Mission and Goals  

The North Carolina Department of Public Safety's Division of Juvenile Justice partners with Juvenile Crime Prevention Councils in each county to empower community leaders, locally and statewide, to reduce and prevent youth involvement with the juvenile justice system. The intent is to provide community-based alternatives to youth development centers and to provide community-based programming, treatment, counseling or rehabilitation services for youth involved in, or at risk of becoming involved with the juvenile justice system.

The responsibilities of the JCPC include to: 

• Review the needs of youth who are at risk of involvement or are involved in the justice system 
• Review resources available to address needs; prioritize community risk factors; and determine services needed to address those problems areas 
• Develop a request for proposals for services; review proposals and decide where to allocate funds for treatment, counseling or rehabilitation services; and submit a funding plan to the county commissioners 
• Evaluate program performance of funded programs

Current Projects & Recent Successes 

Each year the JCPC Committees go through the following processes:  

• Planning: Identifying needs and present priorities to Allocations Committee for funding. Focus on community resources and gaps, and receive and review data from the NC Division of Juvenile Justice (DJJ) of youth who went through intakes the previous year.  

• Monitoring: Checking in with the programs that have been allocated funds from this Council. A board member is paired with a DJJ employee to monitor each program and report back to the JCPC. 
• Allocations: Reviewing program applications and participating in one full-day meeting to make allocations recommendations for the next year of funding. 

For more information about Buncombe County Justice Services and JCPC, go to BuncombeNC.gov.