OTHER-2023-043-Juvenile Crime Prevention Council County Plan Orange County for FY 2023-2024

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Orange County Juvenile Crime Prevention Council Request for Proposals $ 60 , 181 30 % February 23 , 2023 Anticipated Annual Allocation Required Local Match Rate Date Advertised The Juvenile Crime Prevention Council (JCPC ) has studied the risk factors and needs of Juvenile Court involved youth in this county and hereby publishes this Request for Proposals . The JCPC anticipates funds from the NC Dept . of Public Safety Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention in the amount stated above to fund the program types specified below . Such programs will serve delinquent and at- risk youth for the state fiscal year 2023 - 2024 beginning on , or after , July 1 , 2023 . The use of these funds in this county require a local match in the amount specified above . The county can approve programs for 1 or 2 year funding awards , dependent on county approval and programs meeting all requirements . Based on identified needed programs and possible gaps in the service continuum , the following checked program types will be considered for funding : ® Mentoring Services ❑ Restitution/Community Service ❑ Services Addressing Problem Sexual Behavior ❑ Parent/Family Skill Building ❑ Teen Court — including ❑ Group Home Sentencing and Responsive Circles ® Interpersonal Skill Building ❑ Psychological Assessments ❑ Temporary Shelter Care ❑ Vocational Skills ❑ Family Counseling ❑ Runaway Shelter Care ❑ Experiential Skills ❑ Home Based Family Counseling ❑ Specialized Foster Care ❑ Tutoring/Academic Enhancement ❑ Individual/Group/Mixed ❑ Temporary Foster Care Counseling ❑ Mediation/Conflict Resolution — ❑ Substance Abuse Counseling ❑ Juvenile Structured Day including Truancy Mediation , Victim -Youth and Family Group Conferencin , Responsive Circles Proposed program services should target the following risk factors for delinquency or repeat delinquency : Indicators suggest youth coming to the attention of Juvenile Services are at moderate to high risk for re - offending . Youth are generally age 12 - 18 . Indicators suggest youth are using/abusing substances , exhibit anger management issues , run away from home/placement , have moderate to serious school behavior problems , associate with peers who lack pro -social behaviors and are delinquent . Due to the diversity of Orange County, the JCPC is particularly interested in funding programs that offer culturally appropriate services with accommodations for Limited English Proficiency ( LEP ) youth and their families . Proposed services should address the following concerns as reported in the Youth Assessment Screening Instrument ( YASI ) : Peer Domain : Youth are in need of development of prosocial peer relationships . Indicators suggest youth have some association with and/or regularly associate with delinquent peers . Individual Domain : Indicators suggest youth are victims of abuse/neglect . There is a strong need for individualized mental health and substance use/abuse evaluations and treatment . Family Domain : Indicators show that youth have been kicked out of their home and/or run away from home . Parents have marginal or inadequate supervision skills , and substance abuse/mental health are areas that need to be addressed . School Domain : Indicators suggest youth having moderate to serious behavioral problems at school resulting in receiving out of school suspensions at a high rate presenting ethnic disparities with low academic functioning . Applicants are being sought that are able to address items below : 1 . Program services compatible with research that are shown to be effective with juvenile offenders . 2 . Program services are outcome - based . 3 . The program has an evaluation component . 4 . Program services detect gang participation and divert individuals from gang participation . 5 . Awareness of and sensitivity to Racial Ethnic Disparity that exists in the County . 6 . Programs are encouraged to provide effective programming that includes restorative justice practices . Only local public agencies , 501 c3 non - profit corporations and local housing authorities will be considered for funding .