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Commission signs on to $250,000 juvenile services grant through Tri‑County day report center and approves $20,000 matching funds
Summary
The South Branch Valley Day Report Center received a $250,000 West Virginia First Foundation grant to start juvenile services; Hardy County commissioners voted to provide the customary $20,000 matching contribution to support the program covering Pendleton, Hardy and Hampshire counties.
Commissioners approved Hardy County’s continued $20,000 matching contribution to the Tri‑County South Branch Valley Day Report Center after hearing that the center received a $250,000 West Virginia First Foundation grant to launch a new juvenile services division.
Darren Taylor, director of the day report center, described the program as an alternative supervision model that provides treatment, education and supervision to people as an alternative to incarceration. He said the new juvenile services division will serve 12‑ to 17‑year‑olds, hire four staff (a case manager, outreach specialist and two facilitators), and deliver in‑person and virtual services across the three counties. "We put in a request and we actually got a $250,000 grant... to start up a juvenile services division," Taylor said.
Taylor explained the center’s work with CPS cases and courts and noted the day report model reduces incarceration costs to counties; he also said the new juvenile program is expected to bill Department of Human Services for eligible services and that center leadership hopes the program will become self‑sustaining.
Commissioners moved, seconded and voted to sign the regional support document and provide the $20,000 match; the vote was approved by voice. The commission noted the county will continue to monitor program sustainability and funding as the center ramps up services.
