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SIX MONTHS MEASURABLE OBJECTIVES STATUS (Continuation Programs Only) In the space provided, please list each measurable objective in your current program agreement and indicate the degree to which your program has been successful in achieving them. (Use data from the first six months of this fiscal year.) Teen Court, hereafter "TC", began taking refen'als in mid-9/98. The first few months of the program were used to promote program awareness, hire/train a TC Coordinator, train volunteers, and to get the referral process, forms, and TC sessions format developed; first volunteers were trained in 10/98; fu-st referrals were received in 12/98; first TC session was in 1/99. In the first six months of the current FY, TC received seven (7) referrals. Of these seven referrals, the following information is given: 1 referral returned to referral source as inappropriate and not interviewed; I youth did not come in for TC interview and referral was returned to referral source. Of the £~ve¥outh accepted into TC: I was interviewed, initially accepted, then rejected as was not enrolled in school; 4 were interviewed, accepted, were sentenced by TC, and are in various stages of sentence completion. RE: Six months measurable ob/ectives. Brief s),nopsis for 98/99 FY (0 = Objectives; R = Results): O: To receive 64 referrals from a variety of sources (32 by mid-year). R: By mid-year, 7 referrals were.received. However, note the program was not ready to accept referrals until mid- 9/98. Since mid-year, 4 more referrals have been received. It is projected that by the end of the FY, 18-20 referrals will have been received. For FY 99/2000, more reasonable goals wilt be set as TC is still a new program. O: That of the 64 referrals to be received, 52 will be accepted into the program. (81% accepted) R: Of the 7 referrals received by mid-year, 5 were initially accepted. (71% accepted) O: That of the 52 accepted into the program, 42 will attend their TC sentencing hearings. (81%) R: Of 5 youth accepted into the program, I was withdrawn from program for not being enrolled in school; 4 attended their sentencing hearings. (I 00% of those accepted & remaining in program) O: That of the 42 who attend their sentencing hearings, 36 will successfully complete their sentences. R: Unable to determine as of mt'd-year,' first session held 1/99. Since then, all 4 of the youth accepted as of mid- year and scheduled for a TC hearing have attended and are in the process of sentence completion. Parents/custodians report that home/school behavior has improved; all four have started mandatory jury duty; none have been reported to have been in contact with OJJ. They will be placed for community service in 4/99 as insurance coverage will be in effect then. Several have completed their assigned written essays, which have shown much thought and effort. O: To provide community protection by holding referred youth accountable for negative behaviors; to convene TC sessions once/month beginning in 11/98; to schedule accepted youth for hearings within eight weeks of referral; to develop and implement an effective means of monitoring and reporting sentence compliance/noncompliance. R: First referrals received in 12/98; fu-st TC session held in 1/99; all of the accepted youth have been scheduled for TC hearings within 8 weeks of referral; a system for tracking sentence completion is in place. O: To increase the capacity of the community's youth to become responsible and productive citizens by providing them with education about and hands-on experience with the judicial system; to train 96 youth volunteers, of which at least 50% will opt to volunteer for two or more TC sessions in FY 98/99; that 5% of those ~ained will participate in other capacities, i.e., program promotion, serving on the TC Advisory Board, and assistance with RESOLVE; to offer RESOLVE, a series of lifeskills building classes for youth and family members, to TC offenders and non- offenders; to have 20 youth to successfully complete this program within FY 98/99; to affect a change in home, school, and community behavior by participation in RESOLVE, with emphasis that 75% will not be charged with a delinquent offense nor receive school disciplinary actions within one year of completion. R: As of mid-FY, 46 youth were trained as TC volunteers; 5 more have been trained since that time; well over 50% have returned to participate in the TC sessions which began in 1/99. In 4/99, two volunteers will be selected to serve on the TC Advisory Board; there is a T-shin logo contest in progress with several volunteers participating; RESOLVE will begin in late 4/99; the CCMC has found several qualified facilitators who will be contract with the CCMC to provide class instruction. These persons are u-ained social workers. O: To offer Teen Court to the community as an alternative to the traditional judicial system in order to affect positive changes in attitudes and behavior of those referred; to provide the Office of Juvenile Justice, school personnel, and law enforcement personnel a referral process for accessing Teen Court. R: The school systems, SRO's, and OJJ were given information about Teen Court and how to make referrals. As of mid-year, 7 referrals were received, ali from OJJ; since then 3 have come from SRO's and I from OJJ.