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September: 3 distinct juvenile, 4 complaints, 0 approved for court, 3 juveniles diverted, 0 juveniles admitted to detention, 0 juveniles admitted to Wrenn House for 30 days, 0 electronic monitoring activations, 0 days on electronic monitoring, and 0 juveniles committed to YDC. JCPC Business Conflict of Interest form—Please complete if you haven't yet for the new fiscal year. Membership Vacancy—Member of Business Community position is still vacant. Please share with any connections you may have and let Bernard or Rebekah know so they can follow-up. Committee Sign-Ups—We need volunteers for the different committees—Monitoring, Risk&Needs, and Funding. The sign-up sheet is being passed around. The Monitoring and Risk&Needs committees require commitments in the month of January and the Funding Committee is in March. Programs are able to serve on the Risk&Needs Committee, but Monitoring and Funding is available for council members without any conflict of interest. Hot Topic Discussion Service providers often have difficulty finding bilingual and culturally appropriate/aware job candidates. Someone mentioned looking at how the job openings are advertised; that maybe it isn't through channels that the ideal candidate would be looking. Transportation, especially for Northern Orange residents, continues to be a huge barrier to accessing services. Have there been any talks or plans to increase Orange Circular stops (number, frequency)? Are the Orange Circular services advertised appropriately? Services may be available,but individuals aren't aware. While appointments for transportation may be available, sometimes they don't have advance knowledge to be able to get on the schedule. Clients of most non-county service providers (Juvenile Justice, JCPC programs, etc.) are not served well by public transportation in northern Orange, whether it's lack of knowledge or lack of availability. Is JCPC able to advocate to the BOCC on this topic? Suggestion was offered about utilizing a volunteer transportation program, or creating their own. Volunteers for Youth uses this model and has had success transporting their youth to appointments and worksites. Affordable housing was also mentioned as a challenge, especially given the impact from the recent hurricanes that hit the eastern part of the state. Orange County already faces affordable housing challenges and some residents of the eastern part of the state are expected to relocate inland, quite possibly to our county. Many current residents, not just those who are low-income, are leaving the county because housing isn't affordable and moving to counties with a lower cost of living (Durham, Alamance, and Caswell). What little affordable housing that is available comes with challenges— flooding, income guidelines—and this can lead to disruptions (frequent moves and loss of connectivity to the community). The Town of Chapel Hill will have a $1 OM bond referendum for affordable housing on the November ballot. It is to build and maintain 1,000 units of affordable housing (www.chapelhillaffordablehousing_org has more information). Sharron will speak with the new Housing and Transportation directors to see about the possibility of coming to speak at our February meeting.