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ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF CONTINUATION OF
JUVENILE CRIlVIE PREVENTION COUNCIL FUNDING
WHEREAS, Juvenile Crime Prevention Council (JCPC) funding has been removed from the
continuation budget of the North Carolina Legislature and is now subject to continuation review; and
- WHEREAS, the non-recurring status of JCPC funding and subsequent continuation review will delay
the annual appropriation and may result in the loss of qualified professionals to provide diversion and
dispositional alternatives at the local level; and
WHEREAS, since 1977; the State of North Carolina and county governments have been partners in
providing effective and necessazy community based juvenile delinquency prevention and intervention
services; and
WHEREAS, the JCPC funded programs of Orange County aze supported by the efforts of hundreds of
volunteers yeazly; and
WHEREAS, in accordance with legislative mandates, the Orange County JCPC is comprised of
representatives of juvenile court, mental health, social service, schools, law enforcement, district
judges, faith community, county manger, nonprofit sector and other concerned citizens; and
WHEREAS, The Orange County JCPC diligently cazries out its charge of assessing community needs,
planning for those needs to be met, recommending programs for funding to meet the needs and
evaluating the performance of those programs; and
WHEREAS, the loss of JCPC program services in Orange County will result in more than five
hundred juveniles being without intervention and prevention services such as restitution and
community service, counseling services and teen court and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Orange County Boazd of Commissioners
strongly endorses full reinstatement of funding for Juvenile Crime Prevention Council programs to the
continuation budget and the allocation of additional funds to support legislative mandates to protect the
community and provide a juvenile justice continuum at the local level.
This the 5~' day of February 2008. '
Barry Jacobs, Chair
Orange County Boazd of Commissioners