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Orange County Juvenile Crime Prevention Council Meeting <br />Friday, August 5, 2016 (12:00noon – 2:00pm) <br />Southern Human Services Center <br />Chapel Hill, NC <br /> <br />Proposed Minutes <br />Attendees: Meg McGurk, Tina Sykes, Jeff Nieman, Peggy Hamlett, Bernard Miles, <br />Sharron Hinton, Carol McClelland, Renee Price, Arianna Hinton, Conrad Weiden, Dana <br />Graves, Nick Allen, Nathan Ligo, Jamie Rohe, Paul Atherton, Val Hanson, Tami Pfeifer, S. <br />Hirsch, Georgia Gamcsik, Susan Worley, Tom McQuiston, Rebekah Rapoza (*Members in <br />Bold) <br /> <br />Welcome <br />The meeting opened with a welcome from Chair, Meg McGurk and introductions. <br /> <br />Minutes Review and Approval <br />The Council reviewed the minutes from June. Jeff Nieman motioned for minutes to be approved <br />and was seconded by Carol McClelland. Motion carried unanimously. <br /> <br />Agency Roundtable <br />Chair asked for programs to give an update and report on FY15-16 Measureable Objectives. <br />Boomerang – Served 148 youth (goal was 165). Measureable objectives are for the Alternative <br />to Suspension program and center around youth participation, successful completion, abstinence <br />from behaviors that led to them getting in trouble, and improvements in targeted skills. All <br />measureable objectives were met. <br />When looking at reason for suspensions in FY 15-16, substance use (especially with prescription <br />medication) was again the highest reason, followed by fighting, and then disrespect/ <br />insubordination. Schools making the most referrals were Orange High and Chapel Hill High. <br />Chapel Hill-Carrboro City School students comprised 65%, Orange County School students <br />comprised 33%, and the remaining youth came from school districts outside of Orange County. <br />The program believes they would serve more Orange County students if transportation was <br />better. Commissioner Renee Price suggested speaking with Peter Murphy in Planning Dept. <br />about the transportation issue for youth from northern Orange getting to Chapel Hill to make <br />them aware. There have also been talks about getting a northern Orange location to offer another <br />site for alternative to suspension program, and possibly the afterschool activities. It was also <br />suggested to speak with David Caldwell about the Efland Community Center because the county <br />is trying to make better use of that space. <br />This summer Boomerang has been working a lot with the youth from the Community Service & <br />Restitution program to get in their hours. They had 2 paid student interns and have been <br />partnering with EmPOWERment Inc. to offer skill building sessions on Fridays for their 16 <br />youth involved in the Career Explorers program. <br />School Liaison – The program is no longer JCPC funded; the funds were made up by Orange <br />County Schools. The program served 34 youth between both school districts (goal was 50). <br />Numbers were down as far as compliance and measureable objectives for the first time in years. <br />The program is branching out to take referrals from Misdemeanor Diversion Program and Pre- <br />Trial Services.