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Carbon County commissioners decline Impact Project school-justice panel contract after questions on scope, cost and authority
Summary
After extended discussion about statutory authority, local collaboration and cost exposure, Carbon County commissioners voted not to approve a purchase-of-service agreement with Impact Project Incorporated to place school-justice panels in five middle schools.
Carbon County commissioners voted not to approve a purchase-of-service agreement with Impact Project Incorporated to establish school-justice panels in five Carbon County middle schools, citing questions about statutory authority, program scope, local buy-in and potential costs to the county.
The program described in the contract would create an 8-week diversion program aimed at preventing placement of children by addressing summary offenses that occur on school property. Jill Facinger of Children, Youth and Families told commissioners the initiative was included in the department's budget as a "promising practice," that the model in other counties is evidence-based and that the state grant normally reimburses about 90% of program costs.
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