Funding Ideas from Other Youth Courts
The following are compilations
of responses received from youth court coordinators when
asked questions related to funding. You may also
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version of this information.
(Please note:
The contact information for some of these programs listed
below may be outdated. For more up-to-date contact
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Date:
October 2003
Question:
What type
of funding does your youth court receive (e.g., grants,
support from government agencies, donations and/or fund
raisers, etc.)? Please try to be as specific as possible.
Also, please give us a brief explanation of how you were
able to obtain the various funds.
Responses
from
Coordinators:
Washington
County Teen Court
Scott Gage
Coordinator
Washington County Juvenile Court
P.O. Box 3425
Fayetteville, AR 72702-3425
Phone: 479-444-1631
Fax: 479-444-1749
Lsgage129@cs.com
Our program was initially started with donated funds from an
anonymous donor. The Teen Court program in Washington County
began in 1996 through the efforts of Junior Auxiliary of
Springdale. They obtained donations from an anonymous donor
to fund a part-time salary for a coordinator.
After two years, the anonymous donor withdrew his support.
We had two years of operation to present to county officials
and the county took on the part-time salary for the Teen
Court Coordinator as a part of the Juvenile Court budget.
We have written several grants over the years with local
organizations to obtain funds for travel to the national
conventions, a laptop computer, and a few other things. We
only have one person on payroll and that is the coordinator
(me), and this is a part-time salary paid through the
Juvenile Court budget.
Pima County Teen Court
Adelita Grijalva
Program Manager
Pima Prevention Partnership
330 North Commerce Park, Loop #160
Tucson, AZ 85745
Phone: 520-326-2528 Ext.
Fax: 520-884-8820
agrijalva@pimaprevention.org
Pima County Teen Court currently has 11 funders. We
continually try to collaborate with other programs to expand
our services while maintaining quality. Our funders are:
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AZ
Supreme Court (through Juvenile Court)
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City of Tucson
through Community Development Block grants (one for Teen
Court diversion program and other for volunteers)
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Tucson
Police Department
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Pima County Community Action Alliance
(Fed funds)
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Pima County through Community Development Block
grants (2 grants)
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United Way
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Private Foundations
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Two
other funding sources with Teen Court collaborating on
federal grants.
We have written requests to Qwest, Walmart,
private foundations etc for very specific program goals.
Hope this information is helpful.
Willcox Youth Court
Sally White
Coordinator
Willcox Against Substance Abuse
City Magistrate Court
480 North Bisbee Avenue
Willcox, AZ 85643
Phone: 520-384-4777
Fax: 520-384-1141
wasa@qwest.net
Our youth court has received grants from Juvenile Justice
Dept and Safe & Drug Free Schools & Communities - we have
also received some funding from our local City Council as
well as much needed "in kind" assistance from Magistrate
Court, Justice of the Peace Court, Juvenile Probation and
the Schools. None of these came in the form of a package for
Youth Court, but had to be ferreted out - with the larger
grants some assistance to youth court usually was just one
component of a multi-faceted application, with the local
help the kids themselves made presentations and requests. In
developing our Youth Court through the Magistrate Court we
were able to institute diversion fees for many cases (a % of
what their fine would be in other courts) as well as fines
under $100 - our plan is to have our court self sustaining
within 10 years, although we will continue to be on the
lookout for additional funds to help us.
Orange County Peer Court
Gwen Vieau
Business and Program Director
Constitutional Rights Foundation of Orange Co.
17875 Von Karman., Suite 100
Irvine, CA 92614
Phone: 949-440-6757
Fax: 949-440-6710
gvieau@crfoc.com
We receive funding from The County of Orange (California).
We have a Peer Court Advisory Council with representatives
from Probation, DA's Office, schools, County Dept. of Ed.,
Constitutional Rights Foundation of OC (that's us, the lead
agency receiving funding) & Superior Court (esp. judges). We
originally received an OJJDP seed money grant of $20,000 per
year & had to fund raise to cover additional expenses.
Currently, we are in the sixth year of our second,
three-year grant with The County of Orange. We are hopeful
that the County will be sending out an RFP soon for another
three-year grant -- our current funding expires Sept. 2004.
The Peer Court partner agencies all believe in the program &
will encourage the County to continue funding it. However,
funds are tight in our county, as well, & nothing is
certain.
Members of the OC Grand Jury came to watch a session of Peer
Court yesterday. The members were also on the juvenile
services sub-committee. We had 230 students in the audience
& they were impressed with the program. We are hopeful that
this may be an encouraging sign of future funding.
Napa County Peer Court
Isadora Asch
Napa County Juvenile Probation
2350 Old Sonoma Road
Napa, CA 94559
Phone: 707-253-6080
Fax: 707-253-6098
Iasch@co.napa.ca.us
The Napa County Peer Court is funded currently through the
interest from the TANF funds that Juvenile Probation gets.
The program is under the umbrella of Juvenile Probation and
the yearly interest is enough to fund our program.
Sonoma County Teen Court
Dyan Foster
Executive Director
Routes for Youth
3360 Coffey Lane #A2
Santa Rosa, CA 95403
Phone: 707-527-6810
Fax: 707-546-2882
routes@ap.net
Routes For Youth - Sonoma County Teen Court receives funding
from the Governors Office of Criminal Justice Planning, the
City of Santa Rosa, Sonoma County Juvenile Probation, County
Drug & Alcohol Prevention Funds and private foundations. It
has been challenging, our budget grew from an initial $35k
to now 300k. We have built upon Teen Court process and added
many innovative components to address gang affiliated youth
and have built a component for the parents of the youth. I
would be happy to share some of our Root System components
if folks are interested. I think we continue to attract
funds due to the fact that we have built out of Teen Court a
very comprehensive & holistic program. Teen Court is the
core but we have other program elements that are responsive
to the very unique & individualized challenges our youth
community & their parents face.
We also have great collaborative relationships with our
colleague agencies and have joint funding with them.
Durango Teen Court
Molly Martin
Coordinator
Durango High School
2390 Main Avenue
Durango, CO 81301
Phone: 970-259-1630 Ext. 364
mmartin@durango.k12.co.us
In the past I have received grants and private donations.
This year, the school district has put in the majority of
funds for my budget. I am still relying on grants to make up
the rest.
Sussex Teen Court, Inc.
Sharon Simpkiss
Coordinator
PO Box 335
Georgetown, DE 19947
Phone: 302-856-9810
Fax: 302-856-9896
sussexteencourt@justice.com
Sussex Teen Court has applied for and got the Byrne Memorial
Block Grant for 2003-2006 from the
Criminal Justice Council Of Delaware. CJC gets this money
from the Feds. This is a 3 year grant. We also get money
from local orgs like Delaware Electric Cooperative, Lewes-
Rehoboth Assoc. of Churches, etc.
Teen Court of Sarasota, Inc.
M. Kathleen Self
Executive Director
P.O. Box 48927
Sarasota, FL 34230
Phone: 941-861-8460
Fax: 941-841-8461
fatc@verizon.net
Sarasota County's Teen Court continues to operate as it has
since 1988 as a non-profit agency. Initially we were funded
entirely by a combination of grants but, as we developed our
program's credibility and as new programs sprang up around
the state, we began to orchestrate the development of
legislation. We had an advantage as our program developer
was, at that time, married to a state senator who helped us
draft the bill that eventually became FSS 938.19.
Today, our budget of $262, 512 (+$82,800 in-kind which
includes office space and phone donated by our county)
consists of revenues from the following sources:
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Legislation: FSS 938.19 $130,000
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Private Community Grants:
$47,625
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Golf Tournament
$12,000
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Client Fees
$5,600
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Misc. Donations
$6,000
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Funds on reserve
$54,787
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Interest Income 1$,100
Within this budget we manage two program locations, 650+
referrals, in-house peer counseling groups for all clients,
a secondary program for substance abuse clients (Camp X-RAYD-Examine
Reality About Your Decisions). Camp XRAYD has lowered our
recidivism rate among that specific clientele from 33% to
14%, based on six months.
The biggest challenge facing us in Sarasota County, and
throughout Florida, at this time is that the legislation
provided by FSS 938.19 was taken into the constitutional
revision, known as Article V, of our state constitution to
revise the funding of the courts systems, shifting the
responsibility from county to state. The legislation was
amended, effective July, 2004, to delete the authority given
local government to adopt an ordinance to collect a $3 fee
on most traffic tickets and court costs. Forty one of
Florida's fifty three Teen Courts are dependant on that fee
to fund their programs.
Based on the knowledge that most of Florida's Teen Courts
are not funded from court resources and therefore should not
be part of Article V, many of us involved with Teen Courts
throughout Florida are working diligently to provide a
solution to the legislature regarding how this error can be
corrected. Doing some research, I discovered a report, "An
Overview of Florida's Criminal Justice Specialized" which
clearly notes that Teen Courts are not court functions(www.fcc.state.fl.us/fcc/reports/courts/ctgen)
which supports our challenge to the action taken by the
legislature. I remain optimistic that this will be resolved.
We have estimated that Florida's Teen Courts are serving
approximately 20,000 youth @ an average of $400 per child
compared to an expense of $4,000 per child that it would
cost in the court system. The math: $72 million dollar
savings! That is hard to overlook!
Dublin-Laurens County Teen Court
Will Smith
Executive Director
100 South Church Street
P.O. Box 4476
Dublin, GA 31040-4476
Phone: 478-277-1404
Fax: 478-277-1413
wtsmith@nlamerica.com
Dublin-Laurens County Teen Court continues to write grants
for funding and we have a good relationship with our
city/county government in receiving funding. Also, we have
partnered with our United Way Agency for a funding source.
Needless to say, we are working with our state
representatives for permanent funding for our program if
possible.
Lincolnshire Peer Jury Program
Patrick Quillinan
Commander
Lincolnshire Police Department
One Olde Half Day Road
Lincolnshire, IL 60069-3035
Phone: 847-883-9900
Fax: 847-883-9909
pquill@village.lincolnshire.il.us
Its part of the Police
Department's budget. Minimal amount of money as our Village
Prosecutor volunteers his time, the officer in charge is on
duty and we use Law Enforcement Explorers to assist with
court administration.
Oak Lawn Police Department Peer Jury
James Craig
Peer Jury Coordinator
c/o Oak Lawn Police Department
9446 Raymond Avenue
Oak Lawn, IL 60453
Phone: 708-424-5323
Fax: 708-424-5012
kidswrestling@juno.com
We are fortunate in Oak Lawn in that the Oak Lawn Police
Department is the sponsor of our Peer Jury program. I, as
the coordinator, am an unpaid volunteer. The two police
officers who are part of the program are also unpaid for
their time at our court dates. We occasionally have pizza
parties for the jurors and give them a gift at Christmas
time and the expenses for this is covered by the Police
Department and/or the Police Club.
Teen Court Program
Chris Borton
Teen Court Coordinator
Youth Services Bureau of Huntington County
1344 Maple Drive
Huntington, IN 46750
Phone: 260-356-9681
Fax: 260-356-9683
ysbhc@mail.fwi.com
Funding has always been a BIG problem for us. The agency has
carried that program since its existence. We do have a
nominal user fee and the agency receives City and County
funding which we use to help cover the costs. Recently we
received a grant from the Local Anti-drug Coalition
(Governor's Drug Free Community monies) since 40% of our
cases were drug and/or alcohol related.
New Orleans Teen Court
Lorri Fentress
Executive Director
1450 Poydrus, Suite 210
New Orleans, LA 70112
Phone: 504-593-1818
Fax: 504-593-1824
lorrif@hotmail.com
In response to your inquiry the New Orleans Teen Court
program receives funding from the Junior League as we are
now denoted an activity of the JL (our initial funder and
implementing agency). We also receive funding from JAIBG and
Substance Abuse and Mental Health - both one-year grants. We
wrote local foundations here in New Orleans and received
money from Entergy, Wisner (a foundation out of the Mayor's
office), the Bar Foundation, and 2 other local family
foundations - again one year grants.
This year we do the same and fundraise as we are now trying
to become our own stand alone entity. It is tough, yes.
Especially considering the fact that we have not been able
to get money from law firms or other major businesses here.
Montgomery County Teen Court
Georgine DeBord
Teen Court Coordinator
Montgomery County State's Attorney
50 Maryland Avenue
Rockville, MD 20850
Phone: 240-777-7344
Fax: 240-777-7413
Georgine.Debord@MontgomeryCountyMd.gov
Montgomery County Maryland Teen Court is funded wholly by
the State’s Attorney’s Office. They fund my position as
Coordinator as well as a 20 hour per week Assistant. When
the program started 8 years ago, we did not have the
assistant position. This was added about three years ago. I
just took this position over in January, and I am hoping to
be able to apply for grants to enhance our program, as
government funds are stretched.
Lansing Teen Court
Michael Botke
Director
217 South Capitol Avenue - 230
Lansing, MI 48933
Phone: 517-371-2823
Fax: 517-371-2836
teencourtlansing@cooley.edu
Primary (Current Funding/Inkind) Partners:
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City of Lansing, Human Relations and Community Services:
$25,000 (July 1, 03 – June 30, 04)
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Mid-South Substance Abuse Commission: $25,000 (January 1,
03 – December 31, 2003)
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Capital Area United Way: $25,196 (April 1, 03 – March 31,
2004)
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City of Lansing, Mayor’s Drug Free Youth Task Force:
$2,000 (October 1, 02 – September 30, 03)
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Thomas M. Cooley Law School Provides In Kind Office Space,
Moot Court Space and Volunteer Support and technical
resources
Oakland County Teen Court
Tasha Hanson
Teen Court Coordinator
Oakland County Prosecutor's Office
1200 N. Telegraph Road
Pontiac, MI 48341
Phone: 248-858-1553
Fax: 248-975-4265
hansont@co.oakland.mi.us
Oakland County does a match with the Juvenile Accountability
Incentive Block Grant (JAIBG). JAIBG fronts most of the
money and then the Oakland County government gives the rest.
Monica Bogner
Dakota Co. Attorney Office
1560 Hwy 55
Hastings, MN 55033
Phone: 651-438-4440
Fax: 651-438-4500
monica.bogner@co.dakota.mn.us
Juvenile Accountability Block Grant from 7 of our fifteen
law enforcement agencies and one grant through the Local
Collaborative Time Study funds.
Martin County Teen Court
Amy Yackley
Coordinator
201 Lake Avenue, Room 308
Fairmont, MN 56031
507-238-3215
amy.yackley@co.martin.mn.us
I receive funds from the Youth Intervention & Prevention
Association, which is a state funded grant. Due to the
budget cuts, we will be losing money for 2004 & 2005,
therefore I have applied for another grant, which is also a
grant state for juvenile programs. YIPA is very good about
sending notices of grants to apply for, therefore that is
where I have learned of the new grant. The Internet would
probably be a good place to go to search for grants for
youth intervention programs.
Christian/Taney Teen Court
Darlene Rea
Coordinator
38th Judicial Circuit
PO Box 482
Forsyth, MO 65653
Phone: 417-546-3411
Fax: 417-546-2110
Darlene_Rea@osca.state.mo.us
Missouri/Division of Youth Services Grant.
Monica Jensen
Community Relations Director
Dakota County Attorney's Office
Phone:
651-438-4440
The budget for the position of Peer Court Coordinator is
approximately $65,000. We receive funding from two sources:
Juvenile Accountability Incentive Block Grant (JAIBG)
dollars that are turned over to our Office from the local
police departments receiving the funds and the balance is
made up with Local Collaborative Time Study funds (LCTS).
Cumberland County Teen Court
Michelle Crawford-Jones
Teen Court Director
Cumberland Co. Dispute Resolution Center
155 Gillespie Street
Fayetteville, NC 28301
Phone: 910-486-9465
Fax: 910-486-8369
bpeaceful@aol.com
We are funded through our local JCPC; however, I am a member
of the North Carolina Teen Court Association (NCTCA) and we
are in the process of writing a grant to supplement some of
our funds.
Pender County Teen Court
Amanda Jordan
Teen Court Coordinator
Mediation Center of Cape Fear
108-A Cinema Dr.
Wilmington, NC 28403
Phone: 910-362-8000
Fax: 910-362-8001
teencourt@wemediate.net
For our Teen Court we receive funding through our local JCPC
(Juvenile Crime Prevention Council). We applied/requested
funding, have received it, and report directly to the
council and an area district manager from DJJDP.
Cass County Youth Court
Jason Bergstrand
Youth Court Coordinator
c/o Lutheran Social Services
1325 11th Street So.
Fargo, ND 58107
Phone: 701-271-3253
Fax: 701-235-7359
Jbergstrand@lssnd.org
We receive monies from the following sources:
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JABG funds (grant) Juvenile Accountability Block Grant
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North Dakota Department of Transportation (grant) Highway
Safety Grant
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Project Safe Neighborhood
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U.S. Department of Justice (grant)
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Addressing guns and violence Grant
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Local Foundations: Svee Foundation FM Area Foundation
We also raise money annually by requesting support from
local service clubs. We have also done some local
fundraising activities.
Trial by Peers
L-Ikera Smith
Coordinator
Clark County Bar Association
530 S. 8th Street
Las Vegas, NV 89101
Phone: 702-387-6011
Fax: 702-387-7867
lsmith@clarkcountybar.org
Grants- mostly county, city and some other local
organizations. Fundraisers and donations also.
Glen Cove Teen Court
Susan Altamore Carusi
Coordinator
Gleb Cove City Court
13 Glen Street
Glen Cove, NY 11542
Phone: 516-676-0109
Fax: 516-676-1570
susanaltamore@sprintmail.com
The Glen Cove Teen Court receives its funding through a
grant from the NY State Division of Criminal Justice
Services. We are sponsored for this grant by our local State
Senator. The grant requires that matching funds be provided
by the municipality; in this case the Nassau County Office
of Court Administration provides the matching funds on
behalf of the city of Glen Cove.
Huntington Youth Court
Corinne Lesko
Director
Huntington Youth Bureau
423 Park Avenue
Huntington, NY 11743
Phone: 631-271-5644
Fax: 631-271-1360
corecam1121@aol.com
The town funds most of our program because it was
spearheaded by our town councilman; however we get 26K from
the Byrne Grant from the state.
La Pine Teen Court
Mary Fleischmann
Program Coordinator
Deschutes County Sheriff's Office
P.O. Box 2035
La Pine, OR 97739
Phone: 541-536-5002
Fax: 541-536-5766
marye@deschutes.org
My program has been through a lot of changes regarding
funding since it's inception. We originally started out with
5 hours a week which the Deschutes Co. Juvenile Dept.
covered. The program then increased to 20 hours a week which
was funded through dollars from our county Commission on
Children and Families. The program went to Full Time in 1993
and continued receiving funding from the CCF and the
Juvenile Dept. In 2000 the dollars were running out and the
Deschutes Co. Sheriff's office picked up the program. The
program was slated to be cut in June of 2003 due to budget
cuts, but the Juvenile Dept. again picked up the program.
Presently the Juvenile Dept. has covered the costs of the
program with some assistance from the Juvenile
Accountability Block Grant.
Dollars are tight, and it would be great if on a National
level, Juvenile Prevention dollars could be diverted to all
Youth Courts, so that they can have sustainability.
Elizabeth Adams
Statewide Expansion Coordinator
Office of Safe Schools and Youth Services
SC Department of Education
1429 Senate Street
Columbia, SC 29201
Phone: 803-734-5801
Fax: 803-734-0806
eadams@sde.state.sc.us
Our youth court program at the SC Department of Education
(Project
CHANCE) received JAIBG funding totaling approximately
$250,000 annually for 3 years. This funding provides a
statewide coordinator's position (me) and 10 youth court
sites. Each site must have a 10% cash match, which each
school district provides. I have match money from the
Sister's of Charity Foundation and the SC Bar Association.
Beth DeHart
Program Manager
SC Youth Court Association
SC Bar - LRE
950 Taylor Street
P.O. Box 608
Columbia, SC 29202
Phone: 803-252-5139
Fax: 803-799-4118
beth.dehart@scbar.org
In SC, several courts have received JAIBG or formula funding
through the Justice Department. Others do private fund
raising, and others, after several years of success, have
convinced their localities to write them into the budget
(police, sheriff, solicitor, DJJ, etc.)
Lawrence County Teen Court
Marlene Todd
Director
P.O. Box 227
68 Sherman Street, Suite 213
Deadwood, SD 57732
Phone: 605-722-8889
Fax: 605-722-8888
teencrt@mato.com
Our Teen Court is fortunate in that we have great local
support. We are included in the yearly budget for the three
towns that we service as well as for the county. Also, we
are the recipient of the JAIBG grant money for these
entities. We must solicit donations which our local civic
groups step up to the plate every year and provide us some
funding. Also, we receive Court restitution from the formal
court system. Periodically, instead of ordering a fine, the
Judge orders that the defendant pay a certain dollar amount
to the Teen Court program. Also, we charge court costs of
$20.00 per youth that enters our program. We have received a
couple of endowments from local individuals that stipulate
that they would like the money to remain in an interest
bearing account, but that we can use the interest as we
need. We have received memorials from several families in
the area as well. We do NOT use fundraisers.
Pennington County Teen Court
Michele Brink-Gluhosky
Teen Court Coordinator
Pennington County State's Attorney's Office
300 Kansas City Street
Rapid City, SD 57701
Phone: 605-394-2531
Fax: 605-394-2616
michellebg@co.pennington.sd.us
Teen Court started in 2001 as an addition to our juvenile
diversion program in the State's Attorney's Office. Our
budget has been fully funded by the Juvenile Accountability
Incentive Block Grant since then. This year, this funding
was cut significantly, but we are fortunate that the State's
Attorney's Office has included us in the budget this year
and is filling in the missing funds.
Various Donations:
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Offered to clean up after a softball
tournament and they donated the funds raised to us.
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Our
district court organized a basketball game between the
executive and judicial branches and they donated funds to TC.
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We receive some fine money from the magistrate court
(misdemeanor court) when people plea and donate to us
instead of a fine or record.
Allen Teen Court
Elizabeth Walsh
Coordinator
c/o Allen Municipal Court
1 Butler Circle
Allen, TX 75013
Phone: 972-727-0210
Fax: 972-727-0104
lwalsh@cityofallen.org
Allen Teen Court and our First Offender's Program have been
receiving funds through the Juvenile Accountability
Incentive Block Grants (JAIBG) which is a program
administered by the Office of Juvenile Justice and
Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), a program in the Office of
Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice.
Hurst-Euless-Bedford Teen Court
Debbie Carlisle
Coordinator
2000 Forest Ridge Drive
Bedford, TX 76021
Phone: 817-952-2468
Fax: 817-952-2463
dcarlisle@ci.bedford.tx.us
Funding for the Hurst-Euless-Bedford Teen Court program is
divided equally among the three cities. Recently, Texas
Legislature amended Article 102.0171, Code of Criminal
Procedure, which allows county & district courts to collect
a court cost for juvenile delinquency prevention programs.
This funding can go towards Teen Court programs to help fund
operations and/or programs.
College Station Teen Court
Peggy Calliham
Coordinator
PO Box 9960
College Station, TX 77842
Phone: 409-764-3499
Fax: 409-764-3894
pcalliham@ci.college-station.tx.us
Our court is funded as a function of the City of College
Station just like the other departments. It is my belief
that unless these courts have permanently committed funding
they begin to flounder because there is too much at stake to
rely upon fund raising and off and on funding.
It needs to be a commitment on the part of the city or
county or whoever that their youth are their future and that
educating them in the law and civic responsibility early on
will pay off in the future.
Its no different than funding schools. You must be dedicated
to educating young people.
Midland Teen Court
Mary Beck
Executive Director
Midland Teen Court, Inc.
615 West Missouri, #226
Midland, TX 79701-5017
Phone: 432-689-1065
Fax: 432-689-1087
mbeck@midlandteencourt.org
Midland Teen Court, Inc., is a non-profit recognized as a
501(c)(3) by the IRS--a requirement to receive grant funds
from most foundations. We receive funds from the City of
Midland, Midland County, Midland ISD, Greenwood ISD, local
foundations, churches, corporations and private individuals.
Funding requests (grant applications) are presented annually
in the format required by the specific grantor; follow-up
reports are made to all funders quarterly. Jurors in our
Municipal Court are given the option of waiving their juror
payment ($6/day?) to Midland Teen Court or another couple of
nonprofits. A Board member raises funds through letter and
personal contacts for our annual scholarship(s) awarded to
selected graduating volunteers.
Denton County Teen Court
Deborah Hollifield
Teen Court Coordinator
6301 Main Street, Ste. 100
The Colony, TX 75056
Phone: 972-434-7200
Fax: 972-434-7201
dhollifield@co.denton.tx.us
All our staff is volunteer, including the judge. The county
provides $1k a year in the judge's budget dedicated to Teen
Court use. We use it mostly for pizzas on court night to
feed (and attract) jurors, and for trophies at the end of
the year.
Salt Lake Peer Court
Kathleen Zeitlin
Program Director
645 South 200 East, #101
Salt Lake City, UT 84111
Phone: 801-322-1815
Fax: 801-322-9732
slpcourt@Xmission.com
Salt Lake Peer Court (a non-profit program) is currently
receiving funding from the sources below, which will take us
through June, 2004. Beyond that, we currently do not know
how we will continue to fund the program, although we
believe we will have similar funding from the school
district's Safe & Drug Free School federal grants and,
hopefully, from 1 or 2 private foundations. This will NOT be
adequate to fund the program as is. We may have to downsize
drastically, but we're going to do our best to try to get
the funding we need to keep the program as is.
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Salt Lake Police Department (federal Block Grant funding
- although they cut our funding by 1/4, even though the
money they received from the feds was cut in half. So they
have told me not to expect anything next October, 2004)
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Salt Lake School District (federal grant money for the
Safe & Drug Free School program)
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Two private foundations
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Possibly: Weed & Seed (We're waiting to hear if we're
getting any money from the local Weed & Seed. If they get
the money, I think we will.)
Northwest Youth Services/Whatcom Co Teen Court
Cathy Beaty
Northwest Youth Services
1020 N. State Street
Bellingham, WA 98225
Phone: 360-734-9862 Ext. 130
Fax: 360-734-4720
cathybnwys@hotmail.com
We are also really struggling this year as our 3-year
non-renewable grant from the Governor's Juvenile Justice
Committee expired in June 2003. So, far our funding is
coming from numerous sources: United Way, a local community
foundation, individual law firms, the local Bar Assoc, a
number of rotary clubs, local businesses, small grants and
our local city and county governments. We have had to make
numerous presentations to service clubs as well as
individual meetings with business owners and private
attorneys. We are hoping to convince our local governments
to at least provide half our operating expenses in their
annual budgets, but know that will be a hard sell in these
economic times.
University Place Youth Court
Ann Francis
c/o Community Prosecutor, University Place
3631 74th Avenue W, Suite A
University Place, WA 98466
Phone: 253-798-7836
Fax: 253-798-4867
AFRANCI@co.pierce.wa.us
Our funding for University Place Youth Court originated from
a Community Prosecution Grant from the Department of
Justice. That grant has now expired, and so we have been
negotiating with city and county officials to keep the
funding going. We are trying to appeal to 3 main
stakeholders to perhaps share the costs; the City of UP, the
Prosecutor, and Juvenile Court. A law enforcement sales tax
levy is up for a vote next month, and if it passes,
University Place Youth Court will likely be funded via the
additional tax. We also apply for every grant that we can
qualify for, and just yesterday received a check from the
Greater Tacoma Community Foundation.
Vilas County Teen Court
Nancy Anne Livingston
Teen Court Coordinator
330 Court Street
Eagle River, WI 54521
Phone: 715-479-3749
Fax: 715-479-1978
nancy.livingston@ces.uwex.edu
I am employed by the University of Wisconsin Extension in
Vilas County. Teen Court is in my job description, so I have
a budget line for the program, some of the monies in that
line item comes from some Social Services' federal/state
grant dollars and varies from year to year. We have on
occasion been recipients of donations from various sources -
a County township board, etc.
Green River Teen Court
Peggy Beckum
Municipal Judge
City of Green River
50 East Second Street North
Green River, WY 82935
Phone: 307-872-6116
Fax: 307-872-0567
pbeckum@cityofgreenriver.org
Our Teen Court is totally funded by city government funds.
The Governing Body puts money in my budget every year for
Teen Court. The Governing Body decided they didn't want to
prosecute DWUI offenders through the city court as it was
costing so much and we were short on jail space. The Mayor
and Council decided to focus on youth intervention and crime
prevention. We have Teen Court every other Thursday
beginning at 4:00 p.m. The youth are out of school by then
and we have access to more rooms at the city hall at that
time. The Mayor also has a Youth Council and they are
working on starting a youth center. I have not had to ask
for any kind of help from other agencies and have not
obtained any grants.
Tusha Richardson
PTRL247@aol.com
We get the funding from a grant from the South Carolina
Department of Public Safety - Juvenile Accountability
Incentive Block Grant funds.
Dixie Tomkiewicz
DorothyTOmkiewicz@mcjc.maricopa.gov
The Maricopa County Juvenile Court Teen Court funding for
both the schools and limited jurisdiction courts is a part
of the County Budget of the Maricopa Bounty Board of
Supervisors. From the very on-set of the Teen Court, funding
(almost 12 years ago), the Board has been a "partner" in the
project. The National Study by The Urban Institute has also
helped. The Teen Court Program has been a "priority" with
the Board because they have been consulted, advised and made
to feel very involved. This year has been tough, however,
and I have been told to either expand the 'Courts' program
or lose my job. My contract only runs two months at a time
so that my progress may be watched. The Teen Court Program
is not a program unto itself, but a part of the total
program that also involves two probation officers and a
supervisor from Juvenile Court. We all work together,
helping each other with the different courts and school
programs. We are currently set to expand to five more
courts, which will involve many more schools and even more
volunteer youth. A successful program with lots of
involvement from many aspects of the community, with a low
recidivism track record, and operated by minimal support
staff will bring great support from the funding agency.
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Date: August 2002
Question:
I would
appreciate it if you could send out a question to other Teen
Court Coordinators regarding how their Teen Courts are
funded. Thanks!
Responses
from
Coordinators:
Adelita Grijalva
Program Manager
Pima County Teen Court
Pima Prevention Partnership
330 North Commerce Park, #160
Tucson, AZ 85745
Phone:
520-884-8799
Fax: 520-884-8820
adelita_g@yahoo.com
Pima County Teen
Court in Tucson, Arizona has several funding sources, most
of which must be renewed through a grant process annually.
Teen Court receives funds from the City of Tucson (CDBG
funds and Outside Agency funds), Pima County (CDBG and
Outside Agency), Simpson Foundation (private/local funding
source) and Governor's Division of Drug Policy Office Safe
and Drug Free Schools and Communities to name a few. We have
found that we don't usually fit the criteria for Federal
grants.
Brenda Myers
Youth Court Coordinator
Project Chance Youth Court - W.A. Perry Middle School
South Carolina Department of Education
1429 Senate Street Room 706-D
Columbia, SC 29201
Phone: 803-734-0737
Fax: 803-734-0806
bmyers@sde.state.sc.us
At this time it is totally grant
funded. We received a grant for three years and we are
hoping that once the three years are up the state will take
over and provide full funding.
David Garcia
Coordinator
Teen Court of Lea County, Inc.
1923 N. Dal Paso Suite C
P.O. Box 831
Hobbs, NM 88240
Phone:
505-393-7743
Fax: 505-393-1076
david.r.garcia@worldnet.att.net
I am the Vice-President for the
Association of New Mexico. Most of our Teen Courts are
funded by Department of Finance with the exception of four
teen courts, including mine. We are funded by the
Administrative Offices of the Courts. In additions I receive
funding from The City of Hobbs, and the Hobbs Schools.
Deb Holland
Project Coordinator
Ontario County Youth Court
The Partnership for Ontario Co., Inc.
3088 County Complex Drive
Canandaigua, NY 14424
Phone:
716-396-4519
Fax: 716-396-8821
deb.holland@co.ontario.ny.us
Our court began funding with the
Byrne Grant and we are still receiving that. We have
received funding from our county's Youth Bureau and this
year will be receiving funding from United Way. In addition
we have received several small grants, generally $1,000.00
or so. We have another year (possibly 2 of Byrne money), but
the advisory committee is beginning to look for alternative
funding now. Our county has frozen spending and hiring for 3
years, so for the program to be institutionalized by the
county is unrealistic.
Eric Watkins
Coordinator
Village of Owego Youth Court
Youth Services Unit
Owego Police Department
Owego, NY 13827
Phone:
607-687-2233
Fax: 607-687-2235
juvenile@stny.rr.com
The Owego Youth Court has been
funded by Title V federal funds through our state DCJS. In
October we will switch over to Byrne Memorial Funds.
Evelyn Williams
Teen Court Program Coordinator
Lee County Teen Court
20th Judicial Court Administrator's Office - Florida
1039 SE 9th Place, #361
Cape Coral, FL 33990
Phone:
941-458-7084
Fax: 941-458-7083
egw7084@ca.cjis20.org
Lee County Florida Teen Court
is run under the Direction of the Court Administrator.
Teen court is a branch of the Juvenile Arbitration Program.
The Coordinator is employed by the court - and is
responsible for Juvenile Arbitration as well as teen court.
Jennifer Strutz
Program Coordinator
Stayton Sublimity Youth Peer Court
362 N. Third Avenue
Stayton, OR 97383
Phone:
503-769-5749
Fax: 503-769-7573
Jastrutz@aol.com
Our Peer Court is funded by the
following: J
-
AIBG
-
Oregon Together (County health Dept.
D&A funding)
-
City revenue
-
Local civic clubs
-
Fundraisers
-
Local private foundations,
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County Children & Families
Commission.
Julie Deckard
Teen Court Program Manager
Reach for Youth, Inc.
3505 North Washington Blvd.
Indianapolis, IN 46205
Phone:
317-920-5900
Fax: 317-920-5912
jdeckard@reachforyouth.org
Reach For Youth, Teen Court
program receives funds from several sources. Our 2 largest
sources come from United Way of Central Indiana and JAIBG.
In addition we receive a number of smaller grants from
various Foundations such as Hoover and Rotary. We also
charge a fee for workshops and jury duty.
Kathleen Self
Executive Director
P.O. Box 48927
Sarasota, FL 34230
Phone:
941-951-4278
Fax: 941-951-4277
fatc@gte.net
O.K., You asked! Funding in
Florida: Florida's teen courts are administrated by various
agencies, i.e., clerks of courts, sheriff offices, court
administrations, and some are non-profit agencies.
GOOD NEWS: Many
of our teen courts (38 to date out of approx. 55 total),
with various administrators mentioned above, are funded
through F.S.S. 938.19 which provides a local county
government the option to adopt a local ordinance which
provides for the collection of a $3 fee on many traffic and
court cases. 5% of the fee goes to the clerk of court in any
jurisdiction that adopts the ordinance. In many instances
this revenue will support all of a teen court budget while
in smaller counties it provides a large part of a budget.
When we developed the legislation (from '92-'96) we knew it
would, in most instances, be population driven i.e. large
counties would collect a lot of fees and therefore could,
and should, have large Teen Courts and small counties would
have small programs. There is one exception, one small
county that is an acknowledged "speed trap" with huge a huge
# of tickets issued annually. What we also liked about the
legislation is that it has people who are breaking the law
paying for delinquency prevention!
BAD NEWS: The
problem is that some large counties have encountered
stumbling blocks and are not spending the money.
Interestingly, in some instances, it is not because they
could/should not have larger programs but the programs are
being "capped" re the number of referrals they can take. The
reason might be, in some instances, that other programs want
a part of the revenue, a serious concern to those who are
dependant on the revenue from the ordinance. One judicial
circuit has presented an amendment to the legislation.
The programs who
do not collect this revenue are funded through other grants
or agency budgets. The counties who have chosen not to pass
the ordinance have various reasons for not doing so. Since
the ordinance revenue alleviates using tax dollars it would
seem to be a great way to support prevention in any
community and to utilize an available revenue stream.
For those of us who started our
programs with nothing, this has made a huge difference. We
are eternally grateful to the senators and representatives
who have made it possible. Keeping it safe is now our
biggest challenge!
Leslie Comeaux
Teen Court Coordinator
Keller, Halton City, Watauga Teen Court
7101 Whitley Road
Watauga, TX 76148
Phone:
817-514-5823
Fax: 817-281-1191
Lcomeaux47@hotmail.com
This teen court started out with
a 5 year grant. The three cities involved made up the
difference. Now that the grant is over, the three cities foot
the bill based on Population.
Lori Wrzesinski
Director of Youth Services
Downers Grove Township
4340 Prince Street
Downers Grove, IL 60515
KIloverandyK@aol.com
In response to funding of peer
jury/teen courts, currently, our peer jury, which is
multi-jurisdictional and is administered by myself as an
employee of a township office, is funded through the tax
dollars allotted for our human services division. At this
time, I am also in the process of submitting a grant for
money that, for the 4th year, has been given to local law
enforcement agencies in Illinois through a JAIBG. Agencies
receiving the funding can opt to pass through their money to
another government entity and in our situation, one of the
seven villages served by our peer jury, received funding and
passed it through to us for us to apply. It is a specified
amount and of course various components are required for
grant submission.
Also, in the state of Illinois, the IJOA, being in its'
second year of existence, has conducted annual one day
meetings. The one held this year we discussed funding and
many of the peer juries simply held fund raising events. Who
you are as an organization will determine your limits in
what you can do to raise funds as well as what grants for
which you can apply.
If anyone has any questions, they can feel free to contact
me at my office.
Thomas Hanover
West Seneca Youth Court
1250 Union Road
West Seneca, NY 14224-2950
Phone:
716-674-2284
Fax: 716-674-1063
hanover@wspolice.com
We fund our program in two ways.
The majority of our funding comes from various fund raising
activities that the court runs. We have a hot dog sale that
covers the majority of the monies and also some smaller
activities. Most of the administrative costs are covered by
the Town of West Seneca through its police department
budget. We have one detective that handles the court and
schedules the community service. He does this as part of his
regular duties in the department. Some of our administrative
costs are also covered under a JAIBG Grant from the federal
government that must be used in juvenile related programs.
We have no paid employees that work solely for he court and
the kids on the court use the time they spend in the court
as community service credits for school related clubs and
societies. We have a picnic for them each year along with a
recognition dinner, and as a senior in high school they
receive a scholarship to help defray their freshmen costs of
college.
Marian Irvin
Teen Court Coordinator
Flagler County Teen Court
c/o Clerk's Office
201 East Moody Blvd., Room 138
P.O. Box 787
Bunnell, FL 32110
Phone:
386-437-7407
Fax: 386-586-2116
mirvin@clerk.co.flagler.fl.us
Flagler County's program since
inception has been funded by the Clerk of Court's Office
(through fines & fees). We now have adopted the ordinance,
which helps support the program.
Marjorie
Maniccia
Bethlehem Youth Court
261 Elm Avenue
Delmar, NY 12054
Phone:
518-478-9544
Fax: 518-439-2144
BYC261@empireone.net
We started off with Federal
Byrne Grant money, office space from the Town in which we
are located (but are not part of the municipality) and
private donations. When Byrne expired we were lucky enough
to get Title V funds, still more private grants and
community donations.
Marlene Todd
Lawrence County Teen Court
Director
P.O. Box 227
Deadwood, SD 57732
Phone:
605-722-8889
Fax: 605-722-8888
teencrt@mato.com
Our Teen Court is set up as a
501(c) 3 non-profit organization. We receive funds from the
county, the three major towns in our county, donations from
local entities in the area, court restitution (our Judges
will periodically order an adult offender to pay restitution
to teen court in lieu of a fine) and our court costs (each
offender must pay $20.00 court costs to attend teen court).
We have found that our program speaks so highly of itself by
the success rate and the low cost of maintenance that our
communities have really been supportive. I am a firm
believer in getting your local support before you attempt to
go after any grant dollars. Local support will stick with
you as long as you show the need, but grant dollars can go
away with a change in administration.
Mary Fleischmann
Program Coordinator
La Pine Teen Court
P.O. Box 2035
La Pine, OR 97739
Phone:
541-536-5002
Fax: 541-536-5766
Mary_Engstrom@co.deschutes.or.us
Initially my court was funded
through our local Commission on Children and Families, but
once that funding dried up, our County Sheriff's office
picked up the program. The four diversion/teen court
programs in our county receive JAIBG funding which gives us
funds for things we do not have dollars in our budget for,
such as training opportunities for our teen court youth, as
well as coordinators.
Michael Botke
Director
City of Lansing Teen Court
217 South Capitol Avenue, 7th Floor, Office 714
Lansing, MI 48933
Phone:
517-371-2823
Fax: 517-371-2836
teencourtlansing@cooley.edu
Primary
(Current) Funding Partners:
-
City of Lansing, Human Relations and Community Services:
$25,000 Grant
-
Mid-South
Substance Abuse Commission: $25,000 Grant
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Capital Area
United Way: $23,997 Grant
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City of Lansing,
Mayor’s Drug Free Youth Task Force: $2,500 Grant
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(*Pending August 1, 2002 announcement - Partnership Grant
through State of Michigan, Office of Drug Control Policy
$333,000)
Michele George
Coordinator
Teen Court of Huerfano County
401 Main Street, Suite304
Walsenburg, CO 81089
Phone:
719-742-0240
Fax: 719-738-1267
hcteencourt@yahoo.com
Teen Court Of Huerfano County is
funded through its local school district and 1 fundraiser a
year. I also receive funding once in a while from a grant.
Myra Weeks
Coordinator
Wichita County Teen Court
Wichita County Courthouse
900 7th Street, Room 212
Wichita Falls, TX 76301-2482
Phone:
940-715-8575
Fax: 940-766-8177
Myra.Weeks@co.wichita.tx.us
Wichita County Teen Court was a
start up project of the Junior League. Since then our
funding breakdown is as follows:
Our annual
budget is approximately $53,000 per year.
Olivia
Harrington
Teen Court Coordinator
Duncanville Teen Court
P.O. Box 380280
Duncanville, TX 75138-0280
Phone:
972-780-5063
Fax: 972-780-6463
Oharrington@ci.duncanville.tx.us
By our City Budget.
Shirley Zahn
Program Coordinator
Winnebago County Teen Court
504 Algoma Boulevard
Oshkosh, WI 54901
Phone:
920-236-1120
Fax: 920-303-3030
szahn@co.winnebago.wi.us
Winnebago County Teen Court was
started with grant funding. We are now funded completely by
tax dollars through Winnebago County. Our program is under
the Circuit Court in the table of organization.
Susan
Martin-Wolf
Teen Court Coordinator
Fort Worth Teen Court
1000 Throckmorton
Fort Worth, TX 76102
Phone:
817-871-7642
Fax: 817-871-8670
WolfS@ci.fort-worth.tx.us
Some of the Teen Courts in Texas
are funded 100% by the City, County or several cities within
the county. Others are totally non-profit and are
funded by grants and fundraisers. Others are under the
umbrella of other non-profit agencies (i.e. Boys & Girls
Club, YMCA, Camp Fire, etc). Fort Worth's Teen Court is
public/private non-profit. The City pays 2 full time
salaries, provides office and courtrooms and most supplies.
The non-profit board of directors, funded by small grants
from foundations, provides a part-time staff, the awards
banquets, Teen Attorney training, conference and membership
fees and some office furniture including TV/VCR's for class.
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Date: June 2000
Question:
How does
your youth court receive funding?
Responses
from
Coordinators:
Shirley Santillana
Volusia County Teen Court
120 West Indiana Avenue, Rm 242
Deland, FL 32720
Phone: 904-822-5703
Fax: 904-740-5141
Ssantillana@circuit7.org
Junior League, Substance Abuse
Advisory Council
Gwen Vieau
Orange County Peer Court
17875 Von Karman., Ste 100
Irvine, CA 92614
Phone:
949-440-6757
Fax: 949-440-6710
gvieau@crfoc.com
Constitutional Rights Foundation
of Orange County receives funds from the County of Orange,
Calif., for its work with Orange County Juvenile Peer Court.
We're in our second year of a three-year contract.
Les Schultz
Brown County Teen Court
P.O. Box 248
New Ulm, MN 56073
Phone:
507-233-6620
Fax: 507-233-6649
les.schultz@co.brown.mn.us
Our funding comes from a local
collaborative funding grant. We also get $3,000 per year
from United Way. We also charge a $30 fee per client which
is pretty low as some areas charge as much as $50 to $75. We
have applied for federal funding once, but didn't make the
cut on that. There are some good grants out there, just have
to keep looking at the state and federal ones that come
through. Our board does a nice job of letting us know if
they see an appropriate grant.
Olivia
Harrington
Duncanville Teen Court
P.O. Box 380280
Duncanville, TX 75138-0280
Phone:
972-780-5063
Fax: 972-780-5077
oharrington@ci.duncanville.tx.us
We are funded entirely by city
budget. Thank goodness!
Deborah
Hollifield
Denton County Teen Court
6301 Main Street, Ste. 100
The Colony, TX 75056
Phone:
972-625-7575
Fax: 972-625-7578
Deborah.Hollifield@co.denton.tx.us
We do everything with volunteers
and donations. Our only expenses are for Xerox copies.
Det. Rich Keiser
Orangetown Youth Court
26 Orangeburg Rd.
Orangeburg, New York 10962
Phone:
914-359-1775
Fax: 914-359-4563
Keiser101@aol.com
My personal experience in
obtaining funding was from the following Federal, State and
local grants:
-
Grant from
U.S. Dept. of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and
Delinquency Prevention.
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New York
State Senatorial Line Item from our State Senator.
-
Rockland
County Grant from County Legislator.
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Some grants
need matching funds, which we received from the
Township.
Marlene Todd
Lawrence County Teen Court
Teen Court Coordinator
P.O. Box 227
Deadwood, SD 57732
Phone:
605-578-2065
fax: 605-578-1302
teencrt@mato.com
Some of our
funding comes from court ordered restitution which is made
payable to the Teen Court program. Our other funding sources
are:
-
Line item budget for Lawrence County, City of
Spearfish, City of Lead and City of Deadwood;
-
JAIBG grant
monies;
-
Recently applied for a Drug-Free Communities Support
Program grant from OJJDP;
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Donations from local civic
organizations;
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We have received some money from memorials
and we have one local individual that has listed teen court
is his trust.
Also, we have a local restaurant that auctions
off to the highest bidder the right to put your favorite
recipe item on their menu. Whenever anyone purchases this
item off the menu, 10% of the sale goes to Teen Court. This
item is listed for one year or whatever time limit you would
like to use.
Mikkel Anderson,
Teen Court Coordinator
Teen Court Program
Community Action Program Region VII, Inc.
2105 Lee Avenue
Bismarck, ND 58504
Phone:
(701)-258-2240
teencourt@teencourt.com
In regards to
funding for Teen Court/Youth Court programs.... The Teen
Court Program in Bismarck - Mandan Area of North Dakota has
a three year start-up grant from the NDDOT (1998-2001). The
Leach Foundation (a private foundation), Children's
Servicing Coordinating Committee Region VII, and local civic
clubs have donated funds to help offset other costs that
arise. As with any non-profit program, the eternal search
for continued funding is always real and needs constant
attention and awareness.
A good way to
possibly get financial support locally would be to approach
your local civic clubs (Lions, Optimists, Rotary, Elks,
Etc.) They usually do have a large commitment to youth in
communities.
Deydra Stevenson
Teen Court Administrator
P.O. Box 60
Abilene, Texas 79604
(915)676-6302
StevensonD@Abilenetx.com
My funding comes
through a CDBG (Community Development Block Grant) that pays
for the salaries of one full time youth service assistant
and one part time youth service assistant. This grant was
already in place when I became the coordinator for Teen
Court. You may want to contact Kelly Cheek at 915-676-6366,
who is the in charge of this program, to obtain some
information on this type of grant.
My city also
assists in funding the Teen Court with funds to purchase
office supplies, postage and printing needs.
Laurie Ocampo
Teen Court Coordinator
Socorro County, NM
100% of our
funding comes from our county's DWI allotment from the State
of New Mexico. We are in danger of losing these funds,
however, come the 2001-2002 fiscal year.
CeeCee Kaylor
Director
YSB-BB/BS of LaPorte County, Inc.
P.O. Box 1115
LaPorte, TX 77572-1115
ysb_lp@csinet.net
Our funding
sources for Teen Court in LaPorte County, Indiana
established in 1988 are:
-
Local-
Barker Welfare Foundation Indiana Criminal Justice
Institute (ICJI)-division of DOC Drug Free Communities
money from community drug & alcohol arrests (which is
evaporating because the new Prosecuting Attorney does
not want to charge these fees anymore
-
United
Way-portion of agency's total allotment
-
Grants to
Youth in Michigan City Community (GYMCCo)-$1000/yr to
celebrate & recognize teens who volunteer to serve in TC
& graduating seniors
-
Indiana
Family & Social Services Administration (IFSSA)
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User fees
$15-25/defendant YAR (Youth As Resources)-max $500/yr
for community service project.
Lolita Junk
Knox County Teen Court
55 W. Tompkins St.
Galesburg, IL 61401
(309) 345-3800
knoxteenct@misslink.net
We receive a
grant from the Illinois Criminal Justice Information
Authority. Some of the funds have to be matched, so we also
receive funding from the United Way of Knox County. Our
sponsoring organization is The American Legion Auxiliary,
where we receive additional monies (as well as assistance
with projects and use of their building when we need it for
fundraising, training, etc.) We also charge each defendant a
processing fee of $25 and the sale of our video brings in
$25 per videotape. We also received many private donations
from local organizations and individuals.
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