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County expands wraparound and family services as supervisors debate child-welfare trade-offs
Summary
Lassen County supervisors approved additional staff positions and short-term contract adjustments to expand wraparound, parenting education and supervised visitation services—measures county leaders say reduce system recidivism but drew at least one vote opposing the contracts over concerns about the child-welfare system.
The Lassen County Board of Supervisors approved several community social services items to expand local wraparound, parenting education and court-ordered supervised visitation programs, citing documented reductions in recidivism and new state funding streams that support the work.
Jason Viel, director of community social services, said the county—s wraparound program has grown rapidly and now manages dozens of families weekly. "We're running 65 families a week," he said, and that prevention and 24/7 crisis triage services are reducing…
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