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Orange County Juvenile Crime Prevention Council Meeting <br /> Friday , December 1 , 2017 ( 12 : 00noon — 2 : 00pm ) <br /> OrangeWorks Employment & Training Center <br /> Hillsborough , NC <br /> Proposed Minutes <br /> Attendees : Meg McGurk, Tina Sykes , Ana Salas (proxy for Donna King) , Amanda Farris , <br /> Peggy Hamlett , Maren Hardin , Carol McClelland , Dana Graves , Kristi Lescinski , Aldan <br /> Salmeron , Sherita Cobb , Penny Rich , Stephanie Jones , Sharron Hinton , Kysha Thompson , <br /> Nancy Lappenbusch, Georgia Gamcsik, Amy Kirshner, Gayane Chambless , Pamela Weiden, <br /> Raquelle Hawkins , Kate Giduz , Susan Worley, Val Hanson, Rebekah Rapoza, Theresa Collosso , <br /> Denise Briggs ( * Members in Bold) <br /> Absent. Michelle Guarino , Jay Bryan , Nick Allen <br /> Excused: Bernard Miles , Lee Barnes <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 October 2017 . Peggy Hamlett motioned for minutes to <br /> be approved with one correction and was seconded by Sherita Cobb . Motion carried <br /> unanimously . <br /> Agency Roundtable <br /> Dispute Settlement Center — Currently accepting referrals for Family Table for next session that <br /> starts the last week in February and will be at Stanback Middle School . <br /> Freedom House — Referrals continue to be low and there has also been a decline in the <br /> attendance at Common Sense Parenting classes . Staff will be reviewing numbers , outreach <br /> efforts , advertising , etc . and is also seeking feedback to see how they can boost numbers and <br /> attendance again . <br /> Ease of transportation, providing food , and offering childcare were suggested as possible draws . <br /> Being added to community resource lists , within the schools , for example . New this year , <br /> Freedom House will now be providing mental health services within some of the schools and this <br /> may bring new opportunities to discuss the program services with parents . FAN has lost some <br /> funding recently and has had to look at budget to see where cuts could be made with the least <br /> impact on service delivery . It was mentioned that the difficulties FAN is facing with low <br /> referrals and program participation is actually being experienced by most , if not all , of the JCPC <br /> programs . <br /> Ligo Dojo — Generally serve 16 to 17 youth per program year and currently have served 7 youth <br /> to date , 5 of which have been court referred . One youth has been terminated successfully so far <br /> this year . <br /> Volunteers for Youth — Scott and Nicole attend the conference down at Carolina Beach and found <br /> it very helpful . The programs were monitored by the State and that went well . <br />