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Public Safety Nonha �partmentals Orange County JCPC Matching Funds $87,706 These fund's fulfill the Orange-Chatham Justice Partnership requirement for the County to provide a 30% match for all JCPC funded agencies. Office Of Juvenile Justice Pass Through Funds: Boomerang $171222 Boomerang is an alternative-to-suspension program serving students from the Chapel Hill- Carrboro City Schools. In lieu of spending their out-of-school suspensions at home, Boomerang provides a safe, structured environment geared towards keeping students on pace with their schoolwork while understanding and identifying any unmet mental health or substance abuse needs. Dispute Settlement Center: Victim (Resolve/Mediation) $45,925 This program provides assistance to the juvenile justice system by helping offenders to understand the impact of their actions thereby reducing recidivism. The program has these three components: intervention, prevention and collaboration. A primary component is to schedule face-to-face meetings between the juvenile offenders and their victims. These meetings are facilitated by trained DSC mediators, and organized by DSC staff. The meetings are designed to build empathy and understanding of the human consequences of the youth's criminal actions. The RESOLVE program will help the juvenile courts and juvenile court counselors to hold offenders accountable for their actions. Governor's Crime Commission Grant $6,207 Recipient - District Court Judges Office, Judicial District 15B - NC Administrative Office of the Courts. This grant funds a position that serves as a coordinator between the courts and the school systems focusing on school suspensions and truancies in hopes of reducing the number of youth suspended from school. Hillicrest Youth Shelter $9,568 Hillcrest is an emergency shelter er in Sanford Which provides temporary shelter and related services to ' youth in Orange County who are determined to be in - need of out-of home placement. The program targets youth who are characterized as abused, neglected, dependent, delinquent, runaway, homeless, or at-risk of becoming one of these. Hillcrest residents will participate in a counseling regimen, which includes testing and evaluation and both group and individual sessions with the staff psychologist. While residing at Hillcrest, the youth are required to participate in the Education Program five days a week. The Education Coordinator either obtains assignments from the home school of the youth or creates weekly academic assignments for the residents. 26-18