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Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Apr 22, 2020

The Tennessee Department of Children's Services is taking action after a juvenile in a Memphis treatment facility tested positive for COVID-19, Fox 17 News reports. The department is doing mass testing of all youth and staff at the Memphis Center for Independence one day after news of the positive test. The teen in question has been quarantined at the facility and will not return to the general program until a full recovery is documented. CSI is operated under contract by Youth Opportunity Investments. It houses 48 youth and employees 60 staff.