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ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS Action Agenda Item No. ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: August 17, 1999 SUBJECT: Governor's Crime Commission Grant Awazd DEPARTMENT: Manager's Office ATTACHMENT(S): Contract: NC Dept. of Crime Control and Public Safety PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/1~ BUDGET AMENDMENT: (Y/N) INFORMATION CONTACT: Sharron Siler TELEPHONE NUMBERS: - - ezt. 2300 Hillsborough 732-8181 Chapel Hill 968-4501 Durham 688-7331 Mebane 227-2031 PURPOSE: To accept grant funding totaling $31,542.75 from the NC Department of Crime Control and Public Safety to implement a Restorative Justice Program. BACKGROUND: During Spring 1999, the Dispute Settlement Center developed a grant application to administer a holistic Restorative Justice program. This program is designed to help the juvenile courts and the juvenile court counselors hold juvenile offenders accountable for their actions. The program will provide assistance to the juvenile justice system to help offenders understand the impact of their actions, and thereby reduce recidivism. Restorative justice is a shift from the traditional system of retribution towazd a focus of repairing the damage caused by crime to victims and the community. The project has three components: (1) Intervention -upgrade and expand the Dispute Settlement Center's 13 yeaz victim-offender mediation (VOM) program; implement two series of RESOLVE, a conflict management training curriculum for juvenile offenders and their parents. (2) Prevention - provide specially designed training for communities where youth are at high-risk for criminal activity or victimization; organize a local promotional campaign about restorative justice; and pazticipated in relevant community events/projects. (3) Collaboration - organize a network of local juvenile service agencies to promote collaboration through restorative justice interventions, as well as research the possible benefits of adding victim liaison responsibilities to our work with our local Office of Juvenile Justice. FINANCIAL IMPACT: This program will be operated through the grant award and CBA funding provided by the Office of Juvenile Justice and administered via contractual arrangements with the Dispute Settlement Center. RECOMMENDATON(S): The Manager recommends that the Boazd approve the grant award and authorize the Manager to sign.