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59 <br /> Reintegration Support Network—Our goal for this year was 15. In the month of November,we <br /> received 4 referrals and we an additional youth. We currently have 10 active JCPC youth. <br /> Things have been going well with all of our programming. RSN mentors provided over 47 hours <br /> of direct support to our participants in just the month of November. We secured a trial <br /> membership at the Arts Center for mentors and participants to use their MakerSpaces. We <br /> hosted our first annual gratitude gathering a couple of weeks ago just before Thanksgiving and <br /> included 3 of our JCPC participants as well as family members and most of our mentors and staff <br /> were there. Emily Hill is a communications and development consultant funded by the Oak <br /> Foundation Capacity Building grant and she will assist us in developing a more coherent <br /> communications policy as well as individual and corporate donations to strengthen funding for <br /> the program. Overall,we have 11 active participants and 6 referrals in process. We recognized <br /> and started recruiting for mentors in the Northern Orange/Mebane area. We just brought on a <br /> new mentor in that area, and we are hoping to bring on another one in the next couple of weeks. <br /> I think we have 11 or 12 active mentors as of right now. <br /> Q: Can you share the demographics of those referrals? <br /> A: I can have Jen or Lucy send some of that demographic information to Caraina. <br /> Volunteers for Youth—Starting with the Community Service program, for October we had 1 <br /> referral and 1 admission. We are a little behind on numbers,but we received 2 referrals in the <br /> last two days. The one in October was an unauthorized use of a motor vehicle. We had 3 <br /> referrals in November. All those referrals were admitted as well. Those offences were 1 driving <br /> without a license and 2 were simple assault charges. <br /> For Teen Court in October, we had 2 referrals but 1 would not accept responsibility for their <br /> charge so they were not able to be admitted in the program. The 1 admission was for operating a <br /> vehicle without a driver's license. There were no referrals in November. We've been meeting <br /> and discussing alternative options to increase participation in Teen Court. We're working on <br /> implementing a more restorative circle within Teen Court for youth that are participating. <br /> Wrenn House—For October and November, we did have 1 youth from Orange County utilize the <br /> bed in October and all through November. We did receive a couple of additional referrals during <br /> that time from Orange County, but we were not able to admit because we have been at capacity <br /> since the beginning of October with that Orange County contract bed in utilization. Our target <br /> number for the year is 10 and we are currently at 3. Ideally, I would like to see that number <br /> closer to 5 as we reach the midpoint. It was the same youth occupying the bed for October and <br /> November. It was a 17-year-old female, and the referral came from DSS. She stayed for a little <br /> over 20 days in October, voluntarily left early because she wanted full access to her cell phone, <br /> which is not allowed. She came back four days later and stayed for over 30 days. She <br /> successfully discharged to a long-term placement. We currently have two vacancies. <br /> JJ Data Update <br /> House Bill 834 went into effect December 1St. No juveniles have been arrested that are 16-17 <br /> years old for the A-E felonies. We are working to award funding for the capacity remediation <br /> process that takes effect January 1St. We have a new employee, Anthony Goose, in the Orange <br /> County office. We are thrilled to have Alejandra and Anthony on board and Orange and hope to <br />