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l cs4mos= oc01 ; \ , %le ase apt <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> NORTH CAROLINA <br /> ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> RESOLUTION SUPPORTING NC DIVISION OF JUVENILE JUSTICE AND <br /> DELINQUENCY PREVENTION LEGISLATIVE REQUESTS FOR INCREASED <br /> RECURRING FUNDING FOR JUVENILE CRIME PREVENTION COUNCILS , <br /> COMMUNITY PROGRAMS , JUVENILE CRISIS AND ASSESSMENT CENTERS, <br /> SHORT-TERM RESIDENTIAL CONTRACT SITES , TRANSITIONAL LIVING <br /> PROGRAMS , MEDICAL/MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS UNIT CAPACITY INCREASE , <br /> nd NC SECURE ALL FIREARMS EFFECTIVELY CAMPAIGN. <br /> WHEREAS the North Carolina Division of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention <br /> (NCDJJDP) provides a service array of intervention/prevention programming; clinical and crisis <br /> intervention services ; residential and transitional living programs , juvenile court and community <br /> supervision services; and short- and long- term facility confinement services that impact Orange <br /> County youth and families, and <br /> WHEREAS the NCDJJDP provides community supervision and case management services through <br /> Juvenile Court Services that includes referrals to evidence-based local delinquency intervention and <br /> prevention programs to reduce recidivism , and <br /> WHEREAS the overarching mission of NCDJJDP and the local Juvenile Crime Prevention Council <br /> (JCPC) is to provide diversion programming to ensure the protection of the community and <br /> rehabilitation of youth offenders in the least restrictive, most age appropriate way possible; and <br /> WHEREAS Orange County has a vested interest in ensuring that juveniles receive access to <br /> community- based intervention and prevention programs as a first response to ( 1 ) prevent Juvenile <br /> Justice system involvement or interrupt Justice system trajectory once involved; and (2) reduce <br /> costs incurred by the County to house youth in a secure detention facility; and <br /> WHEREAS JCPC-funded government and non-profit sectors are experiencing inflation that has <br /> outgrown existing legislative JCPC allocations, preventing the County from funding a robust <br /> service array of delinquency intervention and prevention services to supplement the County's public <br /> safety initiatives; and <br /> WHEREAS NCDJJDP and the County have enjoyed a decades long partnership and see the value <br /> of ensuring that youth and families have access to supportive services provided by JCPC-funded <br /> intervention and prevention programs and other programmatic responses in the NCDJJDP service <br /> array that directly impact Orange County youth and families ; and <br /> WHEREAS the Orange County JCPC has been a good steward of legislative dollars by funding <br /> impactful evidence-based intervention and prevention programs while also using county revenues <br /> and resources to expand programmatic reach . <br /> WHEREAS North Carolina is experiencing a rise in gun violence among juveniles, with firearms <br /> being the leading cause of death among the juvenile population, <br />