OTHER-2023-042-NC Department of Public Safety Juvenile Crime Prevention Council Certification

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Q : Did the truancy referrals come in before school let out ? Do any of the families have a language barrier ? What are the next steps if non-JJ referrals are not able to be contacted ? Are there any means to communicate with the schools when their referrals cannot be reached ? A : Lateef mentioned that he is able to help make contact with any of the truancy referrals . He can also help bring the group together to discuss what next steps may be and help problem solve . Reintegration Support Network - We had some difficulties with our program agreement opportunity and just got it signed ten days ago . We did not receive any referrals during the month of July when the program agreement first became official . Megan and Amanda met a couple weeks ago to discuss the referral process and what it would look like . At this time they are open for business and have been receiving referrals from counselors for a number of years . The conversation they are having internally is how best to engage a' participant that is referred and they are still trying to get acquainted with community partners . Most of the difficulties with engagement has not been from youth , but with parents seeing the need and benefit for services . They would love lots of help and guidance and direction, cooperation and collaboration . They have also had a staffing change and are in the midst of hiring for a new participant program manager . An announcement will be going out at the end of next week to community partners . Volunteers for Youth — They have gotten off to a fairly good start so far with 12 kids being served in Community Service and three in Teen Court . We are a little concerned about referrals to Teen Court but there will be a gathering of SROs in Orange County that they have been invited to and that will hopefully get Teen Court back on their radar . Volunteers for Youth will be sponsoring an equity training on September 21 from 10a-2 : 30p at United Church in Chapel Hill . Susan will send out an invitation with all the details , including how to register , it will be free to JCPC members . Q : Who is sponsoring the training ? A : Educational Equity Institute from Charlotte . Wrenn House — For the month of July they had one youth . Their target is to serve 10 youth from Orange County . Haven House is doing some reorganization and Kelsey will be stepping down from the Director of Wrenn House ; she had been overseeing Wrenn House , street outreach program , and transitional living program , which are three of their larger programs . They have hired a full-time , dedicated staff to oversee just Wrenn House . Kelsey will attend the next meeting and will introduce the new staff. Q : What was DJJ the referral source for the referral received in July ? A : Yes . JJ Data Update May — 14 juveniles at intake (9 were RTA) ; 45 delinquent complaints ; 2 undisciplined complaints ; 4 school based complaints ; 37 complaints approved for court ; 8 complaints diverted ; 2 complaints closed ; 7 juvenile placed in detention for 104 days ; 14 days used at Wrenn House ; and 1 YDC admissions . June — 12 juveniles at intake (2 were RTA) ; 24 delinquent complaints ; 1 undisciplined complaints ; 5 school based complaints ; 21 complaints approved for court ; 2 complaints diverted ; 2 complaints closed ; 5 juvenile placed in detention for 55 days ; 24 days used at Wrenn House ; and 0 YDC admissions . To provide some more information on the detention information , the youth that was admitted to the YDC was in detention for a period of time por to court and then while awaiti ri ng a YDC bed , a bond over youth that had some serious offenses for both of those months , and another youth with some serious offenses that ended up being admitted to a YDC in another county . They also served seven youth on electronic monitoring this year .