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Orange County Juvenile Crime Prevention Council Meeting Friday, October 4, 2019 (12:00noon – 2:00pm) Hillsborough Commons – 113 Mayo Street Hillsborough, NC Proposed Minutes Attendees: Stephanie Jones, Sharron Hinton, Gayane Chambless, Carol McClelland, Maren Hardin, Jay Cole, Donna King, Nina Barrett, Val Hanson, Lia Kaz, Paige Schildcamp, Stacey Allred, Sarah Black, Megan Raymond, Susan Worley, Tami Pfeifer, Denise Briggs, Rebekah Rapoza (*Members in bold) Absent: Megan Johnson, Penny Rich, Beverly Scarlett, Nick Allen, Lee Barnes Excused: Sherita Cobb, Tina Sykes, Peggy Hamlett, Bernard Miles, Matthew Hinton, Amanda Farris, Meg McGurk Welcome The meeting opened with a welcome from Council Member, Sharron Hinton. Sharron volunteered to lead the meeting in the absence of the both the Chair and Vice Chair, and the council members agreed. Minutes Review and Approval Quorum was not present; June and August minute approval will be put on December’s agenda. Agency Roundtable Boomerang – So far this school year they have served 22 students and last year September was really slow and only served nine. They attribute much of the increase to their new location at Orange Works and now being able to better accommodate the Orange County Schools students. She doesn’t think that the suspension numbers are any different, but that they are able to serve them now with the new location. They have served students from all middle and high schools except Gravely. The biggest reason for suspension continues to be fighting. Also, they have already served four court-involved youth this year when last year they only served a total of about six or seven. A new need they have seen this year is with a handful of students this year that have been hospitalized recently for self-harm behaviors and the lack of services/transition plan post-hospitalization. We need to figure out a way to improve the network of support for these youth. Volunteers for Youth – The Community Service program has served 32 youth and Teen Court has served 34 so far this year. The Community Service program has been working on a landscaping project at Juvenile Court. Dispute Settlement Center – They will be giving a brief presentation a little later in the meeting on restorative justice and restorative practices in Orange County. They have admitted six youth so far this fiscal year and are currently working with two. Exchange Club – Parent Teen Solutions program has been a little slow going because they were awarded the funds late, had to find staff and a location for the group sessions. Because of all that, there are no numbers to report for the group component but they do have referrals coming in now and are hoping to start on Tuesday from 5:30pm-7:30pm. The group will be held at Holy Trinity Church in Chapel Hill. There are two youth currently enrolled in the in-home component. The biggest challenge right now is getting referrals coming in because the program is brand new.