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Grant Application - FY2025 Juvenile Crime Prevention Council (JCPC) Funding for Parenting Support and Nurturing Parenting Program
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INFORMATION CONTACT:
Stephanie Starr, Human Services Agency - Community Support and Outreach Division, Director, 704-296-4302
ACTION REQUESTED:
1) Approve the Parenting Support and Nurturing Parenting program’s request to apply for FY2025 Juvenile Crime Prevention Council (JCPC) grant funding, 2) authorize the County Manager to negotiate and execute agreements substantially consistent with this agenda item, and 3) upon receipt of the grant award, recognize, receive, and appropriate the funding to the Community Support and Outreach budget.
PRIOR BOARD ACTIONS:
1) March 20, 2023, Regular Meeting, Agenda Item # 23-129 - Approved Grant Application - FY2024 Juvenile Crime Prevention Council (JCPC) Funding for Parenting Support and Nurturing Parenting Program.
BACKGROUND:
The Human Services Agency Division of Community Support and Outreach seeks approval to apply for FY2025 JCPC funding to support our Parenting Support and Nurturing Parenting (PSNP) program. PSNP, currently in its 11th year under administration by the County, is currently only available for at-risk parents of children ages birth to five years old due to stipulations on the funding through Alliance for Children. In FY2024, Union County received $135,008 in Alliance for Children Smart Start Funding, which covers 1.5 FTE facilitators, program handbooks and assessment tools, as well as incentives for motivation, retention, & graduation of program clients. We received $21,500 in JCPC funding for FY24, and we are requesting up to $25,000 in additional JCPC funding for FY25, which will enable us to serve the families of children adolescents 6-17. This JCPC funding will support some service to families with older children and enable Union County to implement multiple strategies to address the need to strengthen parenting practices and focus on interactional and/or interpersonal issues faced by families of juveniles.
PSNP has the potential to impact local child maltreatment recidivism rates and also affect the generational ripple outcomes on families. The program tracks parents who complete all sessions and successfully graduate, boasting a current success rate of 87.8% with a total of 377 parents who have completed the full 13-week program throughout PSNP’s history. The estimated savings/economic impact to our community resulting from these parents’ successful program completion is roughly $438,568,200 - this number factors in the approximate costs of CPS Social Workers and their 0-5-year-old caseloads, the lifetime cost of child maltreatment, and the cost of the PSNP program itself. The Program impacts local child maltreatment recidivism rates, thus effecting the generational ripple effect on families and is a valuable investment that produces high returns for our children and community.
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
$25,000 requested from the JCPC grant requires a 30% in-kind local match that will be met using supervision time and associated overhead program rent.