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City to apply to NYS DCJS to pilot EXALT youth program; agreement would return to council if funded
Summary
Deputy Mayor Sharon Owens briefed councilors on a state-funded application to bring the EXALT juvenile justice program to Syracuse; the city would administer the grant if funded and receive a 10% administrative fee, but the council agreed to consider only the application now, with a contractual agreement to return for approval later.
Deputy Mayor Sharon Owens briefed the council on Item 53: an application to the New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services (DCJS) to implement the EXALT program, a juvenile-justice support model originating in New York City.
Owens said EXALT would be a targeted program for youth involved in juvenile justice, family court or probation, with an initial service population described in the packet as about 15–19 participants (staff said they would…
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