Juvenile Crime Prevention Council County Plan

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Executive Summary The Orange County Juvenile Crime Prevention Council (JCPC), in fulfillment of the duties and responsibilities as set forth in the General Statutes of the State of North Carolina, has completed the activities required to develop and update this County Plan for FY 2017-2018. The JCPC has identified issues and factors that have an influence and impact upon delinquent youth, at-risk youth, and their families in Orange County. Further,the JCPC has identified strategies and services most likely to reduce/prevent delinquent behavior. It should be noted that the JCPC continues to support and embrace diversionary strategies, such as Teen Court, that effectively reduce and prevent delinquency. As noted in NC Gen. Stat. § 143 B-851,the JCPC is legislatively mandated to evaluate the effectiveness of its funded programs and the Department of Public Safety, Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice,has provided the Standardized Program Evaluation Protocol (SPEP) Instrument to aide JCPCs with this task. However, the tool cannot be administered to all JCPC funded programs given that some programs are identified as structures or"settings within which program services are delivered" (Lipsey, 2005). Programming such as Teen Court may be identified as a structure yet it offers vital diversionary programming to youth. Other services, including some residential programs and structured-day services, also offer vital intervention strategies to youth and families but may not be scored using the SPEP instrument. The JCPC recognizes that these identified structures offer critical prevention/intervention programming and the JCPC adheres to their utilization in its strategies to prevent and reduce delinquency. Priorities for Funding: Through a risk &needs assessment and a resource assessment,the JCPC has determined that the following services are needed to reduce/prevent delinquency in Orange County: 1. Restitution/Community Service 2. Assessment/Treatment Programs for Un/Underinsured(including Substance Abuse; Trauma Based Therapy) 3. Teen Court 4. Temporary Shelter(specifically Emergency Shelter) 5. Parent/Family Skill Building 6. Mediation/Conflict Resolution(including School Based) 7. Interpersonal Skill Building 8. Mentoring 9. Tutoring/Academic Enhancement Monitoring and Evaluation: Each program funded in the past year by the JCPC has been monitored. The monitoring results and program outcomes evaluations were considered in making funding allocation decisions. The JCPC continues to conduct implementation monitoring of its action plan and its funded programs.