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34 <br /> A: It was DSS. <br /> Reintegration Support Network—No referrals were received in January. The have two individual who are <br /> currently participating in the JCPC portion of the program and have four individuals who are wait listed. <br /> They met with David last week to sort through some things and they continue to learn the ways of the <br /> JCPC. They have 10 mentors available with great diversity, including bilingual. <br /> Volunteers for Youth—They have seen referrals pick up quite a bit since the holidays for community <br /> service but the numbers for Teen Court are still low. They've had conversations with the court counselors <br /> to figure out how they can work together to get more referrals for Teen Court. They are also looking at <br /> opportunities to offer community service projects for youth in other JCPC programs. <br /> Q: Do you ever get referrals directly from schools for community service? <br /> A: No. Not for community service but for Teen Court. However, they would be open to that so long as <br /> JCPC is. <br /> Q: Is there a written standard of what can be deflected and what cannot? How often is training <br /> being provided on deflection,for example, an annual training with all the SROs? <br /> A: The Criminal Justice Resource Department is continuously providing outreach to law enforcement <br /> about the options and programs available. By statute, law enforcement discretion must be maintained. <br /> However, each local agency can set their own parameters that they expect their patrol officers to follow in <br /> terms of diversion, whether adult,juvenile or harm reduction. Particularly for the youth deflection <br /> program, there is an agreement between the district attorney's office and all law enforcement agencies <br /> that a first time juvenile will be deflected. However, if they are already in the juvenile justice system or <br /> have been, then they will not get the benefit of deflection, although there have already been some <br /> exceptions to that. <br /> Conversion around diversion and the barrier to utilizing JCPC programs when there is a requirement that <br /> the youth's information be entered into a database, when the goal of deflection is to avoid all entering <br /> them in any kind of system. However, without the use of a database, program progress and success cannot <br /> be tracked and measured and that in turn could affect the ability to receive funding from the State. NC <br /> Allies removes names from information when reports are generated. It would be great if there was way to <br /> enter youth's information anonymously. <br /> Wrenn House—They had one referral in December and none in January. They recently reviewed the data <br /> from FY21-22 and noticed that the instances of youth reporting a history of running away was 9% higher <br /> than the state average. And they also saw that 13% reported being kicked out of their home at some point <br /> which is also higher than the state average. These stats show that there is a need for their services in <br /> community. <br /> Q: Where did the referral in December come from? <br /> A: DSS <br /> JJ Data Update <br /> Paige Walsh was recently reassigned to Orange County and is doing intake. She was in Alamance but <br /> lives closer to Orange and was reassigned. They are also hoping to have another staff member on board <br /> soon. There are still 8 vacancies in the district and they are working hard to get staffed back up. <br />