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Day Report Center seeks $650,000 federal mentoring grant; commission agrees to support application
Summary
Darren Taylor of the South Branch Day Report Center outlined a Bureau of Justice Assistance juvenile mentoring grant proposal aimed at 13-to-17-year-olds and requested a county letter of support. The commission voted to provide a letter of support and to supply county letterhead.
Darren Taylor presented the Day Report Center's application for a three-year Bureau of Justice Assistance youth mentoring grant and asked the commission for a letter of support.
Taylor said the center has a decade-long mentoring program for adults and argued the organization has the infrastructure to expand to youth, focusing on justice-involved teenagers and those at risk of juvenile detention. He said the proposed federal request would total $650,000 over three years and would fund staff positions (case management, community engagement, recovery coaches) and program costs to deliver weekly one-on-one mentoring, age-appropriate groups, monthly family engagement, and clinical partnerships (Mountaineer Mental Health) for needs not covered by Medicaid or other insurers.
Taylor said the center served more than 280 participants across the three-county area year-to-date and that his team had conducted a needs assessment that returned extensive agency support. Commissioners voted to provide a letter of support; Taylor asked for county letterhead and staff said they would provide it.
