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Orange County Juvenile Crime Prevention Council Meeting 1
<br /> Friday, October 14, 2016 (12 : OOnoon — 2 : OOpm)
<br /> Orange Works @ Hillsborough Commons
<br /> Hillsborough, NC
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<br /> Proposed Minutes
<br /> Attendees : Meg McGurk, Peggy Hamlett, Bernard Miles, Sharron Hinton, Carol
<br /> McClelland, Arianna Hinton, Conrad Weiden, Nick Allen, Stephanie Jones, Kysha
<br /> Thompson, Kristi Price, Sherita Cobb, Lee Barnes, Celisa Lehew, Michelle Guarino, Val
<br /> Hanson, Tami Pfeifer, Georgia Gamcsik, Susan Worley, Gayanne Chambless, Amanda Farris, p
<br /> Cait Fenhagen, James Turner, Kim Newsome, Elinor Landess, Kate Giduz, Chandrika Brown,
<br /> Darnell Simpson, Denise Briggs , Rebekah Rapoza (*Members in 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 August. Peggy Hamlett motioned for minutes to be i
<br /> approved and was seconded by Bernard Miles . Motion carried unanimously.
<br /> Agency Roundtable '
<br /> Boomerang — Served 20 students in alternative to suspension program. An interesting fact is that
<br /> 80% of the referrals have been females for fighting and they are currently serving more Orange
<br /> County Schools students . In after-school program they have served approximately 80 youth.
<br /> Just recently started parenting with EENP and they come twice a month with their dogs for
<br /> training in the afternoon.
<br /> Volunteers or Youth — Currently have served 30 youth in Community Service program. Just did
<br /> a large project a couple weekends ago with the Carrboro Police Department. This experience
<br /> also provided a positive interaction between law enforcement and youth.
<br /> Teen Court is always looking for new worksites, especially in the winter when a lot of the
<br /> outdoor sites close down for the winter.
<br /> Freedom House — Held 3 Common Sense Parenting courses and graduated 15 people and
<br /> currently serving 13 families . They have been actively sought out by several people within the
<br /> Orange County School system and will be doing a parent information session on Common Sense
<br /> Parenting at Gravelly Hill, one of which will be in Spanish.
<br /> Dispute Settlement Center — Restorative Justice Program just successfully closed 3 cases and
<br /> have 3 families for Family Table referred by Juvenile Court. The next Family Table session will
<br /> begin November 1 and is currently taking referrals .
<br /> DJJ Data — August : 5 distinct juveniles, 5 complaints, 2 approved for court, 3 put on plan or
<br /> contract, 0 school related offenses, 0 juveniles in detention, and 1 juvenile on electronic
<br /> monitoring for 27 days .
<br /> September : 2 distinct juveniles, 3 complaints, 1 approved for court, 1 put on a plan or contract, 0
<br /> school related offenses, 0 juveniles in detention, and 1 juvenile on electronic monitoring for 20
<br /> days .
<br /> Data was also presented for July- September quarter for 2015 and 2016 and numbers are down
<br /> significantly across the board. Data on full fiscal years for 2014 and 2015 also showed
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