Advisory board approves FY2027 juvenile services grant submission

Rebecca Humphrey, the board’s youth services presenter, asked the board for permission to apply for the community corrections grant for fiscal year 2027 (projected term 07/01/2026–06/30/2027) to support school-based youth liaisons, a home detention surveillance officer, day reporting, teen court and parent-education programs.

“We are the only county in the state of Indiana that has continued to embrace and show leadership,” Humphrey said of the county’s policing-the-team BRAIN training and youth programming. Humphrey noted program flyers and a two-page data summary were available in meeting packets.

Board members discussed program components and data; after a brief discussion the board approved permission to submit the grant application by voice vote. Humphrey also noted the home-detention surveillance vehicle will be paid from user-fee surplus because the JDI grant cannot directly fund that monthly lease.

The grant, if awarded, would maintain existing youth programming described in the packet; staff said the packet includes counts of youth arrests, secure detention admissions, youth felonies and detention expenses to inform the board’s review.