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2005-06 CIRCUIT BOARD ANNUAL OVERVIEW REPORT

1. Board Membership Information
2. Meeting Infomation
3. Statutory Board Composition
4. Committee Highlights

1. Council Participant Information
2. Meeting Information
3. Council Participation
4. Committee Highlights

1. Observations
2. Board and Council Highlights

1. Comments

2005-06 CIRCUIT BOARD ANNUAL OVERVIEW REPORT

Instructions: This form should be completed for the period June 1, 2005 through June 23, 2006. Please submit via e-mail to Marisela.Bravo@djj.state.fl.us by 09/15/06. If the information to complete a section is unavailable or if the section does not apply put N/A instead of leaving the section blank. Use additional space if necessary.

CIRCUIT NUMBER: _______ Name of person completing form: _______ Phone #: _______

Part I. CIRCUIT BOARD INFORMATION

1. BOARD MEMBERSHIP INFORMATION

How many board members? _______

Demographic Information - Indicate the number of board members in each category:

Age: Less than 18 (youth) _______ ; 18-65 (adult) _______ ; 65+ (retirees) _______

Gender: Male _______ ; Female _______

Race: Native American: _______ ; African American: _______ ; White: _______ ;

Islander: _______ ; Hispanic: _______ ; Others: _______

Disability: Are any members disabled? If so, how many?

Indicate the number of board members in each occupation or affiliation (The number of entries should equal the number of board members. Please make one entry per board member):

_____ Education; _____ Judicial; _____ Medical;

_____ Provider; _____ Business; _____ Local Government;

_____ Law Enforcement; _____ State Attorney; _____ State Government;

_____ Public Defender; _____ Social Services; _____ Youth/Student;

_____ Faith Community _____ Other, specify ___________________________

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2. MEETING INFORMATION

Number of board meetings this year _______ Average length of meetings (hours) _______

Average number of members in attendance ________

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3. STATUTORY BOARD COMPOSITION

The Circuit Juvenile Justice Board is required to have representatives from the county councils within the circuit, in addition to the state attorney, public defender and the chief judge. Complete the table below by listing each county in the circuit and the number of board representatives from each county. Add additional rows, if necessary.

NAME OF COUNTY	# MEMBERS ON BOARD

Additional Members: If the board has more members than the county council representatives, please list the additional members, their county of residence and explain why they were added to the board.

BOARD MEMBER’S NAME	COUNTY OF RESIDENCE	REASON FOR ADDITION

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4. COMMITTEE HIGHLIGHTS

Please identify the categories that relate the closest to the committee types and provide the committee highlights. Examples of various committees are listed below:

· Use “other” for committees that are very unique and do not relate to one of the categories provided.

COMMITTEE NAME OR FUNCTION	HIGHLIGHTS
Annual Reports
Business Partners, Partnerships
By-Laws / Procedural
Executive / Administrative/ Steering
Grants, Grants Review
JJ Week
Legislative
Membership /Nominating
Other Program areas, (i.e. Assessment Centers, Detention, Commitment)
Planning
Prevention/Diversion/ Intervention
Public Information, Public Relations, Outreach
Quality Assurance
Other

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Part II. COUNTY COUNCIL INFORMATION (Please complete separately for each county council within the circuit.

1. COUNCIL PARTICIPANT INFORMATION

County Council Name: Pinellas County Juvenile Justice Council

Average number of council participants for the fiscal year: 15 voting members

Demographic Information - Record the percentage of council participants in each category: (Estimate, if necessary.)

Age: Less than 18 (youth) 5% ; 18-65 (adult) 95%; 65+ (retirees) N/A

Gender: Male 57%; Female 43%

Race: Native American: N/A; African American: 5%; White: 94%;

Islander: N/A; Hispanic: 1%; Others: N/A.

Disability: Are any members disabled? Unknown If so, how many?

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2. MEETING INFORMATION

Number of council meetings this year: 14 Average length of meetings (hours) 2

Average participants in attendance 20 voting members

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3. COUNCIL PARTICIPATION The statute outlines that certain individuals and representatives of various groups participate in the county councils. In this section please put one check in either the yes or no column to indicate the individuals and other groups represented on the county councils. Examples:

· The Children and Families Regional Administrator is a regular attendee and someone else from that office also attends the council meetings regularly you should only check yes one time beside DCF Circuit or Regional representative.

· One regular participant represents two categories - the Sheriff is also a provider, check yes for each participant category.

· Keep in mind that for some of the categories, you may have several participants who qualify; you will only need to make one entry.

Designated Individuals	Yes	No
Local School District representative		•
Board of County Commissioners representative		•
Municipal Governing Body representative		•
Department of Children and Families Circuit or Regional representative	•
County sheriff or designee	•
Local law enforcement agency representatives	•
Judicial system representative		•
Faith community representative	•
Victim services program representative		•
Victims of crime representative		•
Department of Corrections representative		•
Other Group Representatives
Business representatives	•
Children’s services council representative	•
Public or private providers of juvenile justice services	•
Students / Youth	•
Advocate(s)	•

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4. COMMITTEE HIGHLIGHTS

If the county councils use committees, please identify the categories that relate closest to the committee types and provide the committee highlights. Examples of various committees are listed below:

· Use “Other” for committees that are very unique and do not relate to one of the categories provided.

COMMITTEE NAME OR FUNCTION	COMMENTS
Annual Reports	The Executive Committee prepared its portion of the annual report for review and approval by the Pinellas JJC at its regular meeting on September 28, 2006.
Business Partners, Partnerships	N/A
By-Laws / Procedural	The Pinellas JJC used a “notice of motion” at one meeting to give Council members 21 days to review bylaws changes proposed by a member. The motion was seconded, debated and voted upon at the next meeting.
Executive/ Administrative/ Steering	Executive Committee meetings were held 10 calendar days before each Council meeting. These meetings set the agenda for the Council meeting and provide forum for discussion of issues.
Faith Committee	N/A
Grants, Grants Review	No grants were provided by DJJ for review by the Council.
JJ Week	On what should have been “JJ Day at the Capitol” (it was cancelled by DJJ), members of the Pinellas JJC Executive Committee visited DJJ officials and appropriate legislators in support of legislation to limit release of FDLE records, limit use of mechanical restraints on youth during appearances in juvenile court and the establishment of an Office of Suicide Prevention.
Legislative	See JJ Week.
Membership /Nominating	Nomination committee meetings formed and used to nominate Council officers.
Other Program areas, (i.e. Assessment Centers, Detention, Commitment)	N/A
Planning	N/A
Prevention/ Diversion/ Intervention	N/A
Public Information/ Public Relations	N/A
Quality Assurance	N/A
Other	N/A

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Part III. OBSERVATIONS AND HIGHLIGHTS

1. OBSERVATIONS (Use additional sheets, if necessary.)

Provide any explanations that may help clarify the information provided for any of the previous questions. The Pinellas County Juvenile Justice Council has no observations.

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2. BOARD AND COUNCIL HIGHLIGHTS (Use additional sheets if necessary.) Provide FIVE or SIX highlights of the board and county councils’ activities/initiatives in the past fiscal year. Information will be drawn from this section to draw attention to and to emphasize impact of the councils within their local communities and the impact of the board within their local circuits. This is also one way to share with other boards and councils across the state, the innovative, creative activities of the boards and councils in this circuit. Here are a few hints for exhibiting this board and councils’ accomplishments.

· Use this opportunity to showcase and explain the accomplishments, events, activities, initiatives or programs that the board and/or councils either developed or participated in during FY 05-06.

· Describe and highlight the board and/or councils’ involvement or activities relating to juvenile justice week and other statewide activities. To provide a better picture of the board or councils’ success, focus and elaborate on their actual involvement instead of on just the program’s success. How did the board or council contribute?

· Emphasize the creative, exciting, fun, unusual, successful and productive happenings in which the board or council participated.

· Include the circumstances of each highlight, give some information about the results or impact of the event, i.e., new program established, number of people participating, improved juvenile justice statistics.

· Identify partners in the ventures. What entities collaborated to make the event a success?

· Be sure to include the full names of programs and initiatives instead of just the acronyms.

· Include the name and number of people who can be contacted about the event.

· November 2005: The Pinellas JJC adopted its 2006 calendar. All meeting were scheduled for the evening to allow all citizens the opportunity to participate. In prior years, most meetings were held during business hours. This effectively excluded most citizens who work or go to school.

· December 2005: The Pinellas JJC began an effort to “educate” the Pinellas County school board and requested that a moratorium be placed on school-related arrests for “disorderly conduct” and “disruption of school environment”. This effort is one of the listed goals in the Council Three Year Strategic Plan. The school system is implementing changes. The Council reviews arrest data quarterly and reports its observations to School Superintendent Clayton Wilcox and the 7-member school board.

· March 2006: Representatives of the Pinellas JJC carried, to Tallahassee, letters to DJJ Secretary Schembri recommending Department support for various legislation that would limit the use of restraints on youth during appearances in juvenile court; establish a statewide office of suicide prevention; and limit the release of juvenile arrest records. The representatives met with Chris Caballero, DJJ Chief of Staff, and Keith Knight, DJJ Director of Legislative Affairs.

· March 2006: The Pinellas JJC sent a letter to Secretary Schembri, with copies to County Sheriffs Jim Coats (Pinellas), Grady Judd (Polk), Charlie Wells (Manatee), and Rep. Gus Barreiro, recommending the Department close its boot camps for juvenile offenders. The Council’s justification for its recommendation was that the boot camps “are arguably ineffective, demonstrably abusive, and operate outside the Department's ‘Rights for Youth in Department Care, Custody, or Supervision’.”

· April 2006: The Pinellas JJC established a website (www.PinellasJJC.org) to maintain the records of Council business.

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Part IV. ISSUES OR CONCERNS

1. COMMENTS (Use additional sheets, if necessary.)

Provide any comments, issues or concerns that the board or council may have related to its role.

The Pinellas County Juvenile Justice Council has no comments.

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