Program Description:

Juvenile Restitution and Community Service Program is a court-ordered or diversionary program requiring juveniles to perform supervised work for county business or agencies to pay back their debt to society.

Participants earn community service hours or restitution. Juveniles who are required to pay restitution earn $7.25 an hour and the program pays victim(s) directly or through the clerk of court based upon the referring agency.

Who can refer?

Juveniles are referred by the Juvenile Court system (Juvenile Court Counselors, attorneys, judges), Juvenile Services, School Resource Officers, Law Enforcement Officer and Teen Court.

Target Population:

Our target population is undisciplined and/or delinquent juveniles ages 7 – 17.

Program Goals;

Program focuses on teaching juveniles accountability, repairing harm to victims while developing vocational skills and rehabilitating juveniles to make wise choices and to prevent future inappropriate behavior.