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Home My WebLink AboutJCPC minutes 100419Orange County Juvenile Crime Prevention Council Meeting Friday, October 4, 2019 (12:00noon – 2:00pm) Hillsborough Commons – 113 Mayo Street Hillsborough, NC Proposed Minutes Attendees: Stephanie Jones, Sharron Hinton, Gayane Chambless, Carol McClelland, Maren Hardin, Jay Cole, Donna King, Nina Barrett, Val Hanson, Lia Kaz, Paige Schildcamp, Stacey Allred, Sarah Black, Megan Raymond, Susan Worley, Tami Pfeifer, Denise Briggs, Rebekah Rapoza (*Members in bold) Absent: Megan Johnson, Penny Rich, Beverly Scarlett, Nick Allen, Lee Barnes Excused: Sherita Cobb, Tina Sykes, Peggy Hamlett, Bernard Miles, Matthew Hinton, Amanda Farris, Meg McGurk Welcome The meeting opened with a welcome from Council Member, Sharron Hinton. Sharron volunteered to lead the meeting in the absence of the both the Chair and Vice Chair, and the council members agreed. Minutes Review and Approval Quorum was not present; June and August minute approval will be put on December’s agenda. Agency Roundtable Boomerang – So far this school year they have served 22 students and last year September was really slow and only served nine. They attribute much of the increase to their new location at Orange Works and now being able to better accommodate the Orange County Schools students. She doesn’t think that the suspension numbers are any different, but that they are able to serve them now with the new location. They have served students from all middle and high schools except Gravely. The biggest reason for suspension continues to be fighting. Also, they have already served four court-involved youth this year when last year they only served a total of about six or seven. A new need they have seen this year is with a handful of students this year that have been hospitalized recently for self-harm behaviors and the lack of services/transition plan post-hospitalization. We need to figure out a way to improve the network of support for these youth. Volunteers for Youth – The Community Service program has served 32 youth and Teen Court has served 34 so far this year. The Community Service program has been working on a landscaping project at Juvenile Court. Dispute Settlement Center – They will be giving a brief presentation a little later in the meeting on restorative justice and restorative practices in Orange County. They have admitted six youth so far this fiscal year and are currently working with two. Exchange Club – Parent Teen Solutions program has been a little slow going because they were awarded the funds late, had to find staff and a location for the group sessions. Because of all that, there are no numbers to report for the group component but they do have referrals coming in now and are hoping to start on Tuesday from 5:30pm-7:30pm. The group will be held at Holy Trinity Church in Chapel Hill. There are two youth currently enrolled in the in-home component. The biggest challenge right now is getting referrals coming in because the program is brand new. Guest Speakers Orange Partnership – “Youth and Marijuana in Orange County: Data to Measure the Needs and Set the Tone” presented by Paige Schildcamp Data was collected from YRBS, Juvenile Justice, Teen Court, Orange County Schools, and a Community Survey between 2016 and 2019. The largest response came from the Community Survey (828) that was conducted between 2018 and 2019 and included responses gathers from OC Health Department, DSS, Last Friday, ADAPT volunteers, boosted Facebook post, and listservs. All of the questions were asked to both adults and youth. • Question 1: “How easy would it be for youth to get marijuana?” Adults = 71% said very/sort of easy; Youth = 77% said very/sort of easy. Overall, the consensus is that access to marijuana in rural Orange County is pretty easy. • Question 2: “How wrong does your community feel it is for youth to use marijuana?” Adults = 73% said wrong/very wrong; Youth = 62% said wrong/very wrong. So while it is easy to get, the community thinks it’s wrong. • Question 3: “Are parents talking to youth about harmful effects of marijuana?” Adults = 47% said frequently; Youth = 21% said frequently. Adults may feel they are communicating with youth but in reality, the youth may not be listening/hearing. • Question 4: “Where are youth accessing marijuana?” Adults = Friends, Non-friend peers, and Dealer; Youth = Friends, Non-family adults, and Parents. There is a huge difference between where parents believe youth are getting it and where youth are. Thirty-three total ADAPT One-on-One Interviews were completed. These were youth interviewing other youth and topics addressed were alcohol, marijuana, and prescription medication. • Question 1: “How easy is it for you to access marijuana if you wanted?” 64% (very) Easy • Question 2: “Do you know peers your age that use marijuana?” 94% Yes • Question 3: “If you know youth that use marijuana, where do they usually do it?” 49% At Home • Question 4: “If you know youth that use marijuana, how often do they usually do it?” 61% Often/Daily/Multiple Times per Day. If they know someone who is using it tends to skew towards someone who uses consistently. • Question 5: “If you know any peers that use marijuana, where are they getting it?” A dealer was most common response. • Question 6: “If you have peers that use marijuana, why do they do it?” Stress/coping and for fun/feels good were most common responses. • Question 7: “Do you know any parents (not necessarily your own) that use marijuana?” 52% said yes. • Question 8: “Do your parents ever talk to you about marijuana?” 48% said yes. Dispute Settlement Center – Being mindful of time and the remaining agenda, they will table their presentation until December’s meeting. JCPC Business Conflict of Interest Form – If any council members haven’t signed yet, please make sure you do before you leave. Committee Sign-ups – If you have not signed up yet, now is your opportunity. The sign-up is going around. The committees are Funding, Monitoring, and Risk and Needs. Some have already signed up, but if you don’t see your name, feel free to sign-up for one or more. The Risk and Needs committee is the only committee that non-council members are allowed to participate in. This committee is important because they review data and determine the needs that drive the RFP. All of the committees are a one- time commitment and not something that is ongoing or requires lots of additional meetings. Raise the Age – As of today, there is still no signed budget so we are still waiting on official notice of funding level. The handout in your packet shows the projected amount funding for year one and year two to help the JCPCs begin planning on how they’d like to distribute the funds. The JCPCs are being encouraged not to make any decisions because until the budget is signed, anything came happen. The expansion funds do not require a match unless it’s for the purchase of equipment. The Funding Committee will meet and decide how to proceed with the RtA funds: 1) offer the current programs the opportunity to expand their currently funded services; 2) advertise another RFP to address gaps in services; 3) a combination of both. Regardless of whether or not the budget is passed and programs have funds, they will still be required to start serving 16 and 17 year olds beginning December 1. Additionally, it is expected that these funds will be spent by June 30. In order to keep the process moving, Denise is going to email the Funding Committee with more information and instructions on what the next steps are. Announcements October 14 @ 2pm at Cardinal Innovations office in Chapel Hill there will be a meeting for helping providers figure out the Medicaid transformation transition. OC Criminal Justice Resource Department, Local Reentry Council, Social Services, and Child Support are sponsoring two sessions presented by Melissa Radcliff speaking about working with children whose parents have been incarcerated and are coming back into the community. The sessions will be November 5 from 9:30-12 and 1:30-4 at Whitted Human Services in Hillsborough. Consultant Update UNC is putting on Raise the Age trainings/workshops. The trainings are being held across the state. The Raleigh training is full but there is one in Chapel Hill on October 30 from 8:30-12:30. As it gets closer to December, the trainings will begin to fill up. Denise has been doing some program monitoring and Teen Court is coming up.