Defiance Area YFC and Juvenile Court Partnership Is Changing Lives March 24, 2022 – Through a partnership between Defiance Area Youth for Christ (YFC) and the Paulding County Juvenile Court, local youth who find themselves in contact with the juvenile justice system are discovering there are people in the community who care about them and…
A program at the Paulding County Juvenile Court is teaching court-involved youth how to redirect negative behaviors into healthy alternatives. The Fitness and Strength Training (FAST) Program is a voluntary program developed by the Court’s Probation Department to support youth placed on probation or diversion. Participating youth meet with their probation or diversion officer up…
ADA – Two Ohio Northern University faculty members are involved in a project that looks to offer second chances to troubled youths in a rural northwestern Ohio county. The Paulding County Juvenile Court has received two competitive grants totaling more than $193,000 from the Ohio Department of Youth Services. The court was awarded a three-year,…
Competitive RECLAIM & House Bill 153 Grants will Support New Services for Paulding County Youth Paulding County Juvenile Court Judge Michael Wehrkamp announced the Juvenile Court has been awarded two competitive grants totaling $193,348 from the Ohio Department of YouthServices, the juvenile corrections system for the state of Ohio. The grants will support new programming…
