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Legislature proposes targeted investments in juvenile rehabilitation while funding some new facility capacity
Summary
DCYF officials said both budgets fund a new 46‑bed Harbor Heights juvenile rehabilitation facility and several program investments — classification staffing, behavior management implementation, opioid‑use disorder treatment capacity and capital upgrades — while also proposing some program eliminations and provisos directing capacity reporting.
The Department of Children, Youth, and Families described several juvenile rehabilitation (JR) investments contained in the House and Senate budget proposals, including funding for a new Harbor Heights facility and staffing and treatment supports, alongside some proposed eliminations and directed reporting.
“Both budgets fund the Harbor Heights facility, which is a new JR facility located on the grounds of Stafford Creek,” Allison Lisonbee Kreutzinger said. DCYF said Harbor Heights would…
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