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Orange County Juvenile Crime Prevention Council Meeting <br /> Friday, February 3 , 2023 ( 12 : 00noon — 2 : OOpm) <br /> Virtual Zoom Meeting <br /> Proposed Minutes <br /> Attendees : Amanda Farris, Bernard Miles , Amy Fowler, Taim Pfeifer, Carol McClelland, Sharron <br /> Hinton, Gayane Chambless, Dana Crews , Tina Sykes, Lateef Mitchell, Laurie Williamson, <br /> Hathaway Pendergrass , Crystal Wynn-Lewis , Joy Clark, LaDanna Strong , Susan Worley , Kassi <br /> Dadufalzi , Caitlin Fenhagen, Caraina Edwards , Jamie Jacobs , Stephanie Cloughesy, Joal Broun, David <br /> Carter, Rebekah Rapoza ( *Members in bold) <br /> Absent: Charlos Banks , Rachel Gessouroun , Crista Collazo , Jon Berkeley <br /> Excused: N/A <br /> Welcome <br /> The meeting opened with a welcome from Chair, Sharron Hinton , and introductions . <br /> Minutes Review and Approval <br /> The Council reviewed the minutes from December 2022 . Amy Fowler motioned for minutes to be <br /> approved and was seconded by Carol McClelland . Motion passed unanimously . <br /> JCPC Business , <br /> Monitoring Committee - Volunteers for Youth ' s program monitorings have been completed and the <br /> paperwork has been turned in . Exchange Club monitoring has been postponed until next week while they <br /> went through an intensive accreditation process . Carol will be reaching out to her assigned programs to <br /> schedule her visits now that the email issue with Freedom House has been fixed . <br /> Funding Committee - This committee has members and needs to select a chair and set a date to meet . <br /> Gayane will coordinate a doodle poll for committee members to set a time to meet and select a chair at <br /> that time . <br /> Guest Speaker : Crystal Wynn-Lewis , Racial and Ethnic Disparities Coordinator, Division of Juvenile <br /> Justice and Delinquency Prevention <br /> Youth of color make up 46 % of the youth population ages 6 - 17 in NC but represented 71 % of complaints , <br /> 80 % of detentions , and 78 % of commitments to YDC . Black/AA make up 24 % of the youth population <br /> ages 647 in NC but represented 58 % of complaints , 66 % of detentions , and 66 % of commitments to <br /> YDC . <br /> Racial and Ethnic Disparity, as defined by the JJDPA , means that minority youth populations are involved <br /> at a decision point in the juvenile justice system at disproportionately higher rates than non-minority <br /> youth at that decision point . JJDPA is the first , and probably only , piece of comprehensive juvenile justice <br /> legislation passed by Congress . It specifically outline standards for the fair treatment of juveniles and <br /> authorizes states to innovate efforts to prevent delinquency . There are four Core Protections of JJDPA : <br /> Deinstitutionalization of Status Offenders , Sight and Sound Separation, Adult Jail and Lock-up Removal , <br /> and Racial and Ethnic Disparities (formerly DMC) . <br /> State compliance is required for Title H funding and is achieve when states address RED through <br /> identification , development of 3 - year RED action plan , and outcome-based evaluation . Data collection is <br />