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Hennepin County to withdraw from youth curfew/truancy joint powers agreement; redesign will use an MOU and centralized oversight
Summary
The county approved moving to withdraw from a decades-old joint powers agreement with the City of Minneapolis and Minneapolis Public Schools and instead negotiate a memorandum of understanding to continue Youth Connection Center services under a new operating model overseen by Safe Communities and a community-provider RFP for Jan. 1, 2026.
Hennepin County administrators told the committee on June 24 that the county will withdraw from a longstanding joint powers agreement (JPA) with the City of Minneapolis and Minneapolis Public Schools for the Youth Connection Center (YCC), and will negotiate a new memorandum of understanding (MOU) to continue curfew/truancy support services.
County staff said the JPA dates back to the 1990s and had been reaffirmed in 2017; Minneapolis Public Schools withdrew last year leaving the city and county as the remaining members.…
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