fcpc gains more youth volunteers!
On March 30th, 2015, the inaugural cohort of youth volunteers were inducted into Forsyth County Peer Court. Since 2015, Forsyth County Peer Court has heard a variety of cases and has a delinquency recidivism rate of 0.81%. FCPC has inducted 168 youth volunteers in three years. Most recently Cohort 15 had 9 youth volunteers complete the training and were inducted in February 2022. You can read more about the program on the Forsyth County News link:
https://www.forsythnews.com/local/new-forsyth-peer-court-offers-alternative-sentencing-for-teens/
https://www.forsythnews.com/local/new-forsyth-peer-court-offers-alternative-sentencing-for-teens/
The completion of Peer Court training includes a judge inducting new youth volunteers into Forsyth County Juvenile Court's Peer Court program. Each cohort presents a mock trial so that family members can see the hard work of training in action.