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CONTRACT NO. K-1415-19: AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT BY AND BETWEEN THE CITY OF NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, AND THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA OFFICE OF JUVENILE AFFAIRS (OJA) TO ACCEPT FUNDING IN THE AMOUNT OF $175,200 FOR THE PURPOSE OF OPERATING A COMMUNITY INTERVENTION CENTER.
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BACKGROUND: The City of Norman juvenile program in conjunction with the Crossroads Youth and Family Center, Inc., ("Crossroads") was awarded a federal and state grant from the Office of Juvenile Affairs ("OJA") to implement a Community Intervention Center ("CIC") in early 1997. Originally, this was a pilot project and the City of Norman was one of five cities to open a CIC. This program began in October of 1997 and is located at 1900 West Robinson in Westwood Park.
The CIC is a multi-city collaborated project. The federal money for the program was originally "seed" money to start the program. By design of the grant, the federal funding ceased three years after the inception of the program. Funding for the program is now from the state through OJA. Since that time, the CIC program has been very successful and has been considered one of the premier projects of OJA. The CIC program was the first program to have a partnership between a local government, the state government, youth service agencies and law enforcement.
The purpose of the CIC is to provide a community based location for law enforcement officers to take juveniles, who have been apprehended for committing an offense that is not detention-eligible, for the purpose of holding, supervising and releasing the juveniles to a parent or guardian as appropriate. The goal of the program is two-fold: To maximize police officer productivity by returning them back to patrol duties as timely as possible and to have a consistent entry for juveniles into the juvenile justice system where they can be offered social services and be evaluated for needs.
Both the CIC and the Emergency Youth Shelter are operated by Crossroads Youth and Fa...
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