No preview available
HomeMy WebLinkAbout2025-04 RESOLUTION SUPPORTING NC DIVISION OF JUVENILE JUSTICEHarnett RESOLUTION N0. 2025-04 C 0 U N T Y NORTH CAROLINA 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 CAPICITY INCREASE, and 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 Harnett 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, Harnett County has a vested interest in ensuring that juveniles receive access to community - based intervention and prevention programs as a first response to (L) 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; rapid population growth is increasing the demand for these critical services, creating additional funding challenges; 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 Harnett County youth and families; and WHEREAS, the Harnett County JCPC has been a good steward of legislative dollars by funding impactful evidence -based intervention and prevention programs while also braiding in county revenues and resources to expand programmatic reach; and WHEREAS, North Carolina is experiencing a rise in gun violence among juveniles, with firearms being the leading cause of death among the juvenile population; Harnett C O U N T Y NORTH CAROLINA NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that Harnett County Commissioners support the adequate and timely requests for reoccurring 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 Campaign that will ensure the immediate and ongoing protection of the community and strengthen rehabilitative services for those juveniles most in need. Duly adopted this Yd day of March, 2025. Matthew B. Nicol, Chairman Harnett County Board of Commissioners Attest: Mehs Capps, Cler�to e Board