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UUUn 1,0 rain <br />U./ <br />1,064 i 8 P"' <br />? <br />00 <br />RESOLUTION <br />By <br />Lee County <br />Board of Commissioners <br />WHEREAS the Lee County Board of Commissioners recognizes the importance of the safety of its communities; <br />WHEREAS the Lee County Board of Commissioners supports the development of partnerships between local <br />communities and child-serving agencies which would improve the lives of youth; and <br />WHEREAS the Department of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention with a single agenda could focus its <br />time on the business of children, and this single agency would require youth serving programs to better coordinate <br />delivery of services to children; and <br />WHEREAS the Department of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, with its single mission, would allow <br />specialization, coordination, and collaboration between all levels of government without interference or distraction and <br />would promote partnerships with appropriate local organizations to improve the quality of fife for all; and <br />WHEREAS the Lee County Board of Commissioners has been requested by the Lee County Juvenile Come <br />Prevention Council to pass a resolution In favor of Governor HunVs proposal to create a single cabinet level agency to <br />strengthen and improve the state's juvenile justice system by consolidating juvenile crime and prevention programs; <br />and <br />WHEREAS the plan would create a single, stronger, and more effective approach to fighting juvenile crime and <br />boosting prevention programs across the state by the creation of the NC Department of Juvenile Justice and <br />Delinquency prevention; and <br />WHEREAS the Office of Juvenile Justice oversees the state's juvenile court offices, training schools, detention <br />centers, Juvenile Crime Prevention Councils, and after school mentoring programs; and <br />WHEREAS the plan would consolidate existing juvenile programs in other agendes by moving the Guard Response <br />to Alternative Sentencing (GRASP) and the Juvenile Accountability Incentive Block Grant (JAIBG) from the Govemors <br />Come Commission to the new department; the new department would direct funding to local Juvenile Crime Prevention <br />Councils which would determine how these funds could best serve local communities in their preventiontintervention <br />efforts. <br />NOW THEREFORE be it resolved that the Lee County Board of Commissioners supports the plan to create a single <br />cabinet level agency, the NC Department of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. <br />BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that we urge our local legislative delegation to support this much-needed plan. <br />This the day 04000. <br />Mr. Herb Hinks, Chairman <br />Lee County Board of Commissioners <br />ATI T: <br />ayn II We, Clerk <br />