PORT ANGELES – After years of trimming staff and cutting programs, Clallam County’s Juvenile and Family Services Department has money to spend.
In fact, the department must start spending it soon or risk not being able to spend it.
New funding from the state Administrative Office of the Courts and Department of Social and Health Services will run through June 2009.
The programs include:
For the remainder of 2007, the department will receive $111,864, including:
“This is good news after several years of no gain or reductions for juvenile programs,” department director Pete Peterson told Clallam County commissioners Monday.
Among benefits to youth in the justice system will be 20 new CASA volunteers – bringing their number to 60 – plus two paid persons to coordinate them.
CASA volunteers represent children removed from their homes by Child Protective Services.
