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Juvenile court warns cuts will force layoffs and end truancy and gun‑intervention programs
Summary
Juvenile court judges and administrators told Metro Council a mayoral budget cut would force staff layoffs, end a truancy mentoring program (estimated $88,000/year) and jeopardize recently launched gun‑intervention cohorts that courts say reduce escalation among youth.
Juvenile court leaders — Judge Adam Haney, Judge Gail Grover and judicial administrator Lynn Malloy — described to the Metro Council how proposed budget reductions would affect court operations that are bound by statutory timelines and protections for children. The court said it is one of four statutorily established juvenile courts in Louisiana and reported 16,000 docketed events in 2024 (about 4,000 per division), and it framed timely operation as a constitutional requirement for those facing…
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