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Christian Journey Courses asks county for sustained funding for jail behavioral-health program
Summary
Christian Journey Courses presented its jail-based mentoring curriculum and asked Kendall County for a fee-for-service contract to continue and expand a behavioral-health program it said reduces jail tensions and aids participants.
Christian Journey Courses’ executive director told the commissioners on Tuesday that the nonprofit’s mentoring and behavioral-health curriculum for jail inmates has shown strong local results and asked Kendall County to fund the program on a fee-for-service basis.
Why it matters: The organization said it has been operating a pilot in the county jail since January 2022 and expanded to both men’s and women’s programs in 2023. The group said each enrolled inmate receives more than…
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