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Orange County Juvenile Crime Prevention Council Meeting Friday, August 3, 2018 (12:00noon—2:00pm) Hillsborough Commons Hillsborough,NC Proposed Minutes Attendees: Meg McGurk,Megan Johnson, Bernard Miles, Kysha Thompson,Donna King, Amanda Farris, Stephanie Jones, Maren Hardin, Carol McClelland, Gayane Chambless, Mia Burroughs, Sherita Cobb,Jay Cole,Linda Boldin, Susan Worley, Kelsey Mosley, Pam Weiden, Rebekah Rapoza, Denise Briggs (*Members in Bold) Absent: Jaime Lescinski, Dana Graves Excused: Charlos Banks, Tina Sykes, Peggy Hamlett, Sharron Hinton,Matthew Hinton, Beverly Scarlett,Nick Allen, Lee Barnes Welcome The meeting opened with a welcome from Chair, Meg McGurk and introductions. Minutes Review and Approval The Council reviewed the minutes from June 2018. Carol McClelland motioned for minutes to be approved and was seconded by Stephanie Jones. Motion carried unanimously. Agency Roundtable Wrenn House—Wrenn House is a 24-hour crisis shelter for runaway and homeless youth. Through Orange and Chatham they have one 30 day bed for a youth who is in crisis or transition. They have been having a pretty slow summer, but calls have been picking up and they anticipate with school starting back there will be an increase. They have just reapplied for their federal grant and are waiting to hear on the outcome,probably around the end of September. They just finally finished renovating the kitchen and it now matches with the rest of the renovated house. Volunteers_ or Youth—VFY operates two JCPC funded programs: Community Service and Teen Court. The Community Service program is for youth who are court-ordered to serve community service and they help match up youth with work sites. The Teen Court program is an alternative to regular court for kids who are first-time offenders and is staffed entirely by teen volunteers. They have had 28 kids in Community Service and 13 in Teen Court so far in this fiscal year. Numbers were low last year for Community Service but there was an uptick towards the end of the fiscal year and that is continuing into this new fiscal year. VFY has lost the Hillsborough Farmer's Market for a community site because they are changing how they staff it. Freedom House—In FY17-18 FAN served 17 families one-on-one, held 13 Common Sense Parenting classes that served 77 parents and impacted 121 children. They had 269 phone contacts with over 400 contact hours. In FYI 8-19 they have served 11 families and 19 phone contacts. October Common Sense Parenting calendar will be coming out soon, but they need help identifying a location in Northern Orange. FAN wasn't funded by Durham County this year,but they continue to have lots of interest. They are currently recruiting for a bilingual advocate since Georgia and Anna are no longer with FAN. It is a preferred requirement that the advocate have experience navigating various systems for a child/grandchild with mental health diagnosis. Child and Adolescent program has received a referral and are expecting another one to be coming along soon. They are also working with Boomerang on making arrangements for the evening group.