BCRJP Board Meeting

Executive Director Report

For March 2008

Victim Offender Conferencing

There were four referrals for VOC in the month of March. Referrals were received from:

• Teen Court
• LeeAnn Davison, Department of Health and Human Services
• Steve Salisbury, Rice Lake High School
• Mike Nelson, Rice Lake Police Department

Eight cases were successfully closed and one case sent back to the referral source. Currently there are eight open cases assigned out or in varying stages, awaiting fulfillment of Agreements. In addition:

• VOC training is scheduled for April 6 & 10^th; four people are registered.
• Held Voc training for 1 RL kindergarten teacher and one Eau Claire elementary teacher

Teen Court

There were eight referrals to Teen Court in March:

1 from Chad Brakke of RLHS

5 from Shannon Robinson of DHHS

1 from Turtle Lake PD Chief Al Gabe

1 from Officer Reinikainen of RLPD

Three cases were successfully closed.

Two teen are performing community service by serving jury duty.

Nine intakes were held.

Five respondents went through Teen Court.

One case was sent back to the referral source.

There are currently 20 open Teen Court cases in varying stages.

Two Teen Court sessions were held during the month of March, hearing a total of four cases, two in Rice Lake and two in Barron.

Rice Lake Teen Court for March 31 was cancelled because of snowy weather.

Rice Lake Teen Court Club met on March 12.

Barron Teen Court Club met on March 17.

Lory made a Restorative Justice presentation to Lynn Kolpack’s Love and Logic parenting class at Woodland Elementary School in Barron.

Parent-Teen Workshop

• The March Parent Teen Workshop was held on Thursday, March 6^th.
• Eight teens and eleven parents attended.
• Janine Ostedt, volunteer VOC Facilitator, and Jen Karper, RAP Community Service Coordinator, led the class.
• The next workshop is Thursday April 3^rd.

Youth Educational Shoplifting Program (Y. E. S.)

• There were no referrals or completions.

Victim Impact Panel

• There was no panel in March.
• The next panel is April 10^th, 2008

Prime For Life Under 21

• There were 19 attendees to the March 29th Prime for Life class.
• The referrals came from Circuit Court, Cumberland Municipal Court and the District Attorney’s office.
• The next class is April 26th

RAP Restorative Action Program (Community Service)

• There was one referral from the Rice Lake police department and one completion.

Restorative Practices in the Schools

• Held VOC training for 7 Barron High School staff on March 18
• Scheduled to train 3 RLHS staff on April 2

Truancy Initiative

• Continuing to MAKE A DIFFERENCE!!

Out of County Trainings

None

Other

§ Monika set up a field trip for the staff to visit Northwest Passage in Frederic. It was an enlightening trip. We learned what programs they offer and what kind of assessment services they provide for the State of Wisconsin.

§ We had 117 attend the annual meeting at Lehman’s Angie did a wonderful job reminding us that “The Dream is Alive”