HomeMy WebLinkAboutJCPC Minutes 060118 Orange County Juvenile Crime Prevention Council Meeting
Friday,June 1, 2018 (12:OOnoon—2:OOpm)
Hillsborough Commons
Hillsborough,NC
Proposed Minutes
Attendees: Meg McGurk, Sharron Hinton, Carol McClelland,Karon Johnson, Kysha
Thompson, Bernard Miles, Sherita Cobb, Laverne Mattocks, Stephanie Jones,Donna King,
Amanda Farris, Peggy Hamlett, Maren Hardin, Kristi Lescinski, Tina Sykes, Pam Weiden
(proxy), Kate Giduz, Amy Kirshner,Nicole Hunter, Raquelle Hawkins, Linda Boldin, Georgia
Gamcsik, Patricia Cardoso, Tami Pfeifer, Val Hanson, Jennifer Yarnelle, Denise Briggs (*Members in
Bold)
Absent: Aidan Salmeron,Nick Allen
Excused: Beverly Scarlett, 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 2018. Carol McClelland motioned for minutes to be
approved and was seconded by Bernard Miles. Motion carried unanimously.
Agency Roundtable
Volunteers or Youth—YTD the Community Service program has served 63 and has 28 active.
Ligo Dojo—Continue to receive referrals from DJJ. They are working on revamping the program due
to budget cut and Amy will now serve as program director on a volunteer basis and Nathan will be
focusing on other pieces of organization development.
Boomerang—Last day of service for the school year was last Friday and YTD they served 165.
Numbers were a little lower than last year but still on target. Towards the end of the year, they had
more kids coming in for community service, drop-in, and tutoring.
Freedom House—FAN has served 21 YTD, provided 37 client consults in April and May, 6 parents
completed Common Sense Parenting, and 12 received Triple P certificates. There may also be a little
restructuring of the FAN program due to a decline in numbers served.
Dispute Settlement Center—Just finished Family Table in May for the year, but also for the time being
as there will not be funding for the program, at least in the way it has operated for the past 15 years.
This last group had 5 referred youth, 3 siblings, and 6 parents. They will be doing some work like
Family Table,but in smaller groups within the schools, in the next year. Restorative Justice Program
has served 21 youth (projected to serve 15).
Haven House—In May they had 2 youth for a total of 21 days. At this time last year they had served 5
for 54 days, and this year they are at 8 youth for 121 days. About 2 years ago Wrenn House underwent
a makeover except for the kitchen which stayed the same. Now, the kitchen renovation has finally
been completed.
DJJData—April: 16 distinct juveniles, 23 complaints, 3 approved for court, 11 juveniles diverted, 0
juveniles admitted to detention, 1 juvenile admitted to Wrenn House for 13 days, 1 electronic
monitoring activations, 27 days on electronic monitoring, and 0 juveniles committed to YDC.
May: 16 distinct juveniles, 20 complaints, 2 approved for court, 13 juveniles diverted, 0 juveniles
admitted to detention, 0 electronic monitoring activations, 4 days on electronic monitoring, and 0
juveniles committed to YDC.
April's charges included status offenses, simple assaults, communicating threats, and cyber bullying.
May's charges included status offenses, simple assaults, and communicating threats. There were no
felony charges either month.
JCPC Business
FY18-19 Membership Review—There are a couple new recommendations and seat changes: Gayane
Chambless is new, Meg McGurk is changing jobs and will be leaving the Business Community Seat
and switching to the "at-large" seat, and we also have 3 recommendations for youth—2 for Youth
Under 18 and 1 for"at-large" seat. One of the youth recommendations is Jaime Lescinki, sister to
JCPC member Kristi, and was recommended by Kate Giduz. Kate reports that Jaime volunteers with
Teen Court is always reliable and asking questions and seems very engaged in the community. Jaime
is a sophomore at Cedar Ridge and has been involved in Teen Court for about 2 years. Kate also
recommended Jay Cole who she knows through Teen Court as well. Jay is finishing up his freshman
year at Cedar Ridge and is the youngest attorney that Orange County Teen Court has had. Jay is also
active in athletics, was student body president in middle school, and has also expressed an interest.
Matthew Hinton, recommended by Sharron Hinton, is a sophomore at Cedar Ridge and has expressed
interest in the juvenile justice system and what is happening in the community with respect to
teenagers.
Donna King motioned that Gayane and Meg be recommended for County Commissioner appointee
and that the three youth be recommended for the remaining open seats (2 for Youth Under 18 and 1 for
County Commissioner appointee) and was seconded by Carol McClelland. Motion carried
unanimously.
The Member of Business Community seat is open and Meg has been trying to think of
recommendations but so far has not come up with anyone. She has asked that others be thinking of
recommendations for this seat as well.
Election of Officers—Denise stated that there needs to be more of a set, formal nomination process for
officers. Meg can appoint a member to be the chair of the nomination committee and Denise has
already drafted a structured email to help facilitate the nomination process. Donna King has
volunteered to be the chair of the nomination committee. Denise will send Donna the draft email to
send out and ask for nominations to be sent back to her. She will then reach out to those nominated to
determine interest in serving, and then present a slate of officers at the next meeting in August.
FY18-19 Annual Plan Review—Rebekah emailed the Annual Plan to the JCPC members prior to the
meeting for review. It is still a work in progress and but the majority of the plan is together. The
Annual Plan and Certification goes before the County Commissioners every year for review and
approval.
Hot Topic Discussion
Donna reminded everyone that it is tick and bug season and to be aware of it especially when youth are
outside and doing community service or other activities. Please remember to take appropriate
precautions (repellant,pants/long-sleeve shirts, etc.).
Judge Scarlett asked if there was a summary of the funded programs that is included in the Annual
Plan(or somewhere else)that she could share with the other judges. Denise informed her that as part
of the Annual Plan there is a section that includes a printout of the component summary of each funded
program. Stephanie also mentioned that there is a Juvenile Justice Substance Abuse Mental Health
Partnership provider list that can be shared that lists resources for substance abuse and mental health
services.
Consultant Update
No new update on Raise the Age; still in the planning process.
Denise is working with the programs on Program Agreements, getting their applications ready for
approval so that there is no disruption in the July disbursements. There is a new checklist that is being
used as the result of some audit issues to help the consultants assist the programs in cleaning up the
applications, especially with regards to budgets (justifications, showing calculations, etc.).
Denise has also been monitoring programs and getting them up to where they need to be. She has been
working with FAN and is scheduled to meet with Young Warriors next month, and then everyone in
Orange County will be done and should be in compliance with where they need to be for their
monitoring.
Budget revisions for the extra funds are still a work in progress and while they should normally be
executed before spending the additional funds, Denise feels that it is okay to go ahead and spend the
extra funds now. The JCPC has approved it, it is just a matter of paperwork and logistics at this point.
Announcements
Orange County Schools will be hosting their 3rd Annual Health and Wellness Fair on September 22 in
the Walmart parking lot. If anyone would like to set up a table,please email Sherita.
There will be a free screening of the film Resilience from 9:30am to 12:OOpm at Silverspot in Chapel
Hill. It will be an hour screening to be followed by a discussion.
The Campus and Community Collaborative in Chapel Hill is hosting a panel that will be discussing
teens and the risk during summer. It will be tomorrow at Chapel Hill Library from l:00pm to 2:30pm.
There will be interpretation services available.
There will be ribbon cutting ceremony tomorrow at 11:OOam for the Bolin Creek Tunnel. Boomerang
collaborated with a local artist who worked with some of the students.
The County still has funds available in Youth Enhancement Fund to help pay for sport, recreational
activities, and some summer camps for kids.
➢ Next JCPC Meeting: Friday,August 3, 2018; Location: Southern Human Services Center,
2501 Homestead Rd, Chapel Hill NC