2017-559-E Finance - Ligo Dojo of Budo Karate - Outside Agency Performance Agreement

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DocuSign Envelope ID: C2E9E60D-5370-4D81-B634-C12E6C6B9DB9 XHIBIT A PROVIDER'S OUTSIDE AGENCY APPLICATION Program Description (3 pages OR LESS) Please provide the following information about the proposed program: d) Summarize the program services proposed and how the program will address a TownlCounty priority/goal? Ligo Dojo's outpost in Orange County at Chapel Hill's Cedar Falls Shopping Center has become a rare, and much needed facility in Orange County. Through it we bring positive youth development programming to a community that DOES have a demographic of at risk kids, and expected corresponding problems including juvenile crime, drug abuse and delinquent activity. As we had been in Durham for years, we are working with Juvenile Court referrals who are on diversion plans, with those under court supervision, and with those on post-release supervision, as well as "prevention kids" who are at-risk due to socio-economic background as well as other conditions but are not yet involved in delinquent activity. We are actively working with school social workers from collaborating agencies who can identify youth who can benefit from pro-social activities and environments. Our Young Warriors Program has operated on an ongoing basis, first in Durham and later in Chapel Hill, since 2009. Program operates on a year-round basis. Referred youth attend 2-5 two- hour classes per week for 10 weeks. Court referred kids are often ordered to attend 20 classes. Classes are afternoons at 5 pm for younger kids, and 6:30 pm for teens and adults. One rare feature of our programming (as compared to other JCPC programs) is that we invited kids to continue their training beyond completion of their ten week assignment. We have kids sometimes for years, rather than weeks, and these kids, especially, are transformed. e) Describe the community need or problem to be addressed in relation to the < haoei.."iiii Orance Cotes ' °, B CC Goals and E-r"iontieS, Town of oro Board Priorities, or other community priorities (i.e. Council/Board Goals). Reference local data (using the provided links, i.e. Chapel Hill Human Services Needs Assessment) to support the need for this program. Orange County JCPC has determined that delinquent activity, presence of drugs, and occurrence of juvenile crime are priority needs to be addressed. Needs assessment by Juvenile Justice Court counselors indicate that 9% of juveniles assessed at intake have substantial gang involvement, and 62% of youth have serious school behavior problems. Agencies currently involved in delinquency intervention and suppression efforts lack features that can provide sufficient impact. One reason why young people become involved in delinquent activity is the lack of constructive after-school alternatives. This project will allow Chapel Hill/Carrboro and Orange County's at-risk youth to participate in a constructive after-school activity that exists as an enticing alternative to the gang/crime norm within underprivileged communities. JCPC has additionally determined that and 72% of adjudicated youth come from homes where parents/guardians have marginal to inadequate supervision skills. The Young Warriors program provides an opportunity for young people to train WITH their parents in an activity that has been shown to make people of all ages stronger and to bring parents and their kids closer together, and to a point of better shared understanding. That said, the program is not a miracle cure, and although we invite and encourage parents to participate, the frequency with which parents of court- referred youth do so is LESS than the frequency with which the parents of prevention youth do. PROGRAM INFORMATION 1/31/2017 11:45:20 AM Page 10 of 2