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Orange County Juvenile Crime Prevention Council Meeting <br /> Friday, August 5 , 2016 (12 : 00noon — 2a. 00pm) <br /> Southern Human Services Center <br /> Chapel Hill, NC <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 /> Welcome <br /> The meeting opened with a welcome from Chair, Meg McGurk and introductions . <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 /> Agency Roundtable <br /> Chair asked for programs to give an update and report on FYI 546 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 . q <br /> The program is branching out to take referrals from Misdemeanor Diversion Program and Pre- <br /> Trial Services . <br />