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i <br /> Orange County Juvenile Crime Prevention Council Meeting <br /> Friday, April 21 , 2023 ( 12 : 00noon — 2 : OOpm) <br /> Virtual Zoom Meeting <br /> Proposed Minutes <br /> Attendees : Kysha Thompson, Sharron Hinton, Crista Collazo , Jon Berkeley, Tina Sykes , Lateef <br /> Mitchell , Laurie Williamson, Gayane Chambless , Joal Broun , Susan Worley, Frances Henderson, <br /> Caitlin Fenhagen , Jamie Jacobs , Kayla Merkel , Pam Weiden , Terence Johnson , Caraina Edwards , Val <br /> Hanson, LaDanna Strong , Matt Hughes , David Carter, Rebekah Rapoza (` Members in bold) <br /> Absent: Charlos Banks , Rachel Gessouroun , Dana Crews , Tami Pfeifer <br /> i <br /> Excused: Amanda Farris , Bernard Miles , Carol McClelland , Phyllis Portie-Ascott <br /> Welcome <br /> The meeting opened with a welcome from Chair, Sharron Hinton , and introductions . Quorum has not <br /> been met so the agenda will be reorganized to allow for additional members to join before proceeding <br /> with JCPC business . <br /> Program Updates <br /> Dispute Settlement Center — They have served 12 youth yearAo - date and have five active referrals , so j <br /> they expect to surpass their estimated served for the year . They have been receiving a lot of diversion <br /> referrals and referrals directly from the bench . <br /> Q : Question for all the programs , is data collected on race and ethnicity of youth served and if so , <br /> could that information be provided , at least quarterly, to the RED committee? <br /> A : That information is collected and entered into NCALLIES . The information should be easy to pull and <br /> L' <br /> provide a report . <br /> The Exchange Club — They have served 12 youth yearAo - date in the in-home program and have another <br /> three referrals pending . They have served six youth in the group program and last week received four new <br /> referrals , so they should be on track to meet their projected number served . <br /> They have come up with a plan for a hybrid group sessions in an effort to get more engagement from <br /> families because a lot were reporting that they don ' t have the time or transportation or other excuses . <br /> Reintegration Support Network — They have received five referrals in March and two of those individuals f. <br /> have been admitted to the program and they expect to enroll the other three soon , bringing their yearAo - <br /> i <br /> date served to eight . They have been receiving a lot of referrals recently from Lateef and the school <br /> counselors , and even some parents . They have worked on streamlining the referrals process and it can be <br /> done directly from their website . <br /> Volunteers for Youth — Referrals have also been picking up for them , especially those coming from the <br /> court counselors . They have been having a bit of conversation with the court counselors because it seems <br /> like many are new . Teen Court coordinator, Jamella, will be on maternity leave soon so another staff <br /> member will be filling in for the summer . Susan is retiring soon so they will be bringing in a new <br /> executive director in the summer. <br /> Wrenn House — No representative present to give an update . <br />