Orange County NC Website
Browse       Search
35 <br />SECTION 3 <br />COMMITTEES: <br />STRATEGIC PLANNING COMMITTEE: <br />a) The Strategic Planning Committee will explore new and creative strategies for more <br />effectively addressing the needs of the specific populations. <br />b) The Committee will aid in developing a resource directory, brochures, a quarterly <br />newsletter, and a Partnership webpage. <br />MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE: <br />a) The Membership Committee shall screen all proposed membership applications <br />submitted to the OCJP. <br />b) The Committee shall present recommendations to the Advisory Board for approval. <br />c) They shall review membership in order to ensure compliance with statutory mandates <br />FUNDING COMMITTEE: <br />a) The Funding Committee and State staff will screen all proposed grants submitted <br />to the OCJP. <br />b) Recommendations will be presented to the OCJP by the appointed Funding <br />Committee and will be scrutinized by the Partnership Committees in terms <br />of its meeting the following criteria: <br />1) Needs of the Respective Funding Initiatives <br />2) Needs of the Counties <br />3) Effectiveness <br />4) Adequate Staffing -. <br />5) Amount Requested (in comparison to services provided) <br />6) Expectations and/or Measurable Objectives <br />c) The Committee will research available sources of additional funding. <br />d) OCJP, except as hereinafter excluded, will vote on each individual proposal/grant to <br />determine if it should be funded at the level recommended by the Funding Committee. <br />e) To avoid conflicts of interest, no Partnership member who receives program funding from <br />the NC Department of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.Community Grants <br />Division, Department of Crime Control & Public Safety funds, Governor's Crime <br />Commission, NC Department of Corrections, or any other funding source, or who supervises <br />someone paid by the latter, shall be eligible to vote. <br />NEEDS ASSESSMENT COMMITTEE. <br />a) The Needs Assessment Committee will coordinate a community -wide effort in identifying the <br />needs of juveniles in the counties who are at risk of delinquency or who have been adjudicated <br />undisciplined or delinquent and to review the resources available to address those needs. <br />b) Develop affiliations with other state and local initiatives to avoid replication and <br />competition. Affiliations may include the following: <br />1. Healthy Carolinians <br />2. Smart Start/Safe Start <br />3. Communities in Schools <br />4. Human Services Advisory Commission <br />5. UNC Departments and Special Initiatives <br />5 <br />