HomeMy WebLinkAboutJCPC minutes 060217Orange County Juvenile Crime Prevention Council Meeting
Friday, June 2, 2017 (12:00noon – 2:00pm)
Hillsborough Commons
Hillsborough, NC
Proposed Minutes
Attendees: Meg McGurk, Sherita Cobb, Tina Sykes, Anna Orr, Peggy Hamlett, Stephanie
Jones, Carol McClelland, Donna King, Nick Allen, Kristi Price, Amanda Farris, Tami
Pfeifer, Susan Worley, Georgia Gamcsik, Val Hanson, Gayane Chambless, Melissa Radcliff,
Kelsey Mosley, Denise Briggs, Rebekah Rapoza (*Members in Bold)
Absent: Tracy Perry, Bernard Miles, Conrad Weiden, Dana Grave, Jay Bryan
Excused: Sharron Hinton, Kysha Thompson, Penny Rich, Arianna Hinton, 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 April 2017. Carol McClelland motioned for minutes to
be approved and was seconded by Donna King. Motion carried unanimously.
Agency Roundtable
Boomerang – Serving last students in Alternative to Suspension program, and have served 181
referrals. 57% of referrals were from CHCCS and 43% from OCS. Biggest reason for referral
has been fighting, which is a change from prior years where it was substance use. Kids in the
After School program completed 660 hours of volunteer work. Partnered with AL Stanback this
year to do a boys’ group and will continue the group next year as the kids move into 7th grade.
Overall it’s been a great year with lots of partnerships.
Volunteers for Youth – Great time of year for Community Service because community gardens
are open and summer is coming.
Freedom House – Currently serving 8 clients, but has another 4-5 in the works. Two Common
Sense Parenting classes just finished up and have had some difficulty getting Spanish-speaking
parents to participate in class.
Dispute Settlement Center – Worked with about 20 kids through DJJ referrals. The majority of
kids are coming in at risk-level of 3 (right in the middle). Will be starting another Family Table
session on July 12 and trying to get a few more families to participate. Please send referrals.
Wrenn House – Have been staying fairly busy, can hold up to 6 kids at one-time, but haven’t had
many Orange kids lately.
DJJ Data – April: 6 distinct juveniles, 9 complaints, 1 approved for court, 4 put on plan or
contract, 5 school related offenses, and 1 juvenile in detention for 17 days.
May: 4 distinct juveniles, 6 complaints, 1 approved for court, 3 put on a plan or contract, 3
school related offenses, 1 juvenile in detention for 2 days, and 1 juvenile on electronic
monitoring for 21 days .
JCPC Business
Report on Conference/Training Opportunities – A staff at Wrenn House will be attending a
Supervisor training a little later this month and they are excited about that. Kelsey Mosley
attended a Women’s Conference and a Fair Housing Conference. Susan reported that Kate
Giduz went to Racial Equity Institute training and learned a lot. Freedom House hosted (JCPC
sponsored) a trauma informed training for JCPC members and programs.
Election of Officers – Floor opened for nomination for Chair and Vice Chair. Meg stated that
she is willing to serve again, but does not want to take the opportunity from others. Donna King
motioned that Meg McGurk serve as Chair for FY 17-18 and was seconded by Kristi Price.
Motion carried unanimously. Meg McGurk motioned that Bernard Miles serve as Vice Chair for
FY 17-18 and was seconded by Sherita Cobb. Motion carried unanimously.
Announcements
Donna shared that the Town and Gown collaborative will be holding a meeting about program
planning aimed at parents communicating with their kids about drinking and are seeking input
from the public. Meg suggested that Eleanor come in and talk to the group about the work being
done.
Gayane mentioned that Orange County ABC is the only one in the State (self-reported) with
signage up stating that no one under the age of 21 is allowed within the store, even if
accompanied by a parent, and is actively enforcing the rule.
Street Safe, which operates a safe driving program, also offers a class on alcohol and drug
education. The programs have primarily been offered out at the coast, but Anna reports that she
has recently been able to get them to come out to Orange County and they will be offering
classes in Hillsborough. They will be using the class for court referrals, but it is also open to the
public and appropriate for both kids and parents.
Anna has been working with Paws for People, a non-profit out of New Hanover County, to get a
court house trained facility dog to work specifically with child victims and juvenile respondents.
They have been approved and Anna is talking with the judges to get her approved. The dog will
be able to meet with victims and respondents in the office and other locations, and also be
allowed in the courtroom. Orange County will be the second county in NC to have a trained dog
for this particular purpose.
Val reported that DSC created a new 1 hour program to help bystanders/witnesses to harassment
to help intervene in a non-violent way. JCPC would like to offer this training during one the
regular meetings.
Sherita reports that OCS is organizing the Second Annual Health & Wellness Fair, sponsored by
Hillsborough Pharmacy, at the Barn in Hillsborough on September 23 from 10a-3p. They are
starting to solicit vendors now to distribute information and swag to parents.
Carol reports that Freedom House offers Seven Challenges, evidence based substance abuse
treatment program for youth that can be done in a group or individually. This program has
shown to be more effective than Motivational Interviewing, but does have MI elements in the
program. They also offer DBT for youth and are looking to put together a group. Lastly, Triple
P is offered in addition to Common Sense Parenting. Freedom House’s child/adolescent
psychiatric nurse just left and they are actively recruiting to fill that position. They are always
looking to be able to offer new and innovative programming, so let Carol know if there is
something you would think would be helpful that may not currently be offered.
Gayane mentioned that there is an Opioid Misuse and Prevention Summit in Raleigh at the end
of June.
Stephanie reports that the Juvenile Justice Mental Health Partnership is looking for non-profit
clinicians to go to sexual harm training at Cardinal Innovations at the end of June. The training
is free for clinicians who plan on staying in the area and plan on taking court-involved youth
who have sexually reactive behaviors and will provide evaluation and treatment.
Consultant Update
Raise the Age has passed the House but it is stalled as some details (especially around budget)
are being sorted out.
Very busy time right now as program agreements are being reviewed.
Rebekah has been pulling together the very lengthy Annual Plan and Certification on behalf of
the JCPC. Documents are together and just waiting on BOCC approval.
Denise will be contacting programs to schedule State monitoring, probably sometime in the fall.
Next JCPC Meeting: Friday, August 4, 2017; Location: Southern Human Services
Center, 2501 Homestead Rd, Chapel Hill NC