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