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56 <br /> Amanda Farris motioned for the amended RFP to be approved and was seconded by Crista <br /> Collazo. Motion passed unanimously. <br /> Program Updates Continued <br /> Reintegration Support Nellvork---They received two new referrals and admitted there both into <br /> the program in November. They have a total of seven youth who are currently receiving <br /> services. The goal is 15 youth for the year, They created an incentive tier to provide gift cards to <br /> youth who are engaged in programming. Their SPEP was advisory. They now have a lead <br /> mentor position who will be involved in capacity building with other mentors,training of <br /> mentors and community support. <br /> Volunteers for Youth— Starting with the Cornmunity Service program, they had a lot of referrals <br /> come in and are working on getting everyone through orientation and into the program. They are <br /> trying to come up with more options for working with youth and working with them more on a <br /> one-on-one basis. With older youth, instead of just doing punitive community service, they want <br /> to try to get into what's next in their life and try to match things up that will help them and be <br /> beneficial to them reaching their goals while they are earning hours, <br /> Teen Court has been working really hard since the last meeting and things are starting to come <br /> together. Numbers are a concern, but they are starting to get referrals. They have been going out <br /> to meet with SRO's, meeting with people within the schools and they had a meeting planned <br /> with UNC to help increase their numbers coming in for referrals. <br /> Wrenn House --They had one youth admitted in October for a total of two. The other youth was <br /> admitted in September. They received a youth referral from Wake County DJJ but that youth did <br /> run away. The youth served in October stayed for 43 days while DSS was securing kinship <br /> placement, and she had a successful discharge. Wrenn House is a structure only program and <br /> does not have a SPEP. <br /> JJ Data Update (See chart at end of minutes) <br /> September— 12 juveniles at intake (7 were RTA); 43 delinquent complaints; 2 undisciplined <br /> complaints; 6 school-based complaints; 34 complaints approved for court; 0 complaints diverted; <br /> 1 complaint closed; 8 juveniles placed in detention for 167 days; and 0 YDC admissions, <br /> October---21 juveniles at intake (10 were RTA); 46 delinquent complaints; 4 undisciplined <br /> complaints; 4 school-based complaints; 34 complaints approved for court; 4 complaints diverted; <br /> 10 complaints closed; 7 juveniles placed in detention for 191 days; and 2 YDC admissions. <br /> Of those in detention, four to five of those were transfers. The top three offenses were breaking <br /> and entering of a motor vehicle, larceny of a motor vehicle, and misdemeanor larceny. For the <br /> RTA population, the top offenses were larceny of a motor vehicle, resist/obstruct/delay, and <br /> injury to personal property. <br /> Consultant Update <br />