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Wood County adds grant-funded deflection specialist to divert low-level offenders into services
Summary
Coordinated response specialist Charit DiFabio described a grant-funded Deflection Care Initiative that offers voluntary, confidential diversion for low-level charges, partnerships with public health and 3 Bridges, and about six months of case management to connect people to housing, treatment and job support.
Wood County has added a grant-funded coordinated response specialist to launch a Deflection Care Initiative aimed at diverting people with low-level offenses into treatment and services instead of immediate prosecution, the specialist told WFHR.
"Ultimately, it's a partnership where we're working with our public health department, with all of our law enforcement agencies, with our hospitals," Charit DiFabio said, describing the…
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