HomeMy WebLinkAboutJCPC Minutes 100518 Orange County Juvenile Crime Prevention Council Meeting
Friday, October 5, 2018 (12:00noon—2:OOpm)
Hillsborough Commons
Hillsborough, NC
Proposed Minutes
Attendees: Bernard Miles, Sharron Hinton,Matthew Hinton,Amanda Farris, Maren Hardin,
Meg McGurk, Megan Johnson, Carol McClelland, Stephanie Jones, Gayane Chambless,Jay
Cole, Peggy Hamlett, Kysha Thompson, Pam Weiden, Tami Pfeifer, Susan Worley, Amy Kirshner,
Linda Boldin, Patricia Cardoso, Rebekah Rapoza(*Members in Bold)
Absent: Charlos Banks, Sherita Cobb, Mia Burroughs, Jaime Lescinski, Dana Graves, Beverly Scott
Excused: Donna King,Nick Allen, Lee Barnes, Tina Sykes
Welcome
The meeting opened with a welcome from Chair, Bernard Miles, and introductions.
Minutes Review and Approval
The Council reviewed the minutes from August 2018. Amanda Farris motioned for minutes to be
approved and was seconded by Meg McGurk. Motion carried unanimously.
Agency Roundtable
Wrenn House—To date they have served 2 youth for a total of 64 days. They are doing a big push this
year around runaway prevention and letting youth know that Wrenn House is available as a resource.
Freedom House—Common Sense Parenting classes continue with one being offered in Chapel Hill
and one in Cedar Grove. FAN is having some challenges filling the advocate position; finding
someone with personal experience navigating the system and that is also a native Spanish speaker.
They are hopeful that the resume they just received may be a good fit. The Child and Adolescent
program has a couple youth who are using the funds.
Ligro Doio—They haven't received any referrals yet,but that isn't totally uncommon in the first
quarter. They had a couple carry over students and have terminated some that have continued on as
non-JCPC students.
Volunteers for Youth—So far this fiscal year they have served 38 kids in community service and 19 in
Teen Court. A girl in the community service program went to her worksite with not so great an
attitude, but turned it around so well that they are now offering her a paid internship this summer. Her
mom was so excited to hear that her daughter had such a great attitude because she knew she did, but
hadn't seen it in such a long time.
Boomerang—Alternative to Suspension has served 9 youth year to date—7 from CHCCS and 2 OCS.
There have been more referrals than that but transportation has been an issue from Orange High.
Fighting continues to be one of the highest reasons for fighting. This year Boomerang is working on
partnering with the schools to provide in-school support to youth, combining their models with the
schools' programming.
DJJData—August: 6 distinct juvenile, 8 complaints, 2 approved for court, 2 juveniles diverted, 0
juveniles admitted to detention, 1 juvenile admitted to Wrenn House for 5 days, 0 electronic
monitoring activations, 0 days on electronic monitoring, and 0 juveniles committed to YDC.
September: 3 distinct juvenile, 4 complaints, 0 approved for court, 3 juveniles diverted, 0 juveniles
admitted to detention, 0 juveniles admitted to Wrenn House for 30 days, 0 electronic monitoring
activations, 0 days on electronic monitoring, and 0 juveniles committed to YDC.
JCPC Business
Conflict of Interest form—Please complete if you haven't yet for the new fiscal year.
Membership Vacancy—Member of Business Community position is still vacant. Please share with any
connections you may have and let Bernard or Rebekah know so they can follow-up.
Committee Sign-Ups—We need volunteers for the different committees—Monitoring, Risk&Needs,
and Funding. The sign-up sheet is being passed around. The Monitoring and Risk&Needs
committees require commitments in the month of January and the Funding Committee is in March.
Programs are able to serve on the Risk&Needs Committee, but Monitoring and Funding is available
for council members without any conflict of interest.
Hot Topic Discussion
Service providers often have difficulty finding bilingual and culturally appropriate/aware job
candidates. Someone mentioned looking at how the job openings are advertised; that maybe it isn't
through channels that the ideal candidate would be looking.
Transportation, especially for Northern Orange residents, continues to be a huge barrier to accessing
services. Have there been any talks or plans to increase Orange Circular stops (number, frequency)?
Are the Orange Circular services advertised appropriately? Services may be available,but individuals
aren't aware. While appointments for transportation may be available, sometimes they don't have
advance knowledge to be able to get on the schedule. Clients of most non-county service providers
(Juvenile Justice, JCPC programs, etc.) are not served well by public transportation in northern
Orange, whether it's lack of knowledge or lack of availability. Is JCPC able to advocate to the BOCC
on this topic? Suggestion was offered about utilizing a volunteer transportation program, or creating
their own. Volunteers for Youth uses this model and has had success transporting their youth to
appointments and worksites.
Affordable housing was also mentioned as a challenge, especially given the impact from the recent
hurricanes that hit the eastern part of the state. Orange County already faces affordable housing
challenges and some residents of the eastern part of the state are expected to relocate inland, quite
possibly to our county. Many current residents, not just those who are low-income, are leaving the
county because housing isn't affordable and moving to counties with a lower cost of living (Durham,
Alamance, and Caswell). What little affordable housing that is available comes with challenges—
flooding, income guidelines—and this can lead to disruptions (frequent moves and loss of connectivity
to the community). The Town of Chapel Hill will have a $1 OM bond referendum for affordable
housing on the November ballot. It is to build and maintain 1,000 units of affordable housing
(www.chapelhillaffordablehousing_org has more information).
Sharron will speak with the new Housing and Transportation directors to see about the possibility of
coming to speak at our February meeting.
Announcements
On October 11, Boomerang is hosting "The Talk" at Smith Middle School. It is a one man play by
Sonny Kelly and was born from a painful conversation that Sonny had with his seven-year-old
son after confronting recent reports about multiple killings and beatings of black men by civil
authorities. There will also be a panel of speakers following the show.
The end of October is Prescription Medication Awareness week. There will be different drives
happening during that time for the public to bring in their prescriptions that they no longer need/use.
Steve Stadler retired last week and Juvenile Justice is in the process of hiring a new supervisor.
➢ Next JCPC Meeting: Friday,December 7, 2018; Location: Southern Human Services Center,
2501 Homestead Rd, Chapel Hill NC