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Juvenile court highlights diversion successes, asks board to continue Paige lease funding
Summary
Juvenile Court Services told the Board it served 162 kids/families at its Hope Receiving Center last year with 98% not entering the formal system, and requested continued funding for a Paige office lease of $24,000 per year to sustain local hearing capacity for rural residents.
Casey Lightoot, director of Juvenile Court Services, framed the department’s work as prevention‑focused and highlighted recent diversion results that local officials said they want to preserve. "We served 162 kids and families across all of the programs; 98% never penetrated the system further," Lightoot said in her presentation, describing the Hope Receiving Center as an off‑ramp that keeps youth and families from formal court processing.
Lightoot presented data that…
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