The estimated timeline for moving Carbon County Children & Youth Services to its new location in Lehighton has been pushed back until 2023, officials say.

On Thursday, the county commissioners provided an update on the Iron Street property.

“We’re having a couple of little snags here,” Commissioner Rocky Ahner said, noting that they were originally hoping to have the department in the new location by Christmas.

Ahner said the county hopes to get the project out for bid in July and then hopefully award a contract in August with a start date for renovations in the building between September and October. The project will take approximately six months once it begins.

The county is now looking at a possible completion date of March 31.

Commissioner Chris Lukasevich said that the county has a zoning “opportunity” regarding the parking lot and occupancy that needs to be resolved.

Carbon County purchased the building at 525 Iron St. from St. Luke’s Hospital in Bethlehem in April for $500,000.

The hospital will continue to rent the space in the building the currently houses the wound care center until a new site is constructed.

The building will serve as the new Children and Youth department, which has outgrown its offices in Jim Thorpe and is expanding to help lower the caseloads per caseworker as per the state requirements.