The development of the
"Juvenile Crime Prevention Council" was part of the
1999 Juvenile Code Revision. The legislative intent
of the Juvenile Code Revision is set forth with the
General Statute 143B-543, which states, “it is
the intent of the General Assembly to prevent
juveniles who are at-risk from becoming delinquent.
The primary intent of this Part is to develop
community-based alternatives to youth development
centers and to provide community-based delinquency
and substance abuse prevention strategies and
programs.” The statute also says that the
General Assembly intends to “provide
non-institutional dispositional alternatives that
will protect the community and juveniles.”
These programs and services are to be planned at the
local level by local Juvenile Crime Prevention
Councils in partnership with the state.
The JCPC is charged with the responsibility of
reviewing the needs of juveniles in the county who
are at-risk of delinquency, adjudicated
undisciplined or delinquent and to identify and
address gaps in the service continuum. The
objective of the JCPC is to identify the needed
resources for juveniles and to assure that these
resources are available to help reduce delinquency
and community crime.
The North Carolina
Department of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency
Prevention partners with Juvenile Crime Prevention
Councils in each county to bring together community
leaders, locally and statewide, to reduce and
prevent juvenile crime. DJJDP allocates
approximately 23 million dollars to these councils
annually. JCPC funding is used to fund the local
prevention and intervention continuum of services.
The North Carolina Department of Juvenile Justice
and Delinquency Prevention has an information
section of Grants on their website
www.ncdjjdp.org. On it, you can find funding
resources, web-based resources, request a Grant
Writing Help Book, and even sign up to receive
weekly email updates on available grants from
youth-related funding sources.
For more information contact Eddie
Lynch, Chairman at 252-473-3441 ext. 22. |
