Maine Awards Youth-Led Justice $375,000 To Support A Juvenile ‘Restorative Justice’ Program
The Maine Department of Corrections (DOC) awarded Youth-Led Justice (YLJ) a sole-source contract to continue its paetnership for a diversionary, peer-facilitated juvenile restorative justice program to serve Cumberland, Androscoggin, and Sagadahoc counties in the south-central region of the state. The grant-funded contract is valued at $375,000, and YLJ will be able to serve up to 75 youth. Details about the selection were posted on April 30, 2024. The contract begins July 1, 2024, and runs through June 30, 2025. The program is intended to reduce the recidivism rate while also providing youth participants the . . .