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Probation Department Awarded Grant to Reduce the Number of Girls in Custody

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The Vera Institute of Justice and the Office of Youth and Community Restoration awarded the San Diego County Probation Department a $125,000 grant. The grant is part of the Ending Girls’ Incarceration initiative. It will include technical assistance from the Vera Institute of Justice to help improve programming, collect data, and close policy gaps for girls and gender-expansive youth.