Board approves interim agreement for county youth facility operations
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The Board voted to approve the annual interim agreement for trial courts to operate the Eaton County youth facility after court administrators presented occupancy, rate changes and staffing plans; the youth facility director said secure beds are nearly full and training for new hires is intensive.
The Board of Commissioners approved an annual resolution Dec. 4 to maintain an interim agreement allowing trial courts to operate Eaton County—s youth facility. Amy Edsall introduced Jeremy Mulvaney, the youth facility—s director, who reported updates on census, programming and finances.
Mulvaney said secure detention and residential treatment programs were nearly full: 13 of 14 open secure beds were occupied and nonsecure residential treatment was at capacity. He reported the day-treatment program had 15 youth ordered to attend and said there were about 168 intakes into various programs during the past year. Mulvaney said the facility increased its rates for out-of-county placements to $250 per day for detention and $325 per day for residential treatment, which supports revenue to the childcare fund.
Mulvaney described staffing efforts: application numbers have increased, but intensive training (roughly 100+ hours of combined basic and de-escalation/physical management training) and workforce transience complicate full staffing of new wings. He said core long-term staff have been stable and the county expects to open additional capacity in the coming months as hiring and training progress. The resolution to approve the interim agreement was moved, supported and carried.
The vote advances the existing court-led operational arrangement; no changes to the interim agreement terms were recorded in the meeting minutes beyond the briefing and approval vote.