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Agency Roundtable <br />DJJ Data – December: 7 distinct juveniles, 10 complaints, 3 juveniles approved for court, 5 juveniles <br />diverted, 0 juveniles in detention, 1 juvenile admitted to Wrenn House for 11 days, 0 electronic <br />monitoring activations, and 0 admitted to YDC. <br />January: 8 distinct juveniles, 10 complaints, 5 juveniles approved for court, 1 juvenile diverted, 0 <br />juveniles in detention, 1 juvenile admitted to Wrenn House for 23 days, 0 electronic monitoring <br />activations, and 0 admitted to YDC. <br />Dispute Settlement Center – Youth circles are meeting at Stanback Middle School the second and third <br />Wednesdays of the month from 6-8pm (dinner is provided) and there are still slots available so please <br />send referrals. They try not to mix middle and high school youth, so in March they will be trying a <br />middle school circle. <br />Boomerang – They are not receiving referrals from Orange County Schools and feel that they are way <br />underserving the youth in the northern part of the county that need the services. Transportation continues <br />to be the greatest barrier, but there are also some new administrators in some schools and they have to <br />build those relationships back up. They have talked about having another site but it would be a huge <br />undertaking. <br />Freedom House – There are spots available in the Child & Adolescent Outpatient program. FAN has <br />received funding from a Duke grant to offer another men’s only parenting course. Bonnie Farrell will be <br />coming March 22-23 to do co-parenting and communication education. <br /> <br />Hot Topics <br />Transportation for northern Orange County youth to services continues to be an issue. Getting services in <br />the schools could be a great solution to being able to deliver the needed services that are convenient while <br />also being delivered within a healthy environment. <br /> <br />Youth Risk Behaviors Surveys (YRBS) are a great tool to help identify the needs but there have been <br />huge challenges to even getting them completed in the schools because hard (active) parental consent is <br />required. There have been problems/concerns that were disclosed on the YRBS a few years ago that then <br />resulted in school incidents that could have been addressed/avoided if they had been shared with the <br />school board. But if a YRBS can’t be completed and there are no school board representatives coming to <br />meetings, it will be tough to get services into the schools. <br /> <br />Consultant Update <br />RFP will be advertised next week and program providers are encouraged to start working on them <br />immediately and not wait until the last minute in case something happens or there are questions. <br /> <br />Announcements <br />Orange County Parks & Recreation summer camp registration opens Saturday. <br /> <br />The Town of Chapel Hill just hired two new crisis counselors and will now have someone available until <br />11pm. They are also advertising for another position that will work 10am-7pm, Master’s degree is <br />required but not licensure. <br /> <br />CAY will be hosting some upcoming workshops around “Raise the Age”. <br /> <br />On March 27, the Orange County Collaborative will be hosting Ana Marshall, Community Engagement <br />Representative, because Cardinal will be restructuring their governance body in a way to where the <br />community partners meeting is going to be more of an advisory board. The new advisory board will <br />inform the decisions for local government and then that will be how mental health funding will be <br />awarded. The new model will be presented and will be more grass-roots focused.