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NORTHVILLE, Mich. (CBS DETROIT) - State health officials announced that a new inpatient psychiatric hospital will be built at the site of the Hawthorn Center to provide behavioral health services to Michigan residents.
The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Technology, Management & Budget made the announcement. They said the new hospital is possible thanks to a $325 million budget allocation by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.
A wave of oversight changes is coming to the Washtenaw County Sheriff’s Office.
Washtenaw County Sheriff Jerry Clayton on Wednesday, July 15 announced the creation of the 21st Century Policing Compliance Initiative and Commission, the Police Reform Academy and a police hiring committee that will include non-police members in the hiring process.
The program bringing the mothers together is called Sisters United Resilient and Empowered, or SURE Moms. It’s run out of the same office as the local violence interruption program, which follows a model popular among cities trying to curb homicides and assaults, deploying former offenders and other outreach workers to steer high-risk young people away from solving conflicts with a gun or other weapon before it’s too late.
The state Department of Corrections has hired the Center for Children's Law and Policy to evaluate Maine's system and recommend changes.
The number of states with a juvenile justice age below 18 stands at four, down from 14 states a decade ago.
By the end of this legislative season, another one is likely to bite the dust. Advocates expect Michigan to pass a law that would raise the age (RTA) of jurisdiction from 17 to 18, effective October 2021.
The Justice Department has told Youth Services Insider that the Office of Justice Programs will reduce the Office of Justice Programs’ workforce by nearly 200 positions by October of 2019, a move that could sap staff from the already-small division focused on federal juvenile justice policy.
