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Board approves new authorized positions as stopgap amid dispute over juvenile redeploy program
Summary
After extended debate, the Champaign County Board adopted a resolution to add program director, therapist, case manager and family engagement specialist positions to the county’s authorized schedule. Supporters said the change preserves an option to house redeploy staff in the county executive’s office; opponents warned it risks further destabilizing the current contractor-run program.
The Champaign County Board voted to amend its schedule of authorized positions to create four slots — program director, therapist, case manager and family engagement specialist — giving the county a procedural option to employ staff who currently serve the juvenile redeploy program if stakeholders decide to relocate those functions.
The measure, offered as Resolution 2026-72, passed after a lengthy, sometimes heated debate about whether the county should intervene in a program currently run by Cunningham (as subgrantee) with fiscal-agent support from the Regional Planning Commission (RPC). RPC representative DeLizzo told the board RPC has shifted from a narrow fiscal-agent role toward providing stronger oversight and said the agency would work closely with…
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