CAPTIONING
JULY 16, 2010
JUVENILE JUSTICE BOARD


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>>RICHARD ROLFES:  GOOD MORNING, AND WELCOME TO THE JULY 
16th, 2010, JUVENILE JUSTICE BOARD MEETING.
PLEASE RISE FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
[PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE]
WELCOME AGAIN.
WE'LL START WITH INTRODUCTIONS.
COULD WE START ON THE RIGHT, MS. JERRY NOLAND.
[INTRODUCTIONS]
THANK YOU, EVERYONE.
ON THE TABLE WERE MINUTES, AND THOSE OF US WHO WERE HERE 
THE LAST TIME, I ASSUME, HAVE REVIEWED THEM, AND I'M 
ACCEPTING A MOTION.
I'M NOT ACCEPTING, I'M ASKING FOR A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE 
MINUTES.
>> MOVE TO APPROVE THE MINUTES.
>>RICHARD ROLFES:  THANK YOU, MS. RICE.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>>RICHARD ROLFES:  THANK YOU, MARTY, MS. MERRELL.
ANY DISCUSSION?
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
[CHORUS OF AYES]
ALL THOSE OPPOSED, SAME SIGN.
THANK YOU.
THE MINUTES ARE ACCEPTED.
WE HAVE TWO PRESENTATIONS TODAY, ONE FROM BIG BROTHERS/BIG 
SISTERS ON THE POWER FOR GIRLS PROGRAM AND ANOTHER FROM 
SUCCESS 4 KIDS & FAMILIES ON THE FINAL SUMMARY, I GUESS IT 
IS, OF THE CIVIL CITATION PROGRAM THAT THEY'VE DONE FOR US 
FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS.
LET'S START WITH BIG BROTHERS/BIG SISTERS.
THANK YOU FOR COMING.
>> OKAY.
HI.
I'M KIMBERLY WITH BIG BROTHERS/BIG SISTERS.
I'M THE MENTOR MANAGER FOR THE POWER FOR GIRLS GRANT.
FIRST, THE FIRST SLIDE IS OUR MISSION STATEMENT FOR BIG 
BROTHERS/BIG SISTERS.
IT'S TO HELP CHILDREN REACH THEIR POTENTIAL THROUGH 
PROFESSIONALLY SUPPORTED ONE-TO-ONE RELATIONSHIPS WITH 
MEASURABLE IMPACT.
THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF JUVENILE JUSTICE AND BIG 
BROTHERS/BIG SISTERS WORKED TOGETHER TO CREATE THE POWER 
FOR GIRLS GRANT.
THE HISTORY IS IT WAS CREATED IN 1998, FUNDED IN 
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY IN 1999 BY DJJ PREVENTION AND CURRENTLY 
BY TITLE II.
IT WAS ESTABLISHED IN OUR PASCO COUNTY OFFICES AND ALSO 
POLK COUNTY IN 2004 WITH ALSO FUNDING FROM DJJ.
2009 OUR BIG SISTER OF THE YEAR, WHO WENT ON TO BE THE 
FLORIDA -- THE STATE OF FLORIDA BIG SISTER OF THE YEAR WAS 
ACTUALLY A MENTOR UNDER POWER FOR GIRLS IN PASCO COUNTY.
THIS LAST GRANT CYCLE, JULY 2009 TO JUNE 2010, 75 NEW GIRLS 
WERE ENROLLED IN POWER FOR GIRLS.
79% OF THE GIRLS IN POWER THIS YEAR LIVED IN THE DJJ HIGH-
RISK ZIP CODES.
98% OF THE GIRLS HAD TWO OR MORE RISK FACTORS ON THE DJJ 
INTAKE FORM, AND WE'LL GO ON TO DISCUSS WHAT THOSE RISK 
FACTORS ARE.
THERE'S FOUR DIFFERENT CATEGORIES.
FOUR -- YEAH, FOUR.
THE FIRST IS THE SCHOOL RISK FACTORS.
SOME OF THEM, NOT ALL OF THEM, ARE SKIPPING SCHOOLS, 
SUSPENSIONS, EXPULSIONS, FAILING ONE OR MORE CLASSES IN THE 
LAST SIX MONTHS, BEING HELD BACK A GRADE, HAVING LEARNING 
DISABILITIES.
THE FAMILY RISK FACTORS COULD INVOLVE DCF INVOLVEMENT; THE 
PARENT, GUARDIAN, OR SIBLING HAVING A CRIMINAL RECORD OR 
PRISON TIME; AND DIFFERENT -- A VARIATION OF PARENTING 
ISSUES.
THERE'S ALSO SUBSTANCE ABUSE FACTORS.
IT'S TOBACCO AND/OR DRUG AND ALCOHOL USE IN THE LAST MONTH 
BY THE YOUTH.
ALSO THE YOUTH HAVING DRUG-RELATED CHARGES.
AND THEN THE LAST CATEGORY IS INDIVIDUAL BEHAVIOR FACTORS, 
REPEATED THEFT WITHOUT CHARGES, HISTORY AS A RUNAWAY, GANG 
ACTIVITY, OR A DELINQUENCY RECORD.
SO EACH OF OUR GIRLS HAD TO HAVE TWO OR MORE OF THESE IN 
TWO DIFFERENT CATEGORIES TO BE IN THE PROGRAM.
WHY GIRLS IN -- WHY GIRLS NEED SPECIAL ATTENTION IN TAMPA 
BAY.
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY IS THE NUMBER ONE FLORIDA COUNTY FOR 
FEMALE REFERRALS TO DJJ.
56.8% OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY FEMALES HAVE USED ALCOHOL, 
29.8% HAVE USED CIGARETTES, AND THAT'S FROM THE 2008 
FLORIDA SUBSTANCE ABUSE SURVEY.
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY HAS A TEEN BIRTH RATE OF 48.8 PER 
1,000, AND THAT'S AGES 15 TO 19, AND THAT'S FROM THE 2008 
KIDS COUNT DATA.
AND THEN HOW OUR GIRLS DID IN THE LAST YEAR.
100% OF THE GIRLS IN THIS PROGRAM REMAINED CRIME FREE WHILE 
MATCHED WITH THEIR BIG SISTER.
94% OF THE GIRLS DEMONSTRATED AN IMPROVED ABILITY TO CREATE 
AND SUSTAIN RELATIONSHIPS, WHICH IS HUGE, BECAUSE A LOT OF 
THE GIRLS THAT COME INTO THE PROGRAM, WHETHER IT'S MEASURED 
OR NOT, HAVE A LOT OF RELATIONSHIP ISSUES WITHIN THEIR 
FAMILY, WITH OTHER PEERS, AND WHATNOT, SO 94% DEMONSTRATED 
AN IMPROVED ABILITY TO CREATE AND SUSTAIN RELATIONSHIPS.
94% OF THE GIRLS DEMONSTRATED AN IMPROVED ABILITY TO CREATE 
AND SUSTAIN RELATIONSHIPS.
I DOUBLED THAT.
AND THEN WHY GENDER-SPECIFIC?
THERE'S AN EVIDENCE THAT GIRLS EXPERIENCE A GREATER NUMBER 
OF NEGATIVE LIFE EVENTS DURING ADOLESCENCE THAN BOYS AND IN 
RETURN MAY BE MORE SENSITIVE TO THEIR EFFECTS, PARTICULARLY 
WHEN THEY EMANATE FROM THE HOME.
EARLY PUBERTY COUPLED WITH STRESSORS SUCH AS CONFLICT WITH 
PARENTS AND INVOLVEMENT WITH DELINQUENT AND OFTEN OLDER 
MALE PEERS IS A RISK FACTOR UNIQUE TO GIRLS.
SO OUR GIRLS HAVE A LOT OF FACTORS AFFECTING THEM, AND -- 
WHICH IS LEADING TO HIGHER REFERRAL RATE IN HILLSBOROUGH 
COUNTY TO DJJ.
AND WHAT THEY RECEIVE FROM US WHEN THEY'RE IN POWER FOR 
GIRLS IS THEY'RE SUPERVISED BY A MENTOR MANAGER SUCH AS 
MYSELF, AND WE PROVIDE SUPPORT, ENCOURAGEMENT, IF THERE'S 
ANY ISSUES GOING ON, WE TRY TO TROUBLESHOOT THE ISSUES WITH 
THE MENTOR.
I SPEAK WITH THE PARENT, THE GIRLS, AND THE MENTOR ONCE A 
MONTH AND SEE HOW THINGS ARE, BUT I OFTEN GET CALLS IN 
BETWEEN THOSE MONTHLY CONTACTS JUST TO HELP WITH ISSUES 
THAT ARISE.
WE ALSO PROVIDE GENDER-SPECIFIC WORKSHOPS AND EVENTS THAT 
ARE SPECIFIC TO GIRLS' NEEDS AND GIRLS' INTERESTS, AND THEN 
WE CAN ALSO PROVIDE ONE-ON-ONE COUNSELING BY OUR FAMILY 
STAFF COUNSELOR IF THERE'S A NEED FOR THAT.
AND HERE'S A PICTURE OF SOME OF MY GIRLS, PICTURES THAT 
WERE SENT IN OR TAKEN AT SOME OF OUR EVENTS, AND AS YOU CAN 
SEE, ALL DIFFERENT KINDS OF GIRLS, ALL DIFFERENT KINDS OF 
MENTORS, AND THEY ALL HAVE A REALLY GREAT TIME IN OUR 
PROGRAM.
AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE.
>>RICHARD ROLFES:  ANY QUESTIONS FOR KIMBERLY?
>> I HAVE ONE QUESTION.
>> SURE.
>> THE GIRLS THAT ARE REFERRED, THOSE WERE GIRLS AT RISK.
ARE YOU ABLE TO TAKE GIRLS WHO ARE IN THE DELINQUENCY 
SYSTEM, PROBATION GIRLS IF WE MAKE THE REFERRAL?
>> NOT GENERALLY.
I THINK IT'S PROBABLY CASE-BY-CASE.
IS THAT --
>> SURE, YEAH.
WE ARE LOOKING AT ACTUALLY DEALING WITH THAT POPULATION, 
BUT AS OF NOW, IT'S MORE JUST PREVENTION LEVEL.
>> THAT'S WHAT I SUSPECTED.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE.
>>RICHARD ROLFES:  WHO IS YOUR BIGGEST REFERRAL SOURCE, DO 
YOU THINK?
>> PROBABLY SCHOOLS, I WOULD SAY.
A LOT OF OUR GIRLS ARE SHOWING ISSUES IN SCHOOLS AND ARE 
REFERRED BY GUIDANCE COUNSELORS OR SOCIAL WORKERS OR EVEN 
TEACHERS.
WE DO GET SOME TRICKLED DOWN THROUGH DCF, SUCCESS 4 KIDS, 
BUT I WOULD SAY THE BIGGEST REFERRAL SOURCE IS SCHOOLS.
>>RICHARD ROLFES:  IS IT A DOMINANT BEHAVIOR THAT YOU SEE 
OR IS IT A MIX?
>> IT'S A MIX.
THERE'S A -- I'D SAY A GOOD MAJORITY OF OUR GIRLS ARE 
ACADEMIC ISSUES AS WELL -- AS WELL AS BEHAVIOR ISSUES, SO 
IT'S KIND OF A MIX, BUT I THINK THE MOST PERVASIVE ISSUES 
ARE BEHAVIORAL, AND ONCE WE CAN WORK THROUGH THAT, 
EVERYTHING ELSE SEEMS TO FALL IN PLACE.
>>RICHARD ROLFES:  DO YOU USE ANY ASSESSMENT TOOLS?
>> YES.
WE USE THE POE, WHICH IS OUR PROGRAM OUTCOME EVALUATION, A 
RISK FACTOR ASSESSMENT TOOL, AND THEY'RE ALL JUST EITHER 
DONE BY MYSELF OR THE BIGS, THE MENTORS, AND SOME ARE DONE 
BY THE CHILDREN TOO.
WE HAVE A STRENGTH OF RELATIONSHIP SURVEY, SO BASICALLY 
SURVEYS THAT ARE DONE BY THE PARENTS, THE CHILDREN, THEIR 
MENTORS, AND ALSO MYSELF.
>>RICHARD ROLFES:  ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR MS. 
JARMON.
>> CAN YOU JUST GO AHEAD AND STATE THE PHONE NUMBER OR 
CONTACT PERSON IF ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS?
>> SURE.
813-769-3600 IS WHO YOU WOULD CALL IF YOU WANT TO BE A 
VOLUNTEER OR ENROLL YOUR CHILD IN THE PROGRAM.
>>RICHARD ROLFES:  ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?
THANK YOU.
NEXT IS SUCCESS 4 KIDS & FAMILIES.
TODAY WE HAVE MARSHA LANE AND SUZANNE SECREST.
WELCOME.
>> GOOD MORNING.
>> GOOD MORNING.
AS IT SAYS ON YOUR AGENDA THAT CLARA REYNOLDS WILL BE HERE, 
BUT SHE'S IN WASHINGTON, D.C., SO I AM MARSHA LANE, AS RICH 
HAD SAID, AND I'M VERY GLAD TO BE HERE, AND THIS IS SUZANNE 
SECREST.
WE'LL JUST BE GIVING YOU SOME INFORMATION STARTING WITH THE 
HISTORY OF THE CIVIL CITATION PROGRAM.
AND IN 2004 THE DEPARTMENT OF JUVENILE JUSTICE REPORTED 
THAT HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY LED THE STATE IN REPORTED NUMBERS 
OF SCHOOL-RELATED ARRESTS.
THE 13th JUDICIAL CIRCUIT CIVIL CITATION PROJECT WAS 
IMPLEMENTED TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF REFERRALS TO THE 
JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEM WITHIN THIS CIRCUIT FROM THAT 
PARTICULAR IDENTIFIED GROUP.
THE CIVIL CITATION TASK FORCE WAS CREATED TO ADDRESS THIS 
ISSUE AND DETERMINE HOW TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PROGRAM.
THE TASK FORCE WAS A COLLABORATION OF MANY MEMBERS FROM 
MULTIPLE AREAS OF THE COMMUNITY.
IN 2007 SUCCESS 4 KIDS & FAMILIES WAS GIVEN A THREE-YEAR 
CONTRACT TO OVERSEE THE CIVIL CITATION PROGRAM.
>> QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE PROGRAM PARTICIPATION, YOUTH 
BETWEEN THE AGES OF 10 AND 17, AND THEY HAD TO BE ENROLLED 
IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
JUVENILES THAT WERE ELIGIBLE EITHER HAD NO PRIOR ARREST 
RECORD OR THEY HAD -- THEY COULD HAVE ONE MISDEMEANOR 
ARREST ON THEIR RECORD.
IF THEY HAD A FELONY, THEY WOULD NOT BE ELIGIBLE.
THE OFFENSES THAT MET THE CRITERIA FOR A CITATION INCLUDE 
BATTERY, A FRAY, PETIT THEFT, POSSESSION OF ALCOHOL, 
DISRUPTION OF A SCHOOL FUNCTION, CRIMINAL MISCHIEF, 
TRESPASSING, AND DISORDERLY CONDUCT.
SUCCESS 4 KIDS & FAMILIES WAS THE CENTRAL POINT WHERE ALL 
OF THE CITATIONS THAT WERE ISSUED THROUGHOUT THE PUBLIC 
SCHOOL SYSTEM WERE SENT AND WERE -- WE PROCESSED ALL OF 
THOSE DURING THE YEAR.
JUST TO GIVE YOU SOME STATISTICS, IN THE FIRST YEAR THAT WE 
HAD THE PROGRAM, THEY ISSUED 578 CITATIONS.
IN THOSE 578, 540 OR 93% OF THE YOUTH WERE SUCCESSFUL, 27 
OF THE YOUTH OR 5% WERE UNSUCCESSFUL, AND WE HAD 11 OR 2% 
THAT DID NOT MEET CRITERIA.
WHEN WE REFER TO THEM AS BEING SUCCESSFUL, WE'RE TALKING 
ABOUT THE FACT THAT THEY HAVE -- THEY MET THE ASSIGNED 
COMMUNITY SERVICE HOURS THAT THEY WERE TO COMPLETE.
THEY MET THAT CRITERIA AND COMPLETED THE PROGRAM.
WHEN WE REFER TO THEM AS BEING UNSUCCESSFUL, WHAT WE DID IS 
WE GAVE THEM A VERY GOOD PERIOD OF TIME TO COMPLETE THESE 
HOURS.
WE MADE EVERY EFFORT TO ASSIST THEM TO FIND PLACES TO DO 
THEIR COMMUNITY SERVICE.
WHEN IT REACHED THE POINT THAT TIME HAD -- ENOUGH TIME HAD 
ELAPSED, WE RECOGNIZED THAT THE YOUTH WAS NOT MOTIVATED TO 
DO THIS, WAS BEING UNCOOPERATIVE, AND TYPICALLY THE PARENTS 
HAD NO CONTROL OVER THEM.
IT WAS AT THAT TIME WE DETERMINED THAT THEY WERE GOING TO 
FAIL THE PROGRAM AND WE WOULD REFER THEM BACK TO THE DEPUTY 
OR THE OFFICERS WHO WOULD DO A DIRECT FILE TO THE STATE 
ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.
IN THAT FIRST YEAR THERE WERE SOME THAT DID NOT MEET 
CRITERIA BECAUSE OF AGE, THEY WERE 18 OR UNDER TEN, AND 
THEN SOME OF THEM HAD FELONIES ON THEIR ARREST RECORD OR 
TWO MISDEMEANORS.
OF THE YOUTH SERVED THAT YEAR, WE SERVED 57% IN THE 
IDENTIFIED AT-RISK ZIP CODES.
IN 2008 WE SERVED 546 YOUTH.
AGAIN, A VERY HIGH SUCCESS RATE THAT YEAR.
534 OR 98% WERE SUCCESSFUL.
WE ONLY HAD EIGHT YOUTH THAT FAILED THE PROGRAM THAT YEAR.
FOUR YOUTH DID NOT MEET CRITERIA, AND WE SERVED 57% IN THE 
IDENTIFIED AT-RISK ZIP CODES.
THE -- THIS PAST YEAR, IN 2009-2010, CITATIONS ISSUED 
DECREASED, AND THAT ACTUALLY A REALLY WONDERFUL THING.
BECAUSE OF ZERO TOLERANCE LEGISLATION THAT WAS PASSED IN 
THE SUMMER, IT ALLOWED THE SCHOOLS TO BE ABLE TO STEP IN 
AND HANDLE SITUATIONS THAT AROSE IN THE SCHOOLS THAT THEY 
WERE ORIGINALLY GOING IN TO THE LEGAL REALM, SO AS A 
RESULT, THE CITATIONS DROPPED.
WE SERVED 205 YOUTH.
WE ONLY HAD ONE YOUTH THAT FAILED.
OUR SUCCESS RATE WAS 99.5%.
ALL 204 WERE SUCCESSFUL.
AGAIN, WE SERVED 54% IN THE AT-RISK ZIP CODE, WHICH IS A 
GOOD THING BECAUSE THOSE AT-RISK ZIP CODES ARE AREAS WHERE 
WE HAVE A LARGE PROPORTION OF KIDS THAT ARE TYPICALLY GOING 
TO BE ARRESTED, AND THESE KIDS WERE NOT ARRESTED.
THEY DON'T HAVE IT.
LESSONS LEARNED.
ALL RIGHT.
ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS IN THIS -- IN THIS WHOLE 
PROCESS IS TO COMMUNICATE QUICKLY WITH THE PARENT OF THE 
YOUTH WHO RECEIVED THE CITATION AND GO OVER THE CITATION 
AND THE REQUIREMENTS FOR SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION, AND IN 
DOING THIS, WE MADE SURE THAT THAT PARENT AND THAT YOUTH 
KNEW THAT OUR GOAL WAS TO HELP THEM GET THIS TAKEN CARE OF.
ANOTHER THING, HAVE SITES IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE IN ALL 
AREAS OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY FOR COMMUNITY SERVICE HOURS, 
REFINE AND ADJUST THE LISTING OF COMMUNITY SITES ON AN 
ONGOING BASIS.
IT WAS ALSO VERY CRITICAL TO HAVE SITES FOR YOUTH AGES TEN 
TO 13 AVAILABLE THAT CAN PROVIDE THEM WITH THE SUPERVISORY 
STAFF AND THE STRUCTURE THAT THEY NEED BECAUSE OF THE YOUNG 
AGES.
FINALLY, RECOGNIZE THAT THE CITATION PROGRAM WAS SUCCESSFUL 
BECAUSE PARTICIPANTS DID NOT HAVE PREVIOUS EXTENSIVE 
INVOLVEMENT IN THE LEGAL SYSTEM.
THESE WERE NOT BAD KIDS THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH.
>> THERE WERE ACTUALLY A LOT OF BENEFITS FOR THE CIVIL 
CITATION PROGRAM, BUT THE CIVIL CITATION PROGRAM IN 
COLLABORATION WITH THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOL SYSTEM, 
WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT, THE 13th JUDICIAL CIRCUIT JUVENILE 
DIVISION PROGRAM, AND OUR AGENCY, SUCCESS 4 KIDS & 
FAMILIES, RESULTED IN PREVENTING THE ARREST OF MORE THAN 
1300 YOUTH DURING THIS THREE-YEAR PERIOD, AND DURING A LOT 
OF THE MEETINGS WE WERE HAVING DURING THAT TIME, I KNOW -- 
I'M LOOKING AT PATTI PIERI AND REMEMBERING THAT THIS IS 
JUST A GROUP THAT WE WANTED TO TARGET.
THESE ARE KIDS THAT MADE A BAD DECISION, MADE A BAD 
BEHAVIOR CHOICE, BUT THE GREAT -- BY FAR THE GREAT MAJORITY 
OF THESE KIDS ARE NOT YOUTH THAT ARE GOING TO BE INVOLVED 
IN THE SYSTEM AGAIN OR IN THE DEEP PART OF THE SYSTEM.
AND SO WE FEEL THAT IT WAS REALLY VERY BENEFICIAL TO HAVE 
THIS PROGRAM.
AND SUZANNE IS THE ONE THAT KNOWS THE BEST OF ALL THE 
NUMBERS, BUT WE DID HAVE A VERY HIGH SUCCESS RATE OF YOUTH 
COMPLETING THE PROGRAM WITH ABOVE 90%, WITH THE LAST TWO 
YEARS AT 98% AND 99%, SO I THINK THOSE NUMBERS SPEAK VERY 
WELL.
THE CIVIL CITATION PROCESS INVOLVES A HUGE COST-SAVING 
ALTERNATIVE TO THE COMMUNITY ALSO.
LAW ENFORCEMENT HOURS, COURT HOURS, REPORT HOURS, ALL OF 
THESE HOURS ARE VERY TIME-CONSUMING AND VERY EXPENSIVE, AND 
FOR YOUTH THAT ARE BY AND LARGE NOT GOING TO BE INVOLVED 
WITH THE LEGAL SYSTEM ANOTHER TIME AND, AS I'VE SAID, MADE 
SOME BAD CHOICES AND BAD MISTAKES, IT'S VERY COST-EFFECTIVE 
OR A STUDY THAT ACTUALLY CLARA REYNOLDS DID, WHO'S NOT HERE 
TODAY, SHOWED THAT THE ARREST AND CONVICTION OF YOUTH WAS 
APPROXIMATELY $2500 PER CHILD.
CIVIL CITATION OF A YOUTH WAS APPROXIMATELY $213 A CHILD, 
SO YOU CAN SEE WHAT A SIGNIFICANT COST SAVINGS THAT IS, BUT 
IT ALSO HAS A LOT OF OTHER BENEFITS FOR THE JUVENILE, THE 
CHILD, AND THE FAMILY TOO, SO A LOT OF BENEFITS.
AND SUCCESS 4 KIDS & FAMILIES DEVELOPED RELATIONSHIPS WITH 
MORE THAN A HUNDRED NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS THROUGHOUT ALL 
OF THE COUNTY.
THIS ACCOMPLISHMENT ALLOWED THE YOUTH TO COMPLETE SERVICE 
HOURS AND ASSISTED IN MEETING THE NEEDS OF THE PARENT AND 
THE YOUTH, AND THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE AS ALL OF US 
KNOW, WE HAVE A BIG COUNTY HERE IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY.
WE'RE JUST ALL -- YOU KNOW, ALL AROUND, OVER TO PLANT CITY, 
SO HAVING THE SITES AVAILABLE BECAUSE OF TRANSPORTATION 
ISSUES, FAMILY WORK ISSUES, IT'S VERY, VERY IMPORTANT IN 
HELPING FAMILIES CONNECT WITH THOSE SITES.
>> WE THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE NICE TO JUST LET YOU KNOW WHAT 
SOME OF THE PARENTS AND YOUTH SAID WITH REGARD TO THE CIVIL 
CITATION PROGRAM.
DIFFERENT OPINIONS WERE EXPRESSED, AND JUST A COUPLE OF 
SAMPLE COMMENTS.
THIS IS A VERY GOOD PROGRAM.
I WAS VERY SATISFIED WITH HAVING HIM DO COMMUNITY SERVICE 
HOURS.
THIS SHOULD BE WHAT ALL KIDS SHOULD HAVE TO DO INSTEAD OF 
GETTING SUSPENDED WHEN THEY MISBEHAVE IN SCHOOL.
AND A LOT OF THESE CITATIONS ARE MISBEHAVIOR.
THANK YOU.
IT WAS A GOOD EXPERIENCE TO A VERY UNFORTUNATE DECISION 
WITH MY SON, BUT I HOPE HE WILL LEARN FROM THIS.
MY HUSBAND AND MYSELF WERE VERY THANKFUL FOR THIS PROGRAM.
OUR CHILD MADE A BAD DECISION; HOWEVER, HE IS A GOOD CHILD.
WITH CIVIL CITATION, IT MADE IT POSSIBLE FOR HIM NOT TO BE 
A STATISTIC.
THANKS.
SO MANY OF THE PARENTS WOULD SAY TO ME, THEY'RE A GOOD 
CHILD.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED, AND THAT -- THAT JUST WAS 
REPEATED OVER AND OVER.
FINALLY, WE HAD A COUPLE FROM THE YOUTH.
I REALLY LEARNED A LESSON FROM THIS, AND I WON'T GET IN 
TROUBLE AGAIN.
I GUESS IN CONCLUSION, WE WANT TO SAY CIVIL CITATION VERSUS 
ARREST, THE TWO -- WHAT WE CONSIDER THE TWO MOST IMPORTANT 
THINGS, OBVIOUSLY, RECEIVING A CIVIL CITATION IN LIEU OF AN 
ARREST PROVIDES YOUTH WHO HAVE MADE POOR DECISIONS WITH FAR 
MORE OPPORTUNITIES IN AREAS OF EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT, 
AND ISSUING A CIVIL CITATION SAVES MANY HOURS OF LAW 
ENFORCEMENT AND JUDICIAL TIME AND SAVES THE TAXPAYERS 
THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS.
THANK YOU.
>>RICHARD ROLFES:  ANY QUESTIONS?
MS. NOLAND.
>> HI.
HOW MUCH FAMILY ASSESSMENT DID YOU DO ONCE THE CHILD WAS 
IN -- IN THE CIVIL CITATION PROGRAM?
DID YOU ASSESS THE FAMILY SITUATION AND OFFER TO THE FAMILY 
AS A WHOLE RESOURCES AND SERVICE PROVIDERS WHO COULD 
ADDRESS THE NEEDS IN THE FAMILY?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
WE HAD A SCREENING TOOL THAT CONSISTED OF ABOUT SIX 
QUESTIONS THAT WHEN I SPOKE -- WHEN I WAS DOING THE 
EXPLANATION PROCESS OF THE CITATION PROGRAM THAT I WOULD 
ASK THEM THESE QUESTIONS WITH REGARD TO THEIR GRADES, 
ATTENDING ATOSS, WAS THERE ANY CONCERN ABOUT BULLYING, 
SUBSTANCE ABUSE, ALCOHOL USE, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, AND THEY 
JUST KIND OF HAD A NATURAL FLOW, AND AT THAT TIME, BASED ON 
THAT -- WHAT THEY WANTED OR NEEDED, I WOULD EITHER MAKE 
REFERRALS TO DIFFERENT PROGRAMS, PRODIGY, JUST -- THE SHOCK 
PROGRAM, WHATEVER, OR I MADE REFERRALS TO SUCCESS 4 KIDS & 
FAMILIES, AND I KNOW LAST YEAR I MADE BETWEEN ABOUT 60 TO 
80 REFERRALS TO OUR OWN AGENCY FROM THESE PHONE CALLS, IF 
NOTHING MORE THAN TO THEM -- FOR THEM TO FIND ASSISTANCE IN 
HAVING A PLACE WHERE THEIR CHILD COULD GET SOME COUNSELING.
THIS YEAR WITH THE LOWER NUMBER, WE STILL REFERRED ABOUT 25 
KIDS FOR INFORMATION REFERRAL OR CASE MANAGEMENT TO SUCCESS 
4 KIDS & FAMILIES.
>>RICHARD ROLFES:  MR. MURPHY.
>> TWO QUICK QUESTIONS.
YOUR INFRASTRUCTURE, DO YOU FEEL THAT YOU HAD ENOUGH STAFF 
PERSONNEL, FIELD STAFF?
YOU MENTIONED EARLIER YOU HAD THE WHOLE ENTIRE COUNTY, 
ENTIRE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY.
DO YOU FEEL THAT YOU HAVE ENOUGH CASE MANAGERS TO MEET WITH 
THE FAMILIES?
AND ALSO, ANY COMMENTS ABOUT THE MINORITY KIDS AT THE CIVIL 
CITATION, AND PARTICULARLY GIRLS, YOU KNOW, WHAT WAS 
WORKING WITH THE GIRLS, WHAT WASN'T WORKING.
JUST YOUR GENERAL COMMENTS IN THAT AREA.
>> WELL, IN ANSWER TO YOUR FIRST QUESTION, YES, ABSOLUTELY.
OUR CASE MANAGERS, OUR INTAKE STAFF, THAT WAS NO ISSUE AT 
ALL DEALING WITH THE FAMILIES, AND BASICALLY TURNAROUND WAS 
EITHER THAT DAY WHEN I SPOKE TO THE PARENT OR THE NEXT DAY 
THAT THEY WOULD GET BACK WITH THEM.
>> YOU SAY YOU HAD ENOUGH CASE MANAGERS OR DID YOU NEED 
MORE?
>> WITHIN OUR AGENCY WE HAD -- YES, WE WERE FINE, UNLESS 
YOU WANTED TO COMMENT ON THAT.
>> I DO.
I JUST WANT TO COMMENT.
WE ARE FORTUNATE -- AND THEN THERE OTHER PARTS OF OUR 
AGENCY THAT ARE VOLUNTARY, BUT WE WERE SO FORTUNATE TO HAVE 
THOSE PARTS OF OUR AGENCY THAT WE COULD RECOMMEND TO A 
PARENT.
WE OFTEN ALSO RECOMMEND MANY OTHER COMMUNITY AGENCIES, JUST 
DEPENDING ON THE INDIVIDUAL SITUATION, THE INDIVIDUAL 
QUESTIONS THAT THE PARENT ASKED, THE INFORMATION WE GOT 
FROM THE VERY BRIEF SCREENING TOOL.
SUZANNE WAS REALLY DOING THE PROCESSING AND KEEPING TRACK 
OF ALL THE DAY-TO-DAY CITATIONS AND TALKING WITH SCHOOL 
RESOURCE OFFICERS, THE PARENTS, THE SCHOOL, ALL OF THAT, SO 
WE WERE VERY FORTUNATE THAT THE WAY OUR AGENCY IS 
STRUCTURED, WE WERE ABLE TO OFFER OTHER SERVICES IF THE 
PARENT WANTED THAT OR WE HAVE AN INFORMATION AND REFERRAL 
PART OF OUR AGENCY, AND THEY'RE VERY FAMILIAR WITH WHAT'S 
AVAILABLE IN THE COMMUNITY, AND THEY WERE ABLE TO ADVISE 
PARENTS ABOUT THAT.
SO THAT WAS -- THAT WAS THE MANNER WE DEALT WITH.
ALSO -- AND THIS WAS FAIRLY RECENT, SO IT'S ON MY MIND, BUT 
WE HAD A CHILD THAT MOVED, AND AS BUSY AS SUZANNE IS, SHE 
JUST FELT THAT SHE HAD TALKED TO THIS PARENT, THEY WERE 
VERY MOTIVATED.
THIS IS SOMETHING WE COULDN'T DO ALL THE TIME, BUT SUZANNE 
BEING SUZANNE GOT IN THE CAR TO MEET THE PARENT AND THE 
YOUNG MAN, HELPED HIM CONNECT WITH A COMMUNITY AGENCY.
IT HAPPENED TO BE A CHURCH IN HIS VERY NEW NEIGHBORHOOD.
HE ENDED UP NOT ONLY DOING A TERRIFIC JOB ON HIS COMMUNITY 
HOURS BUT GETTING INVOLVED IN A YOUTH PROGRAM IN A 
NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE HE DIDN'T KNOW ANY OTHER CHILDREN, SO 
WHENEVER WE COULD, WE REALLY TRIED TO DO THE EXTRA, BUT 
WOULD WE HAVE THE RESOURCES FOR JUST THIS PART OF IT, FOR 
SOMEBODY TO DO ALL OF THAT, NO.
WE WERE JUST FORTUNATE THAT WE COULD ACCESS OTHER AREAS OF 
ASSISTANCE.
>> I KNOW THIS WAS A PILOT PROGRAM, SO HOW MANY SCHOOLS 
WERE YOU ACTUALLY IN?
WAS IT ALL -- ALL COUNTY SCHOOLS, MIDDLE SCHOOLS, JUNIOR 
HIGH SCHOOLS, ELEMENTARY, ALL SCHOOLS IN HILLSBOROUGH 
COUNTY?
>> YES.
WE TOOK EVERY REFERRAL THAT CAME IN FROM ANY SCHOOL IN 
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY.
>> PRIMARILY MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL.
THIS YEAR WE ONLY HAD FOUR REFERRALS FROM AN ELEMENTARY 
SCHOOL.
YOU HAD A SECOND PART TO YOUR QUESTION.
>> YEAH.
IN REFERENCE TO MINORITY KIDS AND PARTICULARLY GIRLS.
>> YOU KNOW --
>> HOW WELL DID THE GIRLS DO IN THE PROGRAM?
>> THE GIRLS DID GREAT.
WE ONLY HAD ONE YOUTH THAT FAILED, AND THAT YOUTH HAPPENED 
TO BE, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY -- I WANT TO SAY HISPANIC, A 
HISPANIC MALE.
I'D HAVE TO DOUBLE-CHECK ON THAT, BUT NO, THE GIRLS -- 
AGAIN, THIS YEAR WITH THE CITATIONS BEING DOWN, I WAS 
ALLOWED THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEND A LITTLE MORE TIME WORKING 
WITH THESE FAMILIES, AND THAT REALLY PAID OFF, IT REALLY 
DID.
AND I REALLY DIDN'T FIND A WHOLE LOT OF DIFFERENCE WITH THE 
GIRLS, NO.
>> AND JUST TO ADD TO THAT, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT REALLY 
HAS TO HAPPEN TO HAVE THIS BE SUCCESSFUL IS TO WORK WITH 
HAVING THESE SITES, AND THE REASON I STRESS THAT, BECAUSE 
IF YOU'RE ASKING FOR -- ASKING ABOUT CERTAIN AREAS WHERE 
FAMILIES LIVE, CERTAIN ZIP CODES THAT ARE HIGH RISK, A LOT 
OF TIMES FAMILIES HAVE TO RELY ON PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION OR 
THEY'RE AT WORK ALL DAY, SO WE WORKED REALLY HARD TO HAVE A 
LOT OF SITES AVAILABLE THAT THE FAMILY COULD ACCESS IN THE 
HOURS THAT THEY HAD AND WITH THE TRANSPORTATION REALITIES 
THAT THEY WERE FACING, SO THAT'S A BIG PART IS MAKING IT BE 
POSSIBLE TO BE SUCCESSFUL.
>>RICHARD ROLFES:  YOU HAD MENTIONED THE QUICK CONTACT WITH 
THE FAMILY AND YOU MENTIONED TRANSPORTATION.
ANY OTHER ADVICE ON CIVIL CITATION GOING FORWARD?
>> WELL, SHE -- SHE MAKES THE -- THE POINT IS REALLY 
COMMUNICATING WITH THE NONPROFIT AGENCIES IN THE -- IN 
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, AND WHAT I DID IS I WAS -- IT WAS 
ONGOING WHERE WHENEVER I FOUND -- GOT A NEW NAME OF A 
CHURCH OR A NEW NAME OF AN AGENCY I WAS ON THE PHONE WITH 
THEM EXPLAINING THE PROGRAM.
THAT WAS REALLY KEY TO GET BUY-IN FOR WHAT THEY WOULD BE 
DOING, AND I -- AND I EXPLAINED TO THEM, YOU KNOW, WE 
WANTED TO BE A GIVE AND TAKE.
YOU KNOW, YOU'RE DOING THIS FOR THE YOUTH, SO YOU WANT TO 
GET SOMETHING OUT OF IT AS WELL, BUT I WOULD WORK REALLY 
HARD TO GET BUY-IN FROM THE AGENCY SO THAT THEY WOULD BE 
WILLING TO TAKE ON MORE YOUTH, AND REALLY AND TRULY, THE 
SUCCESS COMES EASIER IF THEY HAVE A PLACE THAT THEY CAN GO 
TO WITHIN THEIR OWN NEIGHBORHOOD, AND THAT'S -- THAT'S --
>>RICHARD ROLFES:  EXCELLENT.
>> THAT'S KEY.
>>RICHARD ROLFES:  ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?
>> AND ADDRESSING THE QUESTION TOO ABOUT SUCCESS, IS, YOU 
KNOW, REALISTIC EXPECTATIONS WITH ENOUGH STAFF.
YOU MIGHT WANT TO BE -- YOU KNOW, TO ADD THINGS GRADUALLY 
SO THAT AS YOU'RE TAKING ON THIS, IF YOU'RE EXPANDING THIS 
PROGRAM, WHICH I CERTAINLY RECOMMEND BECAUSE I THINK IT 
WILL BE THE RIGHT WAY TO GO AND BE SUCCESSFUL, BUT TO DO IT 
PERHAPS INCREMENTALLY, IDENTIFYING CERTAIN AREAS OR CERTAIN 
GROUPS THAT WOULD BE THE FIRST GROUP AND THEN GETTING 
THAT -- YOU KNOW, ALL OF THAT TRAINING AND GETTING THAT 
KIND OF SETTLED AND THEN GOING ON TO THE NEXT PART SO THAT 
YOU CAN DO EACH PART AS SUCCESSFULLY AS YOU WANT TO DO IT.
BECAUSE ONCE YOU GET THAT AND PEOPLE HEAR ABOUT THE SUCCESS 
OF THAT PART, THEN THEY'RE EXCITED ABOUT IT.
IT'S WORKING, AND THEY'RE VERY WILLING TO WORK TOGETHER TO 
HAVE IT GO ON TO A NEXT GROUP AND TO ENLARGE IT.
>>RICHARD ROLFES:  GREAT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS?
THANK YOU FOR COMING TODAY.
>> THANK YOU --
>> THANK YOU FOR INVITING US.
>> -- FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.
>> AND THANK YOU, ALL OF YOU, PATTI, GEORGE, ALL OF YOU 
THAT HAVE WORKED WITH ME AND HELPED THE LAW ENFORCEMENT.
INCREDIBLE GROUP TO WORK WITH, AND I HAVE TO GIVE ALL OF 
THEM THE CREDIT AS WELL FOR HAVING SUCH A SUCCESSFUL 
PROGRAM.
THEY WERE GREAT.
THANK YOU.
>>RICHARD ROLFES:  THANKS.
WE WANT TO GIVE YOU CREDIT FOR THE 1300-PLUS KIDS WHO YOU 
KEPT OUT OF THE SYSTEM, KEPT OUT OF HAVING ANY KIND OF 
CRIMINAL RECORD.
THANK YOU.
WE HAVE MS. MARTY MERRELL HERE FROM THE COURT 
ADMINISTRATION, AND COURT ADMINISTRATION WILL BE TAKING 
OVER THE CIVIL CITATION PROGRAM FOR THIS COMING SCHOOL 
YEAR.
MS. MERRELL, DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS?
YOU CAN DO IT THERE OR THERE, WHEREVER YOU --
>> OKAY.
THE JUVENILE DIVERSION PROGRAM, AS OF JULY 1st, OFFICIALLY 
TOOK OVER THE SCHOOL-BASED CIVIL CITATION PROGRAM SINCE 
SUCCESS 4 KIDS & FAMILIES' GRANT ENDED.
FOR THE LAST COUPLE MONTHS WE'VE WORKED CLOSELY WITH 
SUZANNE AND CLARA AT SUCCESS 4 KIDS & FAMILIES TO BE SURE 
THAT THE TRANSITION WOULD GO SMOOTHLY FROM THEIR 
SUPERVISION TO OURS.
WE'RE READY TO GO WITH -- AS SOON AS SCHOOL STARTS AND 
REFERRALS START COMING IN.
WE HAVE ALSO BEEN WORKED WITH DJJ TO BE SURE THAT WE HAVE 
THE COMPUTER TRAINING TO ENTER INFORMATION IN THE JUVENILE 
JUSTICE INFORMATION SYSTEM.
SO IT LOOKS LIKE THINGS WILL GO SMOOTHLY, AND THANKS SO 
MUCH, SUZANNE, FOR ALL OF YOUR HELP WITH THAT.
>>RICHARD ROLFES:  MS. MERRELL AND HER DEPARTMENT WILL BE 
TAKING THIS OVER WITHOUT ANY ADDITIONAL FUNDING, WHICH IS 
IMPORTANT TO KNOW.
SUCCESS 4 KIDS HAD A GRANT EACH YEAR FOR THE THREE YEARS 
THAT THEY WERE OPERATING THIS PROGRAM FROM THE STATE 
ADVISORY GROUP, AND THERE IS NO ADDITIONAL FUNDING, SO 
THANK YOU FOR TAKING THIS ON.
IT'S A BIG BENEFIT TO HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY.
ANY COMMENTS FOR MS. MERRELL, STATEMENTS, QUESTIONS?
NO?
MR. CAMPBELL, DJJ UPDATES.
>> THANK YOU.
GOOD MORNING.
LAST MEETING WE REPORTED ON THE CLOSING OF SEVERAL 
FACILITIES DUE TO THE BUDGET SHORTFALL.
AS A RESULT OF THAT, WE HAD A TOTAL OF 260 BEDS ELIMINATED 
FROM THE SYSTEM FOR RESIDENTIAL CAPACITY, WHICH HAS REDUCED 
OUR OVERALL BED CAPACITY TO 4184 BEDS.
THAT'S THE LOWEST IT'S BEEN IN SEVERAL YEARS.
AT ONE POINT WE HAD AS MANY AS 7,000 BEDS FOR JUVENILES IN 
THE STATE.
THE RATE OF ARRESTS AND THE RATE OF CRIME HAS BEEN REDUCED, 
AND THE NUMBER OF BEDS THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE HAVE ALSO 
BEEN REDUCED, SO AT THIS POINT, ABOUT 90% OF THIS 40 -- 
ALMOST 4200 BEDS HAVE SOME TYPE OVERLAY.
THEY EITHER HAVE MENTAL HEALTH OVERLAY, SEX OFFENDER 
OVERLAY, SUBSTANCE ABUSE OVERLAY, OR SOME COMBINATION OF 
THOSE THREE.
AS FAR AS DETENTION IS CONCERNED, THERE'S A MEETING IN 
TALLAHASSEE ON MONDAY WHERE THE COUNTIES AND THE FLORIDA 
ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES ARE HAVING A MEETING TO TALK ABOUT 
COST SHARE AND TO TALK ABOUT HOW MUNICIPALITIES AND 
COUNTIES CAN ASSUME RESPONSIBILITY FOR PROVIDING THEIR OWN 
DETENTION SERVICES.
DURING THIS PAST YEAR, DUE TO REVENUE SHORTFALLS IN MANY 
COUNTIES ACROSS THE STATE, THERE'S BEEN SOME CONCERN ABOUT 
THE COST FOR PRETRIAL DETENTION AND ITS IMPACT ON THE 
REVENUE FOR COUNTIES, SO THE MEETING MONDAY IS TO DEVELOP A 
FRAMEWORK FOR REVIEWING COUNTY COST SHARING, HOW THAT CAN 
BE TRANSFERRED TO CERTAIN COUNTIES AND CITIES IF THAT IS 
THEIR DESIRE.
AS FAR AS PROBATION IS CONCERNED, IN THIS COUNTY WE DID NOT 
LOSE ANY POSITIONS IN THE LAST BUDGET CYCLE.
THERE WERE A TOTAL OF 16 POSITIONS LOST STATEWIDE.
WE CURRENTLY HAVE FOUR VACANCIES, AND UNTIL SUCH TIME AS WE 
REACH A 7% VACANCY RATE, WE WILL BE NOT FILLING ANY 
VACANCIES BECAUSE WE ANTICIPATE A LEAN YEAR FROM THE 
LEGISLATURE DURING THIS NEXT COMING CYCLE.
AND FROM THE PREVENTION SIDE, I'M NOT CERTAIN WHETHER -- 
YOU ALREADY HAVE THE INFORMATION FROM YVONNE WOODARD ON THE 
OBRs?
>>RICHARD ROLFES:  YES.
>> ARE YOU GOING TO TALK ABOUT THAT?
>>RICHARD ROLFES:  BRIEFLY.
>> AND THEN NEXT WEEK IS AMERICAN PROBATION AND PAROLE 
ASSOCIATION WEEK, WHICH IS THE WEEK THAT WE CELEBRATE AND 
RECOGNIZE OUR COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS PROFESSIONALS IN BOTH 
JUVENILES AND ADULTS, SO THERE WILL BE ACTIVITIES NEXT WEEK 
FOR OUR PROBATION OFFICERS.
AND WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION THAT CAME FROM THE GOVERNOR'S 
OFFICE PROCLAIMING NEXT WEEK AS "COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS 
PROFESSIONALS WEEK."
I BELIEVE THAT'S AS MUCH AS WE HAVE.
>>RICHARD ROLFES:  OKAY.
THANK YOU.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. CAMPBELL?
OKAY.
NEXT UP IS BOARD UPDATES.
I HAVE A FEW THINGS.
IN FLORIDA STATUTE THERE ARE MANDATORY MEMBERS TO THIS 
BOARD AND RECOMMENDED MEMBERS TO THIS BOARD.
WE WILL BE IN TOUCH WITH SOME ORGANIZATIONS TO KIND OF BEEF 
UP THEIR PARTICIPATION IN THIS BOARD.
WE'VE HAD SOME PEOPLE WHO DON'T TEND TO COME.
WE'D LIKE TO GET AT LEAST A REPRESENTATIVE TO SHOW UP, SO 
THAT WILL BE FORTHCOMING.
I DON'T THINK I'M PREMATURE HERE.
BIG BROTHERS/BIG SISTERS WAS A RECIPIENT OF A 
DISPROPORTIONATE MINORITY CONTACT GRANT.
I BELIEVE THE CONTRACT IS CLOSE TO SIGNATURE.
>> YES.
>>RICHARD ROLFES:  OKAY.
YOU'LL BE SEEING THEM AROUND THE COMMUNITY WORKING ON THE 
GRANT.
I BELIEVE IT'S FOCUSING ON MENTORING, IS IT NOT?
>> YES.
THE CHILDREN WILL BE REFERRED FROM JUDGE MOODY, AND THIS IS 
LAURA PREVATTE, ACTUALLY, WHO WILL BE HEADING UP OUR DMC 
PROGRAM.
>>RICHARD ROLFES:  DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS YOU'D LIKE TO 
MAKE ABOUT THE PROJECT?
>> NO.
I'M READY TO GO AND EXCITED AS WELL AS JUDGE MOODY.
WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD --
>>RICHARD ROLFES:  EXCELLENT.
SO YOU'LL BE SEEING THEM AROUND DOING THAT.
ONE OF THE THINGS I MENTIONED LAST TIME AT THIS MEETING, IN 
ORDER TO BE IN THE KNOW ABOUT DJJ GRANTS, YOU NEED TO GO TO 
THE JUVENILE JUSTICE WEB SITE.
IT'S DJJ.STATE.FL.US.
IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PAGE IS A SMALL DROP-DOWN BOX, AND IF 
YOU CLICK ON THAT BOX, YOU'LL FIND CONTRACTING SERVICES, 
AND IF YOU CLICK ON THAT, YOU WILL FIND SOME INFORMATION, 
AND ONE OF THE ITEMS ON THERE IS INTERESTED PARTY LIST, AND 
IF YOU SIGN UP ON THE INTERESTED PARTY LIST, YOU'LL BE 
GETTING E-MAILS ABOUT GRANT OPPORTUNITIES FROM DJJ.
THIS IS DIFFERENT FROM THE OLD WAY WHERE YOU HAD TO SIGN UP 
AS A VENDOR AND THEN GET NORMAL NOTIFICATION.
THIS JUST LETS YOU KNOW THAT THESE THINGS ARE OUT THERE.
SOMETIMES THE TURNAROUND IS VERY SHORT ON THESE GRANTS, SO 
YOU NEED TO HEAR ABOUT IT THE VERY FIRST DAY IT'S 
ANNOUNCED.
IN OUR COMMUNITY THERE WAS A GRANT APPLICATION SUBMITTED.
IT WAS THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, OJJDP, WHICH IS OFFICE OF 
JUVENILE JUSTICE AND DELINQUENCY PREVENTION.
IT WAS FOR THE NATIONAL GIRLS INSTITUTE.
THIS IS A THREE-YEAR PROJECT WHERE WHOEVER RECEIVES THIS 
GRANT -- AND THERE'S ONE THAT WILL BE AWARDED -- BECOMES 
THE NATIONAL TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE CENTER FOR 
THE COUNTRY FOR GIRLS IN THE JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEM.
USF'S CHILD AND FAMILY STUDIES PROGRAM SUBMITTED, IN MY 
OPINION, A PRETTY GOOD APPLICATION, AND WE'RE WAITING TO 
HEAR ON THAT.
ON THE LEGISLATIVE BILLS, MR. CAMPBELL, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU 
MEANT IN THE FUTURE THE BILLS, THE RFPs OR IN THE PAST.
>> NO, THE LEGISLATIVE BUDGET REQUEST.
THAT AGENCY'S ASKING FOR INPUT FROM THE COUNCIL.
>>RICHARD ROLFES:  THAT I'VE NOT SEEN.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO THAT?
>> THIS JUST CAME OUT THIS MORNING, AND THE DEPARTMENT IS 
ASKING FOR ALL OF THE BOARDS AND COUNCILS TO PREPARE A 
LEGISLATIVE BUDGET REQUEST AND SEND IT BACK TO THE 
DEPARTMENT, AND I BELIEVE THE DUE DATE IS THE 23rd.
IT'S GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THIS YEAR IN THAT 
THEY'RE ASKING FOR THE BOARDS AND COUNCILS TO LOOK AT THREE 
AREAS TO DECIDE HOW BUDGETS SHOULD BE SUBMITTED.
ONE WOULD BE A PREVIOUSLY UNFORESEEN IMMINENT RISK WHERE 
THEY'RE SAYING THERE WAS AN ISSUE IN YOUR COMMUNITY THAT 
WAS NOT PREVIOUSLY KNOWN BUT NOW IS AN IMMINENT RISK TO 
PUBLIC SAFETY, AND IF THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE, WE WOULD PUT 
THAT IN OUR BUDGET REQUEST.
ONE OTHER CATEGORY IS WHERE WE HAVE A PARTICULAR OBJECTIVE 
OR GOAL BASED ON OUR STRATEGIC PLAN.
WELL, WE HAVE MET THAT PARTICULAR OBJECTIVE, AND WE WANT TO 
REDIRECT THE RESOURCES AND FUNDING TO A DIFFERENT GOAL THAT 
HAS A DIFFERENT PRIORITY, SO WE DON'T ANTICIPATE HAVING 
ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR NEXT FISCAL YEAR, BUT SOME OF THE 
FUNDING THAT MAY HAVE BEEN USED ONE WAY THIS PAST YEAR 
COULD BE REDIRECTED TO A DIFFERENT OBJECTIVE FOR THE COMING 
YEAR.
AND THEN THE THIRD AREA IS WHERE ONE PROGRAM CAN BE 
IMPROVED IF FUNDING IS SHIFTED FROM A PROGRAM THAT HAS BEEN 
FUNDED BUT NOT MEETING ITS TARGET.
SO IF WE HAD A PROGRAM THAT WE WERE ATTEMPTING TO IMPLEMENT 
THAT WAS NOT DOING WHAT WE ANTICIPATED, WE CAN RECOMMEND 
THAT THE FUNDING FOR THAT PROGRAM BE SHIFTED TO ANOTHER 
PROGRAM THAT HAS PROMISE BUT HAS NOT ENOUGH RESOURCES 
ALREADY.
SO THOSE ARE THE AREAS THAT EACH CIRCUIT BOARD IS BEING 
ASKED TO REVIEW AND SUBMIT INFORMATION TO THE DEPARTMENT SO 
THEY CAN BE INCLUDED IN THE LEGISLATIVE BUDGET REQUEST THAT 
GOES TO THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE.
>>RICHARD ROLFES:  THANK YOU.
THAT'S BRAND-NEW INFORMATION.
NEXT ON MY LIST IS LEGISLATIVE BILLS.
THERE IS A WRAP-UP REPORT ALSO ON THE DJJ WEB SITE FOR THE 
LEGISLATIVE SESSION THAT JUST PASSED.
THE SAME DROP-DOWN BOX IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DJJ WEB SITE, 
LOOK TO BOARDS AND COUNCILS AND CLICK ON THAT, AND THE NEXT 
SCREEN THAT OPENS UP THERE IS A PLACE FOR THE 2010 
LEGISLATIVE WRAP-UP.
ONE THING THAT WE'VE BEEN WATCHING FOR THE LAST SEVERAL 
BILLS IS SOME FORM OF THE JUVENILE JUSTICE REFORM BILL 
BASED ON THE BLUEPRINT COMMISSION OF A FEW YEARS AGO.
THIS PAST YEAR IT WAS SENATE BILL 1072.
THAT BILL DID NOT PASS THIS YEAR.
THE NATIONAL JUVENILE JUSTICE NETWORK HAS PUT OUT A REPORT 
ENTITLED -- HERE IT IS -- "THE REAL COSTS AND BENEFITS OF 
CHANGE: FINDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR REFORM DURING DIFFICULT 
FISCAL TIMES."
HOW APPROPRIATE IS THAT?
THESE -- THIS REPORT INCLUDES COST-EFFECTIVE STRATEGIES TO 
IMPROVE AND SHRINK JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEMS.
IT EXPLORES REFORMS THAT STATES HAVE SUCCESSFULLY UTILIZED 
TO IMPROVE OUTCOMES FOR YOUTH, INCREASE PUBLIC SAFETY, AND 
REDUCE COSTS.
THEY PUT IN THERE A FISCAL REALIGNMENT MODEL.
THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY'VE TALKED ABOUT.
YOU CAN FIND THAT REPORT AT WWW.NJJN.ORG, AND THAT STANDS 
FOR THE NATIONAL JUVENILE JUSTICE NETWORK.
SO WE COULDN'T BE AT A MORE APROPOS TIME WITH THAT.
ONE OTHER ITEM I FOUND RECENTLY IS FROM THE NEWSPAPER 
CALLED "YOUTH TODAY."
IT'S FROM THE FEBRUARY 2010 -- EXCUSE ME -- ISSUE.
THERE WAS A CANADIAN STUDY, AND THIS PART OF THIS ARTICLE 
IN THIS NEWSPAPER IS ENTITLED "IN JUVENILE JUSTICE CARE, 
BOYS GET WORSE."
IN CANADA THEY DID A STUDY.
IT BEGAN IN 1984.
THEY TRACKED MORE THAN A THOUSAND FRENCH CANADIAN 
KINDERGARTEN BOYS.
ALL CAME FROM DISADVANTAGED MONTREAL NEIGHBORHOODS.
INVESTIGATORS VALUATED THE YOUTHS ANNUALLY FROM AGES TEN TO 
17.
THEY ALSO SEARCHED COURT RECORDS TO TRACK THE YOUTHS' 
CONTACT WITH THE JUSTICE SYSTEM THROUGH AGE 25.
YOUTH WHO HAD BEEN INVOLVED IN JUVENILE COURT WERE SEVEN 
TIMES MORE LIKELY TO HAVE ADULT CRIMINAL RECORDS THAN YOUTH 
WITH THE SAME BACKGROUNDS AND SELF-REPORTED JUVENILE 
DELINQUENCY BUT NOT JUVENILE COURT RECORD.
THE MORE RESTRICTIVE AND MORE INTENSE THE JUSTICE SYSTEM 
INTERVENTION WAS, THE GREATER WAS ITS NEGATIVE IMPACT.
IT'S OFTEN DIFFICULT TO FIND A LONGITUDINAL STUDY ON 
OUTCOMES, AND THERE'S ONE IN THE NEWSPAPER CALLED "YOUTH 
TODAY."
AS MR. CAMPBELL MENTIONED, THERE'S A MEETING IN TALLAHASSEE 
ON MONDAY ON COUNTY-OPERATED JUVENILE DETENTION CENTERS.
TO REMIND YOU ALL, HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY OUT OF YOUR PROPERTY 
TAXES PAYS $8.4 MILLION A YEAR FOR JUVENILE DETENTION IN 
THIS COUNTY ALONE, AND THEY'RE GOING TO WORK OUT SOME OF 
THE DETAILS ON THAT.
>> RICH.
>>RICHARD ROLFES:  YES.
>> JUST FOR A MOMENT, COMMISSIONER BECKNER WILL BE GOING, 
AND I THINK HE'LL BE SERVING ON THAT WORK GROUP.
>>RICHARD ROLFES:  EXCELLENT.
I BELIEVE COMMISSIONER BECKNER WAS INVITED BY THAT GROUP, 
AND HE'S BEEN HEAVILY INVOLVED IN THAT ACTIVITY.
THE LAST THING I HAVE, COMMISSIONER BECKNER HAS A JUVENILE 
JUSTICE TASK FORCE WHERE THE GOAL IS TO STUDY JUVENILE 
JUSTICE IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS.
THAT HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR A FEW MONTHS.
THERE WERE TWO WORK GROUPS.
ONE WAS THE CIVIL CITATION WORK GROUP, THE OTHER WAS THE 
DETENTION -- JUVENILE DETENTION ALTERNATIVE INITIATIVE WORK 
GROUP, AND THEY'VE BEEN MAKING PROGRESS ON STUDYING THESE 
TWO ISSUES.
THIS PAST WEEK OR THE WEEK BEFORE A NEW WORK GROUP WAS SET 
UP.
IT'S CALLED THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY CHILDREN'S SERVICES 
WORK GROUP.
THIS WAS BY INVITATION FROM INTERIM COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR 
MIKE MERRILL TO HAVE COMMISSIONER BECKNER'S TASK FORCE TAKE 
ON THIS TASK AS WELL.
THERE'S A GOOD GROUP OF PEOPLE ON THIS TASK FORCE.
THEY WILL BE STUDYING HOW CHILDREN'S SERVICES ARE BEING -- 
I GUESS JUST STUDYING IT IN GENERAL, WHAT'S GOING ON, WHO'S 
DOING IT, IS THERE A BETTER WAY TO DO IT, A MORE EFFICIENT 
WAY TO DO IT, A LESS COSTLY WAY TO DO IT.
AS WE KNOW, THE ECONOMY HAS NOT BOUNCED BACK, SO THERE WILL 
BE FUTURE CUTS, I'M SURE, AT THE COUNTY AND AT THE STATE 
LEVEL.
SO THIS, I THINK, IS HUGE.
WE'VE NEVER LOOKED AT A -- THIS WAY BEFORE, IN MY OPINION, 
OR AT LEAST TO MY KNOWLEDGE.
THERE -- THEY MAY BE LOOKING AT A SYSTEM OF CARE MODEL 
COMPREHENSIVELY ON CHILDREN AND FAMILIES IN HILLSBOROUGH 
COUNTY, AND ANY OF YOU NONPROFITS WHO ARE DEALING WITH 
THESE FAMILIES, YOU WILL PROBABLY BE INVOLVED IN THIS AT 
SOME POINT, SO THAT IS -- HAS JUST BEGUN AND IS GETTING 
STARTED UP.
ANY QUESTIONS, ANY COMMENTS?
OKAY.
NEXT ON THE AGENDA, COMMITTEE UPDATES.
MS. RICE, DO YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO THAT OR SHOULD I?
>> WELL, IT WOULD BE A VERY INTERESTING COMMENT SINCE I 
WASN'T AT THE MEETING AND WE DIDN'T MEET IN JULY, SO I CAN 
MAKE UP SOME STUFF.
[LAUGHTER]
OR I CAN JUST TELL YOU -- AND I KNOW YOU WERE THERE, SO YOU 
CAN PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT OF INPUT TO WHAT HAPPENED.
JUST SO EVERYBODY HAS IT ON THEIR CALENDARS, THE NEXT 
MEETING WILL BE AUGUST 11th AT 10:30 A.M.
AND WE'VE SWITCHED MEETING LOCATIONS.
WE HAD BEEN MEETING FOR -- AT THE CENTER FOR GIRLS FOR 
QUITE A LONG TIME, BUT BECAUSE WE NEEDED SOME EXTRA SPACE, 
WE'VE MOVED IN TO A NEW LOCATION, WHICH IS AT THE DACCO 
ADMINISTRATION BUILDINGS.
THE ADDRESS IS 4422 EAST COLUMBUS DRIVE, SO WE WELCOME YOU 
ALL TO JOIN US, AND THAT'S THE SECOND WEDNESDAY OF EVERY 
MONTH AT 10:30, SO THAT FALLS ON AUGUST 11th.
THANK YOU.
>>RICHARD ROLFES:  THE LAST MEETING WE HAD, BASICALLY WE'RE 
REDOING OUR STRATEGIC PLAN, AND THAT'S -- AS ANY STRATEGIC 
PLANNING THING GOES, IT'S TAKING A WHILE.
WE HAVE THREE AREAS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT -- EXCUSE ME -- 
DISPROPORTIONATE MINORITY CONTACT, GENDER-SPECIFIC SERVICES 
WHICH DOESN'T ALWAYS MEAN GIRLS, IT MEANS GENDER SPECIFIC, 
AND PREVENTION/INTERVENTION.
THOSE ARE OUR THREE AREAS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.
WE'RE TAKING COMMENTS FROM FOLKS THAT COME TO THE MEETINGS.
WE'RE BUILDING OUR STRATEGIC PLAN WITH GOALS AND OBJECTIVES 
AND SO FORTH, THE USUAL STRATEGIC PLANNING.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR EITHER LAURA OR MYSELF?
>> YEAH.
THERE MAY NEED TO BE A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE EXECUTIVE 
BOARD IF THIS RESPONSE TO THE LBR REQUEST IS GOING TO BE 
SUBMITTED BY THE DUE DATE SINCE THE NEXT SCHEDULED MEETING 
WILL BE AFTER THE DUE DATE.
>>RICHARD ROLFES:  THANK YOU.
ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS TODAY?
OH, COME ON.
NOTHING?
MS. C.J., ANY PUBLIC COMMENT TODAY?
>> NO, SIR.
>>RICHARD ROLFES:  ALL RIGHT.
LAST OPPORTUNITY.
OKAY.
WE'RE DONE EARLY.
THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING.
WE'RE ADJOURNED.


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