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used at Wrenn House, 0 electronic monitoring activations, 33 days on electronic monitoring, and 0 juveniles committed to YDC. February: 11 distinct juveniles, 12 complaints, 3 approved for court, 8 juveniles diverted, 0 juveniles admitted to detention, 0 juveniles admitted to in Wrenn House, 7 bed days used at Wrenn House, 2 electronic monitoring activations, 77 days on electronic monitoring, and 0 juveniles committed to YDC. March: 10 distinct juveniles, 14 complaints, 1 approved for court, 8 juveniles diverted, 0 juveniles admitted to detention, 0 juveniles admitted to Wrenn House, 0 bed days used at Wrenn House, 0 electronic monitoring activations, 19 days on electronic monitoring, and 0 juveniles committed to YDC. JCPC Business Program Incident—Denise needs to update the Council on an incident that occurred at one of the JCPC funded program. On Monday, February 5, Tami called Denise to inform her that Friday, February 2 there was an incident at Boomerang that involved an adult that was in the building and a youth. On Fridays they have invited guests from the Marian Cheek Jackson Center to do life skills workshops. On that particular Friday the group arrived, and shortly after, someone else associated with the Center arrived who was recognized by staff. This individual had never been to Boomerang before, has never presented before, nor was he invited. When he identified himself at the front desk and was recognized by staff, he was allowed to not only enter the building, but also present and lead the workshop despite not being invited. From his involvement with the group, early on he made some inappropriate comments not only to staff, but also to the youth. He asked a male youth to stand up and participate in an exercise to show how things can weight heavy on you. He touched the youth on his shoulders, neck, and another time on his leg. "Witness accounts from Boomerang and Jackson Center staff report that the uninvited person immediately was inappropriate with his comments and actions with Boomerang staff and youth. The failure for Boomerang to intervene in a timely manner, coupled with in appropriate comments and actions, created an unsafe environment for youth. As a result, a youth reported to Boomerang staff that he almost felt like crying and added, `I feel like I have almost been sexually assaulted or something'. In the incident report that Tami submitted to the department, it was determined that a critical program violation has occurred. Programs are responsible for not only keeping youth safe,but for also having a safe environment for youth to be there. As a result, Boomerang has been cited by the Department for having a critical program violation. An overview of the critical program violation occurred when Boomerang staff failed to: 'follow agency policy for visitors entering the building; to stop a visitor from associating with youth, while realizing the visitor was there unannounced and not invited; did not intervene once inappropriate comments were made to staff and youth by the uninvited visitor;failed to immediately intervene once the uninvited visitor had physical contact with a youth;failed to immediately report the incident to the foster parent of the youth after he arrived to pick the youth up, but the staff gave direction to the youth to update the foster parent later that evening;failed to report the incident to DSS and local police;failed to exercise reasonable care, safety, and supervision of the space; and failed to protect the confidentiality of