Mahoning court overseeing 4-county program to keep juveniles in family homes

YOUNGSTOWN

The juvenile courts and other agencies in four Northeast Ohio counties are collaborating to reduce repeated juvenile delinquency and to keep minors in their family homes and out of institutions.

The Mahoning, Trumbull, Ashtabula and Geauga county juvenile courts are working together in a partnership, known as the Northeastern Ohio Regional Reclaim Collaborative.

The Ohio Department of Youth Services is funding this effort at $250,000 annually for up to five years.

The effort here is one of only two multicounty collaboratives funded by this program, the other being in southeast Ohio.

Besides the juvenile courts, partner organizations here include child welfare agencies and county mental health and recovery boards.

“The courts recognize the many benefits of collaboration and regionalization of services” that will “better serve the children and families of our communities,” said Judge Theresa Dellick of Mahoning County Juvenile Court, which is administering the collaborative.

Read more about the program in Saturday's Vindicator or on Vindy.com.