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Juvenile services asks commissioners to fund staff and MST slots as state grant adds modest increase
Summary
Juvenile services sought reclassifications and pay adjustments for juvenile supervision officers and asked commissioners to back an application to the hospital district for $75,000 to expand MST services to treat high‑risk families.
Homer, representing juvenile services, told the commissioners court that the department received a modest increase in state juvenile justice funds (TJJD/Fund 28) of about $30,000 per year for the coming biennium and that the juvenile board has approved a personnel request that totals $112,199 across detention and post‑adjudication operations.
Homer said he has an outstanding $75,000 request before the Hospital District to pay for part of a Multi‑Systemic Therapy (MST) slot that would enable the department to move an intensive family‑based mental‑health counselor off state funding into locally supported slots. "The plan is to request the $75,000 to pay for a portion of our MST program," he said, noting the hospital district cannot directly fund salaries but could fund program costs that free state dollars for personnel.
Homer and commissioners discussed alternatives if the hospital district declines and agreed juvenile services staff will prepare a short executive summary of MST and its local outcomes for use in outreach to the hospital district and other funders. Commissioners signaled willingness to help arrange a presentation and to consider a resolution of support if the hospital district requests it.
What happens next: Juvenile services will prepare an executive summary and will coordinate a presentation to the Hospital District; any approval to accept outside funds or add FTEs would come back to commissioners for formal action.
