JONESBORO — In its regular meeting Tuesday, May 2, the Clayton County Board of Commissioners unanimously voted to reallocate $27,507.50 from the Rainbow House to the Parks and Recreation Department.
Last month, four suspects were arrested in connection with sexual misconduct and a cover-up of those allegations at the Rainbow House — a temporary shelter for abused, neglected and abandoned children.
“It is very unfortunate we’ve had to shut down the Rainbow House because several of the children who should have been there to be protected were actually assaulted — several of them,” County Commission Vice Chair Felecia Franklin said in Tuesday’s meeting.
The $27,507.50 was to be used for a mental health program at the shelter. The Parks and Recreation Department will use the money for outdoor modular restrooms.
Franklin questioned the use of the money, saying she would prefer the money be spent in a like manner.
“Mental heath is really serious,” she said.
However, the money must be used before June 30 to keep from losing funds from HUD. The money must also be spent on a public service applicant that is already in the funding program.
One suspect, Caleb Xavier Randolph, 25, was arrested March 16 on charges of child molestation, statutory rape, sexual assault of a person under supervisory/disciplinary authority, and sexual assault by facility employee/agent/volunteer.
His mother and Rainbow House Executive Director Mia Kimber and Director of the Child Advocacy Center Monica Jones were arrested on March 18 and March 20, respectively. Both were charged with party to a crime of child molestation, statutory rape, sexual assault, sexual exploitation and mandated reporting.
A fourth employee, Felicia Campbell, was arrested March 23 at Lovejoy High School. Campbell was a manager at Rainbow House and a Clayton County…
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