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ORANGE COUNTY
NORTH CAROLINA
ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
RESOLUTION SUPPORTING NC DIVISION OF JUVENILE JUSTICE AND
DELINQUENCY PREVENTION LEGISLATIVE REQUESTS FOR INCREASED
RECURRING FUNDING FOR JUVENILE CRIME PREVENTION COUNCILS ,
COMMUNITY PROGRAMS , JUVENILE CRISIS AND ASSESSMENT CENTERS,
SHORT-TERM RESIDENTIAL CONTRACT SITES , TRANSITIONAL LIVING
PROGRAMS , MEDICAL/MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS UNIT CAPACITY INCREASE ,
nd NC SECURE ALL FIREARMS EFFECTIVELY CAMPAIGN.
WHEREAS the North Carolina Division of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
(NCDJJDP) provides a service array of intervention/prevention programming; clinical and crisis
intervention services ; residential and transitional living programs , juvenile court and community
supervision services; and short- and long- term facility confinement services that impact Orange
County youth and families, and
WHEREAS the NCDJJDP provides community supervision and case management services through
Juvenile Court Services that includes referrals to evidence-based local delinquency intervention and
prevention programs to reduce recidivism , and
WHEREAS the overarching mission of NCDJJDP and the local Juvenile Crime Prevention Council
(JCPC) is to provide diversion programming to ensure the protection of the community and
rehabilitation of youth offenders in the least restrictive, most age appropriate way possible; and
WHEREAS Orange County has a vested interest in ensuring that juveniles receive access to
community- based intervention and prevention programs as a first response to ( 1 ) prevent Juvenile
Justice system involvement or interrupt Justice system trajectory once involved; and (2) reduce
costs incurred by the County to house youth in a secure detention facility; and
WHEREAS JCPC-funded government and non-profit sectors are experiencing inflation that has
outgrown existing legislative JCPC allocations, preventing the County from funding a robust
service array of delinquency intervention and prevention services to supplement the County's public
safety initiatives; and
WHEREAS NCDJJDP and the County have enjoyed a decades long partnership and see the value
of ensuring that youth and families have access to supportive services provided by JCPC-funded
intervention and prevention programs and other programmatic responses in the NCDJJDP service
array that directly impact Orange County youth and families ; and
WHEREAS the Orange County JCPC has been a good steward of legislative dollars by funding
impactful evidence-based intervention and prevention programs while also using county revenues
and resources to expand programmatic reach .
WHEREAS North Carolina is experiencing a rise in gun violence among juveniles, with firearms
being the leading cause of death among the juvenile population,
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED , that Orange County Commissioners support the
adequate and timely requests for recurring funds for Juvenile Crime Prevention Councils ,
Community Programs, Juvenile Crisis and Assessment Centers , Short-term Residential Contract
Sites , Transitional Living Programs , and Medical/ Mental Health Crisis Unit Capacity Increase ,
and NC SAFE Campaigns that will ensure the immediate and ongoing protection of the
community and strengthen rehabilitative services for those juveniles most in need .
Adopted this day of )UCwdy4z , 2025 .
can Hamilton, Chair
Orange County Board of Commissioners
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Jerk to the Board