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Forsyth County to submit $940,852 juvenile crime prevention funding plan for FY26

3845710 · June 17, 2025

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County staff presented a juvenile crime prevention council (JCPC) funding plan allocating $940,852 to 13 organizations for FY26; board must approve submission to the state. Staff noted most grantees met their prior‑year commitments; a few underspent and will return funds.

Deputy budget director Kimberly Bussey briefed the Forsyth County Board of Commissioners June 16 on the juvenile crime prevention council’s (JCPC) recommended funding plan for fiscal year 2026.

Bussey said Forsyth County receives JCPC pass‑through dollars from the North Carolina Department of Public Safety and the local JCPC met June 2 to approve a FY26 plan that allocates $940,852 across 13 organizations. The board’s formal approval of the county resolution is required before the plan is submitted to the state for implementation.

Bussey reviewed the FY24 closeout and an amendment to the FY25 budget needed to return unspent FY24 grantee funds to the state. She said in FY24 the county received $940,852 for JCPC services and most funded organizations spent their full allotments; three line items showed unspent balances (Insight Human Services – $2,968 for psychological evaluations; YWCA’s Work & Earn It program – $3,189; JCPC administration – $380). County staff proposed appropriating $6,537 to reimburse the state, which would mean the county spent 99.31% of budgeted JCPC funds for FY24.

Commissioners questioned whether continuing grantees demonstrated reductions in juvenile crime or recidivism. Bussey responded that many contracts track program delivery metrics (sessions, participants) and that award decisions consider whether grantees met previously agreed performance targets. She confirmed the YWCA did not appear on the FY26 list because it did not meet its outcome measures.

If the board approves the resolution at its June 19 meeting, staff will forward the FY26 funding plan to the North Carolina Department of Public Safety for state approval and local implementation.