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- 1. Presented By: Brandy Bynum
- 5. NC Index Rankings County Name: Delinquent Complaints (Out of 100) School Violence (Out of 100) Suspensions (Out of 100) Halifax 71 st 81 st 76 th Hertford 30 th 47 th 95 th Northampton 96 th 98 th 93 rd Bertie 25 th 9 th 26 th
- 8. A Collective Effort Youth Higher Education Mental Health Health Government School Judiciary Businesses Faith Community Media Law Enforcement Social Services Parents Youth
- 19. Online Interactive Database www.communitiesforabettertomorrow.org
- 21. JJTC COUNTIES
- 30. Desired Results: Reduce the number of days youth spend in detention by 15% by 2012
- 32. Desired Results: Reduce short-term school suspensions by 20% by 2012.
- 36. Multi-County Service Areas with High Needs Counties Served First-time Births 2-Year Average Potential Convener High Risk Interest Expressed Readiness Summary Edgecombe 214 Communities for a Better Tomorrow Yes, all counties Yes, counties have formed a leadership team & application process underway Very High Need Population; Baccalaureate Nurses in Short Supply; CFBT has discussed this more than and decided to continue to pursue; Smart Starts and Local Health Departments involved, along with Juvenile Court Counselors Halifax 209 Hertford 71 Northampton 61 TOTAL 418 SOURCE: S. Schmidt. NC NFP Report. Prevent Child Abuse NC. April 2010. *Data for Warren only one year, 2008.
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Editor's Notes
- Action for Children is a statewide nonprofit that provides data and research to people across the state—especially policymakers—to help them make better decisions that affect our children. Our major areas of work focus on four areas: child health and safety, early care and education, child maltreatment and juvenile justice and delinquency prevention. Our work, in collaboration with other organizations around the state, has led to significant legislative change benefiting children. You might be familiar with such things as the booster seat law, the graduated driver’s license law, N.C. Health Choice, improvements in vending machine selections available at schools, most recently the seat belt and cell phone bill which were just approved by the legislature—that was all, in part, thanks to Action for Children’s efforts. We are devoted to improving the well-being of North Carolina’s children by addressing how children are doing, and then by educating people so that all children in our state are healthy, safe, well-educated and grow up having every opportunity to succeed in life.
- In 2007, AFC staff began to gather intel at the local level. Action for Children staff held three discussion forums with church congregants, youth and key community leaders (in the tri-county area) regarding the well-being of children in their counties and the potential action steps necessary to affect change. Forum participants also discussed policy priorities and strategies for system reform among local, county-level and state-level policy work. These discussion forums, which eventually led to the development of three small county coalitions, have also moved Action for Children towards building an ongoing capacity among people of color to be effectively engaged in public policy advocacy for children. Topics included: Statewide child care subsidy issues; Growing suspension and dropout crisis across the state; Need for additional community supports for families; Impact of a fragmented mental health system on rural North Carolina; Funding for rural communities; Treatment resources for high risk and court-involved youth; and Health insurance for the uninsured. Action for Children’s youth advocacy efforts, including hosting youth focus groups were instrumental in preparing and encouraging youth in the tri-county target area to speak to policymakers about issues that impact their daily lives.
- A Communities for a Better Tomorrow (CfBT) executive committee composed of the Chief Court Counselors from each District, the DJJDP Eastern Area Administrator, the Action for Children NC Policy & Outreach Director, the CEO, and the Project Coordinator started meeting and guiding the implementation of the initiative and forming the CfBT collaborative in early 2008. On January 30, 2009 the first CfBT collaborative meeting was held in Rich Square. Over thirty five stakeholders from across the four county area (Halifax, Northampton, Bertie and Hertford) attended. The initial task of the collaborative was to begin the process of a results-based plan for the two judicial districts.
- There are sparse JJ resources in the East. A two year effort including meeting with community leaders, hosting focus groups, attending town meetings to gather community input.
- These four counties were ranked the lowest under these three indicators. This preliminary data assisted in selection of the target counties.
- Communities for a Better Tomorrow leaders went through a results based planning process. This is a community-driven process.
- Communities for a Better Tomorrow leaders went through a results based planning process. This is a community-driven process.
- We identified the “sectors” of the community having an impact on juvenile justice. These are the people we must bring to the table.
- Organizations and entities represented include; schools, DSS, judges, LMEs, county managers, family advocates, district attorneys and many others.
- CFBT Governance structure includes: 1) Executive Committee includes Chiefs, AfC Staff, GCC rep., DJJDP Area Administrator. CFBT Collaborative meets quarterly to assess progress on goals. Adjustments made as needed. JJTC structure also contributes to collaboration. Steering Committee, Supervisors, Staffings. Data-driven decision making!!!
- Collaborative members are kept up-to-date via the listserv and quarterly meetings. Project assistant regularly sends project updates, funding opportunities, info. on trainings, legislative updates and other pertinent information.
- Avoiding JCPC & jj system cuts!!!
- The stakeholders then completed a three month result based planning process (Feb-April 2009). The collaborative has met in subcommittees since mid May (2009) to begin implementation of these priorities. Three subcommittees were: Program Enhancement, Communication and Parental Involvement
- NFP estimated cost of $5,000 per family per year, and $500,000 per year for a site with one four-nurse team and supervisor. The $5,000 per family per year covers the cost of the local program plus the expense of NSO technical support.
- The database will ease access to and increase availability of treatment resources for court-involved youth by enhancing access to information, services and supports. There are approximately 600 providers in the CFBT database. The CFBT database is updated quarterly via an automatic email alert. Additional resources are regularly added: funding pops, toolkits, research, community resources
- A screenshot of the homepage. This is a fully searchable database available to the public.
- NFP estimated cost of $5,000 per family per year, and $500,000 per year for a site with one four-nurse team and supervisor. The $5,000 per family per year covers the cost of the local program plus the expense of NSO technical support.
- A comprehensive intervention strategy for court referred youth with co-occurring mental health and substance abuse disorders.
- Develop a consortium of providers across 4 counties with signed agreements working in conjunction with court counselors, mental health case managers, and consumers to identify, strengthen and better utilize community and regional services for court involved youth.
- Consumers receive a continuum of behavioral health services: Assessment, Structured Family Therapy, Multi family group (8 sessions), Parent education, *Community Support, *Intensive in-home, *Therapeutic foster care
- Data reviews are conducted on monthly and quarterly basis. Data reports are developed from the ISIS database. Wait time between referral and assessment, wait time between referral and written assessment, continuum of services provided, attendance at child and family team meetings, number of school and home visits. Action plans, what’s working, what’s not working?
- GCC grant
- Preliminary data: The following indicators were already on the decline prior to our results based planning process (March 2009). The community committed to further reductions through increased communication, collaboration, specialized service delivery for the most troubled youth. We will have the opportunity to see going forward the TRUE impact of our efforts. We expect GREAT results as seen from our partners in the west.
- 17% reduction in number of detention days 07-08 and 08-09 39% reduction in number of detention days 08-09 and 09-10 Halifax county saw a 43% reduction between 07-08 to 08-09 and a 9% increase between 08-09 and 09-10. Bertie County saw a 59% decrease in total number of days between 07-08 to 08-09 and a 59% decrease in number of days between 08-09 and 09-10. Hertford County saw a 16% reduction between 07-08 and 08-09 and a 70% decrease between 2008-2009 and 09-10. Northampton saw a 25% reduction between 07-08 and 08-09 and a 55% decrease between 08-09 and 09-10. This data reveals significant decreases in detention admissions and stays. We would however, like to acknowledge the efforts of other organizations and entities in sharing the responsibility for such substantial decreases. Budget cuts forced local officials to rely less on institutionalization and more on less restrictive and costly service provision.
- 94% reduction in YDC commitments between 07-08 and 08-09 Data not yet available for 2009-2010. Closest YDC in Kinston for the four-county target area.
- There was a 16.6% decrease in the number of short term suspensions from 07-08 and 08-09. Data not available for 09-10.
- Service provision via JJTC officially began in early fall 2009. Fifty-five JJTC service providers, representing mental health agencies, restorative justice and juvenile court have received multiple trainings, including the JJTC model, motivational interviewing and the ISIS database. Most recently mental health providers from two agencies, received A-CRA, an evidence based adolescent substance abuse training. Three families will share their experiences at the Sept 17 th event. Data is more readily available in the western counties as some of them began JJTC 2-4 years ago.
- NFP estimated cost of $5,000 per family per year, and $500,000 per year for a site with one four-nurse team and supervisor. The $5,000 per family per year covers the cost of the local program plus the expense of NSO technical support.
- Risk factors that provided the research and data for target counties. Halifax #4, Bertie #7, Northampton #10, Hertford #18. NFP of northeast leadership has decided to move forward! Working on application development; consultancy from PCA and NSO. Timeline Nov app in/Dec call with National Office; mid Dec decision made.
- NFP leadership team developed. Meetings held since October 2009. Community stakeholders meetings held to gain buy-in and support. Received full support of the community to move forward.