Mental health counselor Lisa Hollis discusses difficulties facing kids in the Juvenile Court Intervention Program through Mecklenburg Council of Elders on Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2022 at the former Charlotte, N.C. Plaza Road Pre-K.

By Arthur H. Trickett-Wile / The Charlotte Observer

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Foreign [Music] Have similar situations like there's a Single parent household somebody's been Incarcerated there's been some drug and Gang violence there's a lot of shyness Where they completely shut down as a Result of maybe being exposed to Domestic violence and they still work on Them get their voice back it's hard to Trust somebody when you're concentrating Things that nothing's being done so when They're able to see that we show up Every week and we're consistent with What we say and we provide those Incentives and those rewards for them They understand and they gain trust and They may tell their friends until they Bring their friends back to the program Let them know that we all have hard Times we all have situations that we Have faced Thank you

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