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NC Department of Public Safety - Juvenile Crime Prevention Council Funding FY 2025/JCPC Discretionary Funding Award - Kids at Work
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INFORMATION CONTACT:
Beverly Liles, Finance, Director, 704-283-3675
ACTION REQUESTED:
1) Approve revised County Funding Allocation Plan FY 2024-2025, 2) authorize the Finance Director to approve the funding plan, grant agreements and documents related to such grant agreements during their terms, and 3) approve Budget Amendment 31.
PRIOR BOARD ACTIONS:
None.
BACKGROUND:
The Juvenile Crime Prevention Council (JCPC) is a Board appointed by Commissioners, as defined by State Statutes. The JCPC provides funding and monitors Community Based alternatives to juvenile incarceration and provides funding for substance abuse prevention strategies and programs.
Funding for JCPC programs is generally adopted in the State Budget and assigned to County programs by a formula grant. Normally, a county JCPC approves a budget for the upcoming fiscal year, which is then submitted to the North Carolina Department of Public Safety Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (the DJJ). The attached funding plan was developed and approved by the JCPC Board and represents the Board's plan for how the funds will be spent for the 2024-2025 fiscal year. This request will be included in the State's DJJ budget which is being planned for 2024-2025.
The JCPC Board originally approved $476,439 for County programs for the 2024-2025 fiscal year. The Revised Funding Plan will allocate a total of $497,782 by adding $23,488 in discretionary funding from the State for the Aspire Youth and Family Kids at Work Program. Discretionary funds are required by the State to be spent on one-time purchases such as capital outlay. The discretionary funds will be used for this program to purchase a Van.
The Parent Support program has identified $2,145 of funds that are not needed for the remainder of this fiscal year and the revised funding plan removes $2,145 fr...
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