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Union County approves Redeploy grant budget and multiple subcontractor agreements
Summary
Union County commissioners approved the county’s Redeploy grant budget request (listed in meeting materials at about $689,350) and individually approved multiple subcontractor agreements for counseling, transportation and related services that will be funded through the grant.
Union County commissioners on a routine agenda approved the county’s Redeploy juvenile-services grant request and signed off on a series of subcontractor agreements to provide counseling, transportation and wraparound services under the program.
The board reviewed the Redeploy application for the first judicial circuit, which the meeting materials list at roughly $689,350 for the county’s portion. Officials said the previous year’s grant was “just under $800,000,” and that the current application reflects cuts concentrated in contractual services and training rather than personnel. The board discussion noted the program’s purpose includes counseling and supports such as fees for sports participation, utilities assistance and short-term needs to help participating youth succeed.
Speakers described the budget components: personnel and benefits for three local staff members; minimal supply and travel costs for circuit-wide activity; and the bulk of funds allocated to contractual services that deliver counseling and case management. Commissioners were told the county charges a 15% direct-cost administrative fee for grant administration.
During the meeting the board moved, seconded and approved individual subcontract agreements with the providers listed in the meeting packet, including Centerstone, a stress-and-trauma treatment provider, the local health department, Jewel Psychological Services, Advanced Transportation and other groups that provide client transportation and therapeutic services. The motions were recorded as approved by voice vote; the transcript records affirmative responses from commissioners but does not provide a roll-call vote tally in the text.
The county also discussed programmatic effects of reduced contractual funding: staff said tighter funding will make enrollment standards slightly stricter and could reduce the number of youths accepted for minor offenses compared with prior years. Commissioners emphasized the program’s nonclinical supports — paying for memberships, phone minutes or groceries when necessary — and noted long-term monitoring and reporting requirements to the state for program participants.
The board’s approvals authorize county staff to proceed with the grant submission and enter the listed subcontract agreements. The meeting packet and the staff presentation contain the detailed budget breakdowns and provider amounts.
