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18 <br /> Orange County Juvenile Crime Prevention Council Meeting <br /> Friday, August 7,2024 (12:00noon—2:OOpm) <br /> Virtual GoToMeeting <br /> Proposed Minutes <br /> Attendees: Donna King, Robyn Glass, Carol McClelland,Amanda Farris,Blair Nell, Bernard Miles, <br /> Jamezetta Bedford,Megan Johnson,Maren Hardin, Stephanie Jones,Peggy Hamlett,Meg <br /> McGurk,Sherita Cobb,Jay Cole, Gayane Chambless, Luke Dennis,Tami Pfeifer,Tunisia Mebane, <br /> Jarrell Jones, Stacey Allread, Lia Kaz, Patricia Cardoso, Paul Atherton, Megan Raymond, Susan Worley, <br /> Pam Weiden,Denise Briggs, Rebekah Rapoza(*Members in hold) <br /> Absent: Beverly Scarlett <br /> Excused: Tina Sykes, Sharron Hinton, Charlos Banks <br /> Welcome <br /> The meeting opened with a welcome from Chair, Bernard Miles and introductions. <br /> Minutes Review and Approval <br /> The Council reviewed the minutes from June 2020. Donna King motioned for minutes to be approved <br /> and was seconded by Amanda Farris. Motion carried unanimously. <br /> Agency Roundtable <br /> Boomerang—Staff continues to reach out to kids and families and have had over 100 check-ins. In FY 19- <br /> 20 they estimated to serve 150 students but the actual number served is showing 57* because not all <br /> parents sign the consent form to have their child's information entered into NCALLIES. Up until March <br /> they served 131 referrals and 57 were entered into NCALLIES. They didn't reach the 150 target due to <br /> the school closures from COVID-19. In comparing numbers from the same time period in the previous <br /> year,they were expecting to serve more than 150 students had the schools not closed. They also reported <br /> an increase in Orange County students served that they attribute to having a location in.Hillsborough. In <br /> total they had 14 kids that were court involved and previously they had 17 and 14. Usually fighting and <br /> substance use are the highest reasons for referrals, but this past year saw a decrease in substance use and <br /> an increase in fighting and threats. The percentage for youth receiving additional adjudications and <br /> complaints was higher than expected. This information is gathered from JJ. <br /> *Denise clarified that the actual number served(57) is based on the number of youth who were terminated from the program. <br /> Only after a youth has completed will they be reported here. <br /> The challenges they face right now is figuring out how to move forward with COVID and how they can <br /> support the kids if school buildings don't reopen. They are doing some work outside of JCPC, but will be <br /> doing their JCPC work with kids who are identified by the courts or schools as needing extra support. A <br /> lot of the programming they do really well they can bring to them virtually and just not through the <br /> suspension pipeline, so to speak. They can do individual coaching/mentoring around behavioral and <br /> academic goals and general support, and social/emotional learning in groups. They are going to start with <br /> identifying kids they have already served in past years and know may have some struggles going back <br /> into the school year. <br /> *Denise reported that a lot of the programs across the state with that have a similar program type are of serving suspended <br /> youth are modifying their models to be able to serve youth in a similar model as Boomerang described. <br />