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have a better answer at the end of this year because DSC has recently implemented a full - scale <br /> evaluation process this year that includes teacher , parent , and student surveys being sent to <br /> everyone within OCS to get a sense of how they . are feeling about the culture of their school . <br /> The results of these surveys will then be matched up with the quantitative data . This will be the <br /> first year for a comprehensive evaluation and then they will watch the trends over the next few <br /> years as more teachers implement the practice . <br /> Freedom House — FAN ' s census to - date for this fiscal year is 6 admitted . They are finishing up <br /> a Common Sense Parenting class and will be starting another one in March . The Child & <br /> Adolescent Outpatient Services program has not received any referrals yet . <br /> Haven House — In month of January they had 2 Orange County youth admitted and so far in <br /> February they have 1 , for a total of 5 this fiscal year . <br /> Ligo Dojo — Has served 9 youth to - date this fiscal year . <br /> Volunteers for Youth .— The Community Service program has served 35 kids yearAo - date and has <br /> seen a big pick-up during the month of January . Teen Court currently has about 15 kids . <br /> DJJ Data — December : 10 distinct juveniles , 19 complaints , 3 approved for court , 6 juveniles <br /> diverted , 2 juveniles in detention for 10 days , 1 juvenile in Wrenn House for 21 days , 3 juveniles <br /> on electronic monitoring for 73 days , and 0 juveniles committed to YDC . <br /> Types of charges included : simple assaults , undisciplined , several weapon on school grounds as <br /> incident, and cyber bullying . Referrals were from SROs , community patrol , <br /> the result of a group <br /> and parent referrals . The boost in numbers in December can be related to a group incident . <br /> JCPC Business <br /> Monitoring Committee Report — Amanda and Peggy monitored VFY and Ligo Dojo and things <br /> went well . Everything was on track with VFY and there are no concerns . Ligo Doi o also went <br /> well and the only concern was increasing amount of communication with court counselors for <br /> court involved youth . <br /> Peggy and Rebekah visited Boomerang and everything is going good and is on track . <br /> Lee and Sherita visited Dispute Settlement Center and Freedom House . Everything is good with <br /> DSC ; the only minor concern is with Family Table not getting the number of needed referrals <br /> and the program not being able to operate until the spring . The only concern with Freedom <br /> House is with the Psych Services program , which will be addressed later on the agenda . <br /> Bernard and Sharron went to Wrenn House and everything went well . There are no concerns . <br /> Risk & Needs Committee Report — The subcommittee met last month and reviewed state and <br /> local data . Upon reviewing the data, there were no striking differences from past years . There <br /> were some concerns that the subcommittee discussed that as a JCPC we have been discussing <br /> over the past year or so — substance use , mental health, bullying , fighting — but are already being <br /> captured by the data . <br /> Concern was raised about the 86 % increase in kids under age 12 . Compared to the prior fiscal <br /> year , this number almost doubled — from 7 kids to 13 . While the number is alarming , the overall <br /> percentage that this age group makes up within the total county population is in line with the <br /> average across the state . From a prevention perspective , it would be good to delve deeper to see <br /> why and what we can do to lower that number . A couple of the programs mentioned that they <br /> have been seeing an increase in the number of younger youth they are serving , especially those <br /> of early middle school age ( 1142 years) . Denise reports that she has heard from other <br /> consultants and counties that they are also seeing this trend . <br />