File #: 18-487   
Type: Resolution (Consent) Status: Passed
File created: 12/13/2018 In control: Police Department
On agenda: 1/22/2019 Final action: 1/22/2019
Enactment date: 1/22/2019 Enactment #: 2019-028
Title: Board of Commissioners - Legislative Request: To Support the Juvenile Crime Prevention Council (JCPC) Allocation Expansion
Sponsors: Ronnie Worley, Chad Brown, Jack B. Brown, Allen R. Fraley, Bob Hovis, Tom Keigher, Tracy L. Philbeck
Attachments: 1. Adopted 2019-028, 2. Resolution

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Board of Commissioners - Legislative Request: To Support the Juvenile Crime Prevention Council (JCPC) Allocation Expansion

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STAFF CONTACT

J. D. Ramey - Juvenile Crime Prevention Council - 704-866-3321

BUDGET IMPACT
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BUDGET ORDINANCE IMPACT

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BACKGROUND

The Juvenile Justice Reinvestment Act, passed in 2017, also referenced as North Carolina’s Raise the Age legislation, expands the age of juvenile jurisdiction, increasing it to include juveniles ages 16 and 17 years of age effective December 1, 2019.

Raise the Age legislation will increase the need for immediate and age-appropriate sanctions and diversion services for juvenile offenders and those at-risk of delinquency and JCPC funding has seen no increase in more than nine years. The Gaston County Board of Commissioners fully supports an adequate and timely increase of local Juvenile Crime Prevention funding to ensure program expansion and successful implementation of the Juvenile Justice Reinvestment Act - Raise the Age Legislation.

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ATTACHMENTS

Resolution