The Carteret County Juvenile Crime Prevention Council (JCPC) is seeking proposals from organizations to provide prevention and early intervention programs for delinquent and at-risk youth during the 2026–2027 state fiscal year, which begins July 1, 2026.
The council has reviewed the needs of youth involved with Juvenile Court in Carteret County and expects to receive $208,110 from the North Carolina Department of Public Safety, Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. A 30% match is required for use of these funds.
Organizations can submit proposals for a range of program types, including mentoring services, parent or family skill building, interpersonal skill building, vocational skills training, restitution or community service projects, teen court initiatives, home-based family counseling, substance abuse counseling, and juvenile structured day programs. The request for proposals was issued on December 5, 2025. The deadline for submission is Monday, February 16, 2026 at 5 p.m.
Carteret County JCPC works with the N.C. Department of Public Safety as part of a strategy to mobilize communities in providing a continuum of care that includes prevention programs for children and early intervention options for juvenile offenders.
For more information or to submit a proposal, contact JCPC Designee Holly Frazier at hfulford123@yahoo.com. Additional details about JCPC are available on the Carteret County website at carteretcountync.gov/351/Juvenile-Crime-Prevention-Council.
Recent data shows that college readiness among high school students in Carteret County varies by subject area. In the 2022-23 school year, about 36.5% of senior students who took the science portion of the ACT were considered ready for college according to figures from https://www.dpi.nc.gov/. For juniors taking science during the same period, roughly 38.4% met college readiness standards as reported by https://www.dpi.nc.gov/. Reading scores were higher: approximately 47.5% of seniors and 51% of juniors were deemed ready in reading based on results available at https://www.dpi.nc.gov/. Math readiness was lower; about 34.3% of seniors and 35.5% of juniors reached college-ready benchmarks according to data from https://www.dpi.nc.gov/.