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19 <br /> Dispute Settlement Center—Estimated serve and actual served lines up exactly. They met or exceeded all <br /> measureable objective goals and only had one youth with anew adjudication. Youth were aged 12-17 last <br /> fiscal year and this year the youngest so far is 11. With the pandemic they haven't seen a slowdown in <br /> referrals as expected. The biggest struggle with restorative justice program has been reintegration back <br /> into the school setting. The youth are uncertain about what it will look like now that everything is virtual. <br /> They did have two referrals that needed to be cancelled because of COVID: one youth moved out of <br /> county to live with a relative because mom works in a hospital setting and another youth's family was <br /> focused on dealing with their health first. They have moved services online as most programs have and <br /> for those without internet access they have been outside in public places that allow for social distancing <br /> while maintaining confidentiality. Paperwork has taken a little longer to complete because of staggering <br /> shifts at the office. <br /> Exchange Club—They think there may be some issues with the measureable objectives report because <br /> when they ran it again just before the meeting it was missing data. All participants who started the class <br /> component had successfully completed. With that said,they did not come close to meeting their goal for <br /> estimated number served and attribute this to a couple reasons: 1) it was a first year program and took <br /> some time to get up and running and 2) CGVID hit right around the time that they finally got their feet <br /> under them. The home visit component had to be suspended early in COVID but have since resumed <br /> because they found it hard to engage the families virtually. They do have some carryover from last FYI 9- <br /> 20 due to average length of service. There has also been some staffing changes: the former PST case <br /> manager has been moved back to Alamance County and replaced with a new full-tune PST case manager <br /> and a second facilitator for class and serve as back-up to home visits. The change was made to help ensure <br /> that estimated number served will be met and offers flexibility in class programming to help <br /> accommodate more families. They will get in contact with Denise to help figure out what may be wrong <br /> with data entry and measureable objectives report because they are certain that the data was entered. <br /> Volunteers fpr Youth—As with the other programs, the numbers served were down for last year, but not <br /> as significantly as expected after COVID hit. They did meet their measureable objectives. They are <br /> continuing their programming for community service by offering opportunities to be completed within the <br /> home and are working on opportunities that can be completed outside. Teen Court sessions have resumed <br /> and are a hybrid virtual and in-person. The defendant,defendant's parent(s), attorneys, and Teen Court <br /> coordinator are present and everyone else is virtual (juror,judge). The ensure confidentiality, the <br /> defendant is off camera and his/her name is not used. The have held three sessions this way and have gone <br /> well with the exception of a few minor glitches. Kate Giduz has left to attend law school and Steven <br /> Rodriguez has now taken over as the Teen Court Coordinator. Tami referred Quincy McDuffie, a former <br /> Boomerang volunteer and board member, as a potential candidate to fill their staff vacancy and has been <br /> hired as the new youth services coordinator. <br /> Wrenn House—They served S kids last year and didn't reach the estimated served of 10, but is not much <br /> different from previous years. They met all measureable objectives are pleased about that. Trying to run a <br /> youth shelter in the middle of COVID has been quite a challenge. However, they have received extra <br /> funding from the fells to assist. They have been able to really increase their cleaning and hire <br /> professionals to do top to bottom cleaning. Additionally,they have established a very thorough cleaning <br /> schedule/routine and have acquired an electrostatic sprayer. They are also making sure that staff wear face <br /> coverings at all time, and are optional for youth so long as they abide by the social distancing rules. There <br /> have been modifications to schedules for dining and activities; new screening questions for youth <br /> admissions; and temperature checks for staff daily. <br /> Other modifications include suspending recreational activities that would include going to places where <br /> there would be a lot of traffic and social distancing cannot be guaranteed. They are instead strengthening <br />