RecMode to expand 'Beyond the Gloves' program with county funds to reach at-risk teens

An unnamed DHHS presenter described RecMode’s plan for evaluation and service delivery, saying the program will run two cohorts and target roughly 120 unduplicated youth ages 10–18 with a GPA between 1.0 and 1.9 or who are chronically absent. "So there is a plan for... a pretest, and a post test," the presenter said when describing how RecMode’s outcomes will be measured.

County staff and DHHS emphasized that RecMode had been delivering services even when the earlier appropriation went unused; the FY27 allocation would enhance existing work by funding expansion and adding technical assistance and reporting requirements. The committee asked DHHS to provide a baseline count of youths currently served so the county can measure increases attributable to the $250,000 allocation.