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Hudson County commissioners demand answers after youth services provider ceased operations, leaving months-long gap
Summary
At a May 20 caucus meeting commissioners pressed county staff after Guazabara Insights ended services Dec. 31, 2024, leaving juveniles on probation without provider support while the county completed a replacement procurement; county counsel said it will review potential breach and remedies.
Hudson County commissioners pressed administration on May 20 for a full accounting of a months-long gap in juvenile services after a contracted provider, Guazabara Insights, ceased providing services at the end of December 2024.
Commissioner William O'Dea said the Board approved Year Two of a Guazabara contract on Dec. 23, 2024, but that the vendor stopped providing services on Dec. 31 and then “simply ceased providing services,” leaving county officials and the Board uncertain about how many youths on probation lost access to required education and work-readiness programs. "The failure to notify us of something like this is, quite frankly, almost unforgivable," O'Dea said during the caucus.
Darice Toon, identified in the transcript as Director, told commissioners Guazabara “stopped at the end of December” and that, according to her account, the vendor did not…
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