CLEVELAND, Tenn. — Family Friends, a program to help children with troubling behavior and their families, received a three-month life extension Monday from the Bradley County Commission.
Sonny Moss, Family Friends director for Bradley County, said the state cut the program’s funding this year.
Without some local support, Mr. Moss said the program that has kept hundreds of children out of the juvenile court system for 15 years would end in two weeks.
“We work with families that the majority fall through the cracks. Not all, but a majority,’’ Mr. Moss told commissioners Monday.
The commission authorized $29,031.39 from its fund balance to provide salaries and benefits for July, August and September.
The commission is appealing to the Cleveland City Council to share the cost.
Read more in Tuesday’s Times Free Press.
Randall Higgins covers news in Cleveland, Tenn., for the Times Free Press. He started work with the Chattanooga Times in 1977 and joined the staff of the Chattanooga Times Free Press when the Free Press and Times merged in 1999. Randall has covered Southeast Tennessee, Northwest Georgia and Alabama. He now covers Cleveland and Bradley County and the neighboring region. Randall is a Cleveland native. He has bachelor’s degree from Tennessee Technological University. His awards ...
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