Agenda - 06-21-2022; 8-i - JCPC Certification and County Plan for FY 2022-2023

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32 3. Employee evaluations: all staff yearly evaluations are done in June at the end of the fiscal year. We realized we did not have comprehensive employee evaluations, including questions involving specific JCPC program adherence. Francis will revise the evaluation process to make sure they include JCPC specific program questions. Val introduced two new staff: Joy and Monica, new Restorative Practices Associate and Community Engagement Associate. The Exchange Club: PEP review: The first two scores are not really something they can control, but will continue to provide quality service thorough monitoring of compliance in supervision and making sure client charts are up to date. Will also be checking/monitoring NC Allies very frequently. Received an 8 out of 10 for Duration points. They are going to ensure clients understand expectations of finishing all weeks of classes. Some started and never finished, so we will ensure all clients know from the beginning that they need to attend and finish all weeks of classes. We will continue meeting at the church; due to Covid they were a bit hesitant but plans have been worked out. Families are still hesitant due to Covid, so we will be scheduling more virtual sessions. Contact hours is at 8 out of 10. Improvements will occur as operations can go back to-normal now. Risk Tier received 2 out of 12. The rating must be accepted from JJ referral,but for non-JJ referrals, will interview both clients and referring sources about all risk factors present, traini program staff on capturing all risk factors present, and program supervisor will audit all risk assessments before finalizing them and putting the assessments in the file. Volunteers for Youth: Have served 22 kids in Community Service Program so far this year and 7 in Teen Court.Numbers are still low, but picking up a little bit. Biggest news is Steven Rodriquez, Teen Court Coordinator, has left but they are excited for Jamella Smith, previous Youth Service Coordinator,to be taking his place. Madison Bennet started Monday taking over for Jamella as Youth Service Coordinator. Both participated in Volunteers for Youth programing as kids, Jamella with Girls Group and Madison was with Immigrant Youth Forum for undocumented youth and their allies. Focusing on Quality of Service PEP scores,both programs are fairly similar with 20 out of 20. We will continue to focus on strengthening training opportunities and also enhancing programs, especially during Covid times when we have to be adaptable and flexible. The Court House is closed to Teen Court again for the month of December but are hoping to reopen for January. So for now, will continue to do what they have been and focus on making it better. Wrenn House: Served 2 youth for total of 10 days, not too far from previous fiscal year. Wrenn House is a structure only program so no SPEP score assigned. We did however score a 20 out of 20 for Quality of Service. We are very clear on what is needed to reach those scores and will continue tight oversight of policies and documentation. Staffing is a challenge these days; hard time recruiting for open positions and currently coming up with different strategies for hiring. We are addressing vacancies by pulling staff from other programs and having staff help in all areas. We are keeping everyone as safe as possible by developing good protocol for mask wearing and social distancing. A few individuals have tested positive but we were able to minimize spread. Testing is performed at intake and unvaccinated staff must submit weekly testing. Continuing our ongoing efforts to improve outreach, Haven House has the ability for young people to connect through a platform with live texting or chat. This was quietly launched during Covid due to concerns of not being able to do a lot of in person. It is still rolling out and every child discharged is given this information so they may stay in contact if and whenever needed.