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Briefly describe what the program expects to achieve and why. The narrative should address each qf the items (l) Identify the staff and their responsibilities to the program, (2) describe the physical facilities in which the services will be delivered, (3) discuss any areas of concern that could affect the success of the program (4) discuss why these resources used in the manner described should be expected to alter inappropriate behavior, (5) describe the referral, screening and admission procedures, (6) describe the means of working with youth and families, (7) describe the daily program activities and, (8) describe the termination procedures and (9) interaction with juvenile court. ~ative for RESOLVE: 1) Staffinvolved with RESOLVE will be: CCMC Exec. Director who: oversees ali CCMC services; tracks funds; reports to CCMC Bd. & to funding sources; pro- motes all services/programs. The TC & RESOLVE Coordinator will perform daily program tasks: evaluate referrals; interview/assess referred youth/custodians; explain rules of RESOLVE; schedule classes; schedule RESOLVE facilitators; prepare the classrooms; prepare handouts & graphics; assist the facilitators; keep track of attendance; prepare for graduation ceremony & eertieieates; re- port progress to referral sources; evaluate for TC compliance, if applicable; perform exit interview on closed cases; maintain case files/statistical info; complete required reports; promote RESOLVE within the community. 2) CCMC is located at 24 Cabarrus Ave. in Concord, NC, There are several offices & conference rooms. The Coordinator will conduct most of the RESOLVE tasks there. Classes will be held at the CCMC, contingent upon class partici- pant size. The number of youth will be limited to 10 with up to 2 family mem- bers per youth also participating, those being custodian(s)/parent(s). Youth will not be allowed to participate without the commitment of at least one adult family member participating, typically parent(sO/custodian(s), as this program is designed to assist in helping the family to function more effec- tively as a unit while meeting individual needs. 3) The TC Coordinator has worked diligently to build a good working relation- ship with the OJJ Intake Ct Counselor resulting in a significant increase in the number of referrals comparing 1st quarter of 2000 with the 1999 referral rate. The success of RESOLVE in meeting its goals will require continued growth in Teen Court referrals, TC youth making up most of RESOLVE. 4) The RESOLVE curriculum was written by staff from the Mediation Center of Eastern Carolina & is now a service of quite a few other mediation/dispute resolution centers throughout the state. Contact by these centers with par- ticipants has yielded information indicating success in changing behaviors. 5) Referrals will come from O J J, other Juv. Ct. officials, DSS, school offi- cials, & other public service & counseling-related agencies using a written form. Youth will be referred for the same types of behaviors as for Teen Court generally & the referral & referral process are much the same as with the TC program. See A # 3 for RESOLVE-relatede information. 6) The TC & RESOLVE Coordinator will work closely with referred youth & & their families, seeing them weekly at the 2-hour sessions. 7) Refer to #1 above which states most of the day-to-day program activities of the Coordinator. Participants will meet weekly in 2-hour sessions, with some time devoted to joint session time with youth & adults, some separate. 8) Youth are terminated from the program successfully upon completion of the 8-week curriculum & will receive a certificate. Whether successful or not in completion, referral sources will be notified in writing. 9) As the majority of the participant youth will be from Teen Court, the majority will have been referred by the OJJ or other Juv. Court officials & therefore contact with those individuals will be frequent. 4('b')