An increase in state funding for the Allen County Juvenile Court will enable them to create new programs to assist those children they serve.
The Ohio Department of Youth Services granted a little more than 1-million 300-thousand dollars through their Reclaim Ohio program. This is a 500-thousand dollar increase from what the court has received annually in the past. The money will go towards creating additional programs and services including a new Access Center.
Berlin Carroll is the Court Administrator for Allen County Probate and Juvenile Courts, and he adds, “Juvenile courts in Ohio are empowered to provide prevention services. The Access Center will be partnering with other community agencies and will be really investing in prevention services to keep people from coming into the system.”
They hope to have the Access Center opened later this summer. Additional programs will include a cultural leadership academy and a community-based truancy diversion program.
