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53 <br /> them craft a meaningful apology letter. It's a strength based approach, really hoping to have <br /> them feel accountable with what they did, but also moving forward in that. <br /> Q: So it means that their offense did not happen while they were at school? <br /> A: Sometimes it does. It could have been referred by an SRO to juvenile justice. We are <br /> getting the referral from juvenile justice. I don't have those numbers directly in front of me of <br /> which of, if any of those are school based offenses. I think we have worked with two youth with <br /> school based offenses in the last few months and those were from the prior school year,not this <br /> school year. <br /> Q: And do you remember from those two,which district? <br /> A: I know definitely one was Orange County Schools. I'm not doing the work directly, but I <br /> could get that information for next time. <br /> The Exchange Club They are working with one family in in-home and three families started <br /> group in November that will be in the next report. Most of their referrals are coining in through <br /> the Department of Social Services. They are out in the community trying to market in the <br /> context of the school system. They let DJJ know they have open referrals as well, and then other <br /> community connections to see about getting more enrolled in group and in home. They are <br /> having some trouble with some of the families on the in-home part and engaging them and <br /> getting them to start services. However, these clients were from DSS, so they connected with <br /> those social workers to help engage them and help them understand they're not coming from <br /> Child Protective Services. Sometimes that can be a barrier depending on what particular referral <br /> source the family is coming from. It's a little easier to open juvenile justice and school system <br /> referrals. <br /> For group, they had an advisory score last year for SPEP and did not have to do a PEP teclunical <br /> plan. For in home,the biggest issue with the SPEP score was the risk level in how youth were <br /> referred. They are working with families for five months, doing at least three hours a week of in <br /> the home counseling. They can take higher risk youth in that context. They will make sure staff <br /> are trained to properly assess their risk score. In terms of their plan moving forward, they will <br /> make sure their language and their intake tools are very clear and staff are trained to go over <br /> those hours and the duration with the family in a comprehensive way. They will also make sure <br /> referring sources are communicating the actual requirements of the program to the families when <br /> they make the referral. <br /> Minutes Review and Approval <br /> The Council reviewed the minutes from December 2023 meeting. Gayane Chambless motioned <br /> for minutes to be approved and was seconded by Bernard Miles. Motion passed unanimously. <br /> JCPC Business Continued <br /> Risk and Needs Report & RFP—The committee met and went over, in depth, the YASI, the <br /> Youth Assessment Screening Instrument information. The YASI is a tool that's utilized in <br /> juvenile justice for every youth that comes to our doorstep on that sununary of data. There were <br /> 87 individuals who were screened through YASI. They looked at where we were higher than.the <br />