The Carteret County Juvenile Crime Prevention Council (JCPC) is seeking proposals from organizations interested in providing a prevention and early intervention program for delinquent and at-risk youth for the state fiscal year 2024-2025 beginning July 1, 2024.

Carteret County JCPC has studied risk factors and needs of Juvenile Court involved youth in Carteret County and anticipates funds in the amount of $208,110 from the N.C. Department of Public Safety Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention in the upcoming year. Use of these funds require a 30% match.

JCPC issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) and began accepting proposals on December 1, 2023. The deadline for submissions is no later than 5 p.m. on Friday, February 9, 2024. The following types of programs will be considered for funding:

• Mentoring Services
• Parent/Family Skill Building
• Interpersonal Skill Building
• Vocation Skills
• Restitution/Community Service
• Teen Court
• Home-Based Family Counseling
• Substance Abuse Counseling
• Juvenile Structured Day

All RFP submissions may be emailed to Bill Taylor, JCPC Coordinator at billandjanietaylor@yahoo.com For security reasons, you must enable JavaScript to view this E-mail address. .

Carteret County JCPC partners with the N.C. Department of Public Safety as part of a strategy to mobilize communities to create multi-disciplinary continuum of care that includes prevention programs for children, early intervention for juvenile offenders and graduated sanctions for repeat offenders.

For more information, or questions, contact Carteret County JCPC Coordinator Bill Taylor at 252-725-3585 or billandjanietaylor@yahoo.com For security reasons, you must enable JavaScript to view this E-mail address. . For more information about JCPC, visit http://carteretcountync.gov/351/Juvenile-Crime-Prevention-Council .