Frequently Asked Questions

The Lenawee Department on Aging is contributing to the construction cost of this project, in exchange for a rent-free lease for a period yet to be determined.  A large part of the project cost is for the centralized kitchen that will be utilized by the Lenawee Department on Aging to prepare and package meals for older adults in Lenawee County. 

While the current campus is not full, there are limitations in the rehabilitation that we can currently provide due to lack of space and/or safety issues.  There are times when we may need to send a juvenile to a different facility elsewhere in Michigan, or perhaps even out of state, due to the nature of their treatment plan. That is not ideal for the juvenile, their family, their treatment, or our tax-paying residents. This expansion will allow us to meet the needs of our community both now and into the future.

Lenawee County has already been a resource for counties without a facility or not enough beds or staff for their justice-involved youth.  In 2022, we serviced 15 counties throughout the state of Michigan.  Your tax dollars do not pay for the care and treatment of out-of-county residents.   Other counties pay Lenawee County to treat their youth at our facility because they may not have a facility, may not have the space, or because of our approach to juvenile justice treatment.  

There is a major difference in the education, care, and treatment plans for a 10-year old and an eighteen-year old.  Right now, they are spending all of their time together, in one room.  By separating them, we can offer age-appropriate learning and treatment opportunities that can provide better outcomes.

Unfortunately, this is not a problem that is disappearing in our community. For the safety of themselves and others, youth with sexually harming behaviors need to be separated from the other youth in our facility in their own unit.  This will also allow for very specific programming and treatment for these youth with these behaviors.