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County committee delays vote on shifting juvenile Redeploy program to county management after staff and provider concerns
Summary
Champaign County committee postponed action on creating county staff positions tied to moving juvenile Redeploy program management from Cunningham Children’s Home, after program staff and Cunningham leadership warned the transfer was rushed and risked continuity of care. Stakeholders will meet with the state; the item was tabled to the full county board.
Champaign County’s Policy, Personnel & Appointments Committee on Jan. 26 voted to postpone consideration of new county positions tied to a proposed transfer of the juvenile Redeploy program from Cunningham Children’s Home to county government.
The committee’s one-week tabling followed public comment from program staff and Cunningham leadership raising concerns about notification, staff retention and legal and fiscal risk if state grant coordination shifts without a planned transition. "If in fact the grant coordination needs…
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