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Youth Services Bureau cuts funding for annual summit, reallocates savings to staff and keeps federal runaway youth grant
Summary
YSB director requested a $12,000 cut to the agency’s proposed budget—largely eliminating the annual Childhood Conditions Summit—and reallocated $4,000 to part-time staff to preserve direct-service capacity; council approved line-item reductions and reallocation votes.
The Monroe County Youth Services Bureau requested and the County Council approved budget amendments on Sept. 11 that reduce the bureau’s 2026 proposed spending on its annual Monroe County Childhood Conditions Summit and move funds to staffing lines, while the bureau announced renewal of a federal runaway and homeless youth grant.
Director Vicky Tavinow and staff said YSB has been fiscally…
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