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Josephine County juvenile-justice director warns of staffing shortfalls, asks board for expedited hiring
Summary
Juvenile Justice Director Goodwin told commissioners the department is struggling to recruit and retain staff for its detention and residential facilities and asked the board to consider an expedited hiring process to avoid service and licensing risk.
Juvenile Justice Director Goodwin warned the Josephine County Board of Commissioners that staffing shortages in the county's juvenile detention and residential treatment programs are creating operational strain and increasing overtime costs.
Goodwin said the department operates six distinct programs and that the two involving placements'the juvenile detention facility and the residential treatment center'require licensed staffing ratios. Goodwin said current direct-care staffing across the facilities is about 18.6 full-time-equivalent positions for the budgeted resident levels, and that shift staffing differs by time of…
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