse conferences required for accreditation through the National Children’s…
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