Michigan DHHS Secures Nearly 100 New Juvenile Justice Residential Placements & Embarks On Juvenile Justice Reform

The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) is preparing to implement juvenile justice reform, and created about 100 new residential placements to clear a waitlist for youth ordered by a court to secure treatment as part of the reform. MDHHS announced the new placements on November 21, 2023. On December 12, 2023, Lieutenant Governor Garlin Gilchrist signed bipartisan legislation transforming Michigan’s juvenile justice system and investing in diversion and re-entry services. The legislation, the Justice for Kids and Communities Bill Package, increases the childcare reimbursement rate for counties by 50% for residential services to 75 . . .