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DYS director reports post‑COVID surge, plans to expand in‑home services and step‑down options
Summary
Michael Crump, director of the Division of Youth Services, told the Children and Youth Committee that DYS saw a post‑COVID surge in juvenile commitments, is streamlining assessments, expanding intensive in‑home services and pursuing community reintegration cottages and vocational partnerships to reduce recidivism.
Michael Crump, director of the Division of Youth Services, briefed the committee on census trends, capacity and program changes since the 2019 reforms and the COVID period.
Crump said reforms beginning in 2019 reduced unnecessary placements and that Secure Care census briefly dropped during COVID (to about 152 daily) before a Spring 2022 surge that produced a multi‑month bottleneck because assessments and placements take time. He explained the assessment process—20 contracted assessment beds (Rite of Passage), a…
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