ME LD1923

Long Creek Youth Development Center in South Portland must be repurposed into a secure residential treatment facility by January 1, 2027, providing housing, behavioral health, education, substance use disorder treatment, and wraparound services for juveniles and at-risk youth

Maine Governmental Facilities Authority may issue up to $10,000,000 in securities for capital construction, repairs, and improvements to repurpose the facility and establish two community-based residential programs

Department of Corrections juvenile budgets must be redirected by January 1, 2027 to fund community-based services including mobile crisis services, multisystemic therapy, youth shelter and transitional housing, and peer mentoring

A working group convened by the Departments of Corrections and Health and Human Services must study repurposing options and submit a report to the legislature by January 15, 2026

Department of Corrections must publish monthly deidentified data on juveniles in the justice system, organized by region and broken down by age, gender, and race, beginning October 15, 2025