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With losing the FAN advocates, including the bilingual advocate, all Spanish-speaking referrals are on hold until the position is filled. They are reviewing cases that are appropriate to close and utilizing language resources to help translate/interpret for current Spanish-speaking cases. DJJ Data—June: 11 distinct juveniles, 15 complaints, 3 approved for court, 8 juveniles diverted, 0 juveniles admitted to detention, 0 juvenile admitted to Wrenn House, 0 electronic monitoring activations, 0 days on electronic monitoring, and 0 juveniles committed to YDC. June's complaints received included disorderly conduct, communicating threats, and 3 felony charges for breaking into federal vehicles; all charges were taken out by law enforcement officers. When comparing FY16-17 and FY17-18 numbers, there were double the number of youth at intake and 58 more complaints, almost twice as many youth were diverted this past FY, the number of detentions dropped from 9 to 2 and the number of days also dropped from 61 to 10. There were about as many youth that utilized Wrenn House, but they utilized 50% more days this past FY than in FYI 6- 17. And the number of youth on electronic monitoring remained about the same,but the total number of days increased from 180 to 265. July: I distinct juvenile, 3 complaints, 3 approved for court, 0 juveniles diverted, 0 juveniles admitted to detention, 1 juvenile admitted to Wrenn House for 29 days, 0 electronic monitoring activations, 0 days on electronic monitoring, and 0 juveniles committed to YDC. July's complaints received included simple assault, misdemeanor larceny, and injury to property that were all taken out by a parent. JCPC Business Conflict of Interest form—All council members need to sign a new COI form for the new fiscal year. If you have any questions about whether something may be a conflict of interest,please ask Rebekah or Denise at the end of the meeting. Membership Review—The Member of the Business Community seat is open and we are looking for recommendations. If anyone knows of someone, please let Rebekah know so we can reach out and gauge their interest. Some suggestions may be someone associated with a community service worksite, or a volunteer within your organization but is employed within the business community, or a parent of a former child served by one of our programs. Election of Officers—Donna King, Chair of the Nominating Committee, through communication with the council members,presents the following slate of officers: Chair—Bernard Miles (no challenge) Vice Chair— Sherita Cobb (no challenge). JCPC Chair called for a vote and the presented slate of officers was unanimously approved. Training Opportunity—JCPC funds are available to help pay for registration to attend the National Symposium on Juvenile Services that will be held in October in Greensboro at the Koury Center. Community Programs is also offering an opportunity for scholarships for cost of registration and rooms. There is a form that needs to be completed and submitted to the state. Sherita attended the Restorative Practices training in Seattle about 3 weeks ago and had an amazing time. In the schools they are trying to use the practice to help students learn to support each other and hold each other accountable—"our classroom" and"our learning environment" and help them take ownership of their environment. Sherita brought back lots of information on how to incorporate circles with students (and appropriate adults) involved with juvenile justice who offended within the school