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HomeMy WebLinkAboutJCPC minutes 040519Orange County Juvenile Crime Prevention Council Meeting Friday, April 5, 2019 (12:00noon – 2:00pm) Hillsborough Commons – 113 Mayo Street Hillsborough, NC Proposed Minutes Attendees: Bernard Miles, Megan Johnson, Maren Hardin, Peggy Hamlett, Stephanie Jones, Sharron Hinton, Carol McClelland, Penny Rich, Beverly Scarlett, Donna King, Gayane Chambless, James Cole, Meg McGurk, Amy Kirshner, Linda Boldin, Lindsay Mosteller, Susan Worley, Patricia Cardoso, Lia Kaz, Raquelle Hawkins, Tami Pfeifer, Allyson Coltrane, Frances Henderson, Denise Briggs (*Members in bold) Absent: Charlos Banks, Sherita Cobb, Tina Sykes, Jaime Lescinski, Dana Graves, Nick Allen Excused: Kysha Thompson, Matthew Hinton, Lee Barnes, Amanda Farris Welcome The meeting opened with a welcome from Chair, Bernard Miles, and introductions. Minutes Review and Approval The Council reviewed the minutes from February 2019. Meg McGurk motioned for minutes to be approved and was seconded by Stephanie Jones. Motion carried unanimously. Agency Roundtable Freedom House – FAN has had 35 parents complete Common Sense Parenting and has another 3 pending. They just started another class and have another 2 referrals. There are still funds to serve youth in the Child and Adolescent Outpatient program. Dispute Settlement Center – Restorative Justice and Mediation program is currently working with 9 youth for a total of 17 youth (YTD) referred by DJJ, MDP, and Teen Court. Wrenn House – Currently have a bed available. YTD have served 6 kids and used 108 days, which is a large increase from this time last fiscal year when only 42 days had been used. They just completed their relicensing and are getting ready for a monitoring review with Denise this month. Boomerang – Served 94 students YTD with the majority coming from Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools; 3 of the students in March were court involved. The biggest reason for suspension last month was insubordination which isn’t a reason they have seen recently. Volunteers for Youth – The Community Service program has served 57 kids so far but has about another 12 referrals that they just received and Teen Court has served 42 youth YTD. Teen Court is also scheduled for a monitoring review with Denise. DJJ Data Report/Update No update this month as their data system is being updated and they are unable to run reports at this time. February and March data will be presented at the June meeting along with April and May. Guest Speaker – Allyson Coltrane, TDM Coordinator, Orange Public Transportation (OPT) Within Orange County there are a few public transportation options – OPT (serves all Orange County), Chapel Hill Transit (serves Town of Chapel Hill), and GoTriangle (currently has two routes). Fares for OPT one-way are $2 for adults, $1 for youth (6-17), and seniors, children under 5, and persons with disabilities are free. Chapel Hill Transit is free to ride and GoTriangle fares and passes that vary based on the route. Youth between the ages of 13 to 18 can use a Youth GoPass to ride GoTriangle, GoRaleigh, GoCary or GoDurham buses free; and these passes are also accepted by OPT and Chapel Hill Transit. To obtain a Youth GoPass, the parent/guardian is required to accompany the child to sign up for the pass and some type of ID will be required when applying. Youth 13 and older are allowed to ride unsupervised. OPT was just approved for the reverse circulator and expect to launch that route in late Fall 2019. Currently is takes 1 hour to make a full loop and with the new route it will only take 30 minutes. They are also working to get a stop at the Health Department in Hillsborough. Currently the Circulator operates M-F 8a-5p and makes stops at Walmart, DSS, Durham Tech Orange County Campus, apartment complex on the Hwy 70 corridor, Passmore Senior Center, etc. The Hillsborough Circulator is free. They also offer the Rural Operating Assistance Program (ROAP) for a fare of $12.75 one-way. It is required that either the beginning or ending destination be located within a rural portion of Orange County. There is also a Commuter Options Program which includes carpool and vanpool resources (Share the Ride NC), and biking and walking campaigns for people who live closer to work. If an agency or service provider would like to take a ride so that they know what their clients experience, please contact Allyson to set something up. They are also working on building an online, interactive commuter maps that should launch by September and will also have a print version available. JCPC Business Funding Committee Report – The Funding Committee has met twice this year and have had long, difficult conversations about funding requests compared to the needs of the youth as identified by the Risk and Needs Committee. The Funding Committee recommends the following for FY 2019-20: JCPC Admin $8,178 Young Warriors $0 Wrenn House $10,722 Teen Court $61,330 Restitution & Community Service $69,870 Mediation & Conflict Resolution $40,500 Boomerang $28,131 Family Advocacy Network $0 Child & Adolescent Outpatient Services $0 (did not request funding) Unallocated $59,000 Additionally, the Funding Committee is proposing a second RFP be published for the unallocated funds for an interpersonal skills building program that has a parent and child component. The Funding Committee identified this as a need that isn’t currently being addressed in the community and for which no program application wasn’t received. If approved by the JCPC, the RFP will be posted Monday. All services providers, including those currently receiving JCPC funding, are encouraged to submit an application in response to the second RFP. A question was asked about FAN and why they are not being recommended for funding for next year. The Funding Committee had a discussion about the needs of the community and wanting to attract a program that has some increased nuisances that would help identify and support parent child interactions in a way that they aren’t currently be supported. FAN’s funding through JCPC is to provide Common Sense Parenting curriculum only, and not for the additional services that FAN provides. The other services that FAN (Linda) provides within the court system are supported by other funds received by Freedom House. Judge Scarlett expressed how vitally important those other (non-JCPC funded) services are that FAN provides and doesn’t want to see them go away. Denise stated that taking away JCPC funds doesn’t have anything to do with the other services that she mentioned and that it would be up to Freedom House to still make that other piece work. JCPC is not un-funding FAN, but rather Common Sense Parenting; FAN is much broader than just Common Sense Parenting. The JCPC Funding Committee is looking for a program to provide a curriculum that includes both the parent and child that FAN does not currently do through Common Sense Parenting. Prior to making the decision to not recommend FAN for funding, the Committee asked Freedom House if they would be able to switch curriculum to one that includes the child, but they were not able to answer definitively without approval from executive leadership first. Funding Recommendations Vote – The Funding Committee motioned that: • JCPC Admin be approved for $8,178 and was seconded by Donna King • Wrenn House be approved for $10,722 and was seconded by Beverly Scarlett • Teen Court be approved for $61,330 and was seconded by Gayane Chambless • Restitution & Community Service be approved for $69,870 and was seconded by Gayane Chambless • Mediation & Conflict Resolution be approved for $40,500 and was seconded by Stephanie Jones • Boomerang be approved for $28,131 and was seconded by Donna King Motions carried with 12 votes; Carol McClelland and Gayane Chambless abstaining from the vote. RFP Review and Vote – The anticipated county allotment is $59,000 with a 30% local/county match and projected advertisement date of April 8, 2019 and deadline of May 10, 2019. As you look down the announcement, the targeted program type is for Interpersonal Skill Building only and curriculum must include parent(s)/guardian(s) and youth. If no programs apply for these funds, or if no programs are selected for funding, then the $59,000 can remain unallocated until December 31, 2019. At any point until that time, the JCPC can decide to release another RFP or to allocate the remaining funds to currently funded programs. The Funding Committee motioned for the RFP to be approved and was seconded by Carol McClelland. Motion carried unanimously. Continuum of Services Review and Update – Denise provided a brief overview of how to read the document and explained that this chart is meant to show a possible continuum of services for youth who are at-risk, committed to a YDC, and post-release from YDC. Denise has asked that everyone review the document and email Rebekah and/or Denise with any notes. A question was asked about substance abuse residential treatment being classified as “available but difficult to access”. There are currently only three providers in the State where youth can go for residential substance abuse treatment. Recently there has been some Medicaid reformation/transformation where insurers have the ability to do behavioral health as well as physical health, and five have been selected. Currently there are lawsuits pending about the selection process and until those have been settled, no changes will go into effect. But until 2021, Cardinal will be managing services as is; after 2021 they will manage only the complex cases and everyone else will manage the standard plans. For example, if a youth is assigned to the standard plan and is receiving outpatient services but requires something more intensive services under the enhanced services (such as in-home), there is a process that will need to happen to get the youth transferred into the new plan. County Plan Addendum – Reviewed Risk and Needs data of 16 and 17 year olds that have been involved in juvenile court in Orange County. Risk and needs data is collected by court services at intake and every 90 days for youth on probation. The data that is shown in the chart is pulled from the most recently completed risk assessment; the majority of youth served by JCPC fall within risk level 3. Youth that are seen by juvenile court for the first time under the age of 12 tend to stay in the system longer, often have more mental health issues and commit more serious offenses. Being the last state to implement Raise the Age, they have seen that mediation and restorative justice, community service and restitution, and teen court programs have seen the greatest increase in referrals. In preparation of “Raise the Age” which takes effect December 2019, the Department wants county JCPCs to begin thinking about the impact it will have on service providers. When the money comes, the Department will utilize a formula to decide how much each county receives. The JCPCs then have to decide how they plan to use that money: 1) increase funding to existing programs to increase their capacity; 2) provide funding for new programming through an RFP process for additional components in existing or newly funded programs; and/or 3) collaboration with surrounding counties to provide funding for multi-county programming. Denise has created a draft of the Addendum for review by the JCPC, selecting some program priorities based on the risk and needs data and the experiences of the other states: mediation, restitution/community service, teen court, and runaway shelter. On the second page, the currently funded programs that fall within those priorities have been listed along with an estimate of how much it would cost to be able to increase capacity to serve the expanded population. However, she noted that since juvenile crime is down across the state and that as a result, programs have been under capacity for a while. So when referrals start coming in for the older juveniles, they will help bring the numbers back up to original capacity, and possibly over. This addendum will not drive any funding decisions, but will help the department know what the county’s priorities are and what the plan is.