State Aid to Be Sought for New Juvenile Facility
Although a site has yet to be selected, Ventura County supervisors have agreed to apply for $40.5 million in state grants to build a juvenile justice detention center.
Submission of the grant application to the state Board of Corrections will mean that the county agrees to pay $25 million of the project’s estimated cost of $65 million. It also pledges to staff the facility, which could require hiring up to 98 additional probation officers by 2010.
Probation officials plan to formally submit their grant application Wednesday, with a presentation to state corrections representatives scheduled for early April.
If the state approves the grant, the county would receive the money this fall and would be required to build the center within three years.
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