Juvenile Crime Prevention Council Report Submitted October 1 ...

North Carolina Department of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency PreventionJCPC Active Program List9/30/2010CountyHaywoodPROJECT PURSUIT STEPHEN MAYFIELD PO BOX 388SOAR, INC. smayfield_1999@yahoo.com 828-456-3435Program Type: Interpersonal Skill BuildingProject Pursuit is an interpersonal skills program focusing on improving behavior and outcomes in home, school, and community. Staff meetindividually with youth weekly to improve academic performance, develop life skills, and provide positive peer and adult relationshipopportunities. Youth participate in therapeutic wilderness activities and community service projects to build communication, teamwork, andleadership skills.HAWTHORN HEIGHTS EMORY WELCH PO BOX 99MOUNTAIN YOUTH RESOURCES, INC. emory@mountainyouthresources.org 828-586-8958Program Type: Temporary Shelter CareHawthorn Heights is a temporary shelter care program based in a 2-story home in Bryson City, NC that serves the state`s 7 southwestern counties.Capacity of 9 who are in need of protection, planning, crisis intervention, family conflict resolution, teaching/training, or behavior stabilization.The program offers family counseling and uses behavior modification system and moral reconation training in the home.PROJECT CHALLENGE GORDON KEATH 11A LINK STREETPROJECT CHALLENGE NC gordon@projectchallengenc.org 828-765-0776Program Type: RestitutionRestitution program that is a dispositional option to juvenile court allowing participants to repay or give to their community.ASPIRE KIMBERLY CASTANO PO BOX 250ASPIRE YOUTH & FAMILY, INC. kimcastano@hotmail.com 828-226-5533Program Type: Juvenile Structured DayNew sponsoring agency 7/1/2008. To provide education, counseling, and life skills training to court-involved and "at-risk" youth to prevent themfrom falling behind academically and to assist them in acquiring new behavioral skills that will enable greater success in school, at home, and inthe community.