Cayuga County juvenile facility to shut down

By: The Citizen staff report

Friday, January 11, 2008 2:56 PM EST

One Cayuga County juvenile residential facility will close and another will see its bed count reduced in half under a plan announced Friday by the state Office of Children and Family Services.
The Auburn Residential Center is one of six facilities that will be closed a year from Friday under the plan. The Lansing Residential Center, also in Cayuga County, will see its bed count drop in half.

Auburn Residential Center is a non-secure facilities for girls 13 to 17 years old. It has 24 beds but just three children, along with 25 full-time positions.

The Lansing facility is a limited secure environment with 100 beds but 48 children. It has 32 full-time positions.

The state says it will try to help staff secure positions at other facilities. Families of children will be called with further details on the process.

For more on this story, read Saturday's edition of The Citizen.

The Citizens' Say

There are 4 comment(s)

Lacey wrote on Jan 15, 2008 2:03 PM:

" What a real shame! As a volunteer in that facility I saw what a top notch job the staff has done with the girls. On several occasions girls told me that if it weren't for ARC they would be dead. "

ballsymf wrote on Jan 11, 2008 9:33 PM:

" Seems that since all the juvenile facilities downstate are filled to capacity and beyond, newly appointed OCFS commissioner Gladys Carrion Esq. can't see beyond NYC. I believe it's time for us to let our elected officials know exactly how we feel about more upstate jobs lost!!! "

Yikes wrote on Jan 11, 2008 7:39 PM:

" Wow - a year from Friday? Sounds like officials are on top of this one. Another fine example of tax dollars at work. "

stevedallas wrote on Jan 11, 2008 3:53 PM:

" 25 full time position to watch 3 ? "

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