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Provides a structured intervention program that aims to reduce recidivism among youth. The program is designed to be both educational and rehabilitative by offering participants the opportunity to make amends for their misdeeds as well as learn important life skills while gaining work experience. Diversion is a program that provides juvenile first-time offenders an opportunity to avoid a permanent criminal record by completing a series of workshops and service hours, and engaging in other activities depending on the severity of the offense. This is a year-round program providing an opportunity for participants to learn about restorative justice while developing social skills through community service or other community-building activities.

Provides: Information and referral, Active listening, Crisis intervention - Linkage service for several agencies after hours including Itasca County Health and Human Services, Itasca Medical Care, Essentia Health Itasca Hospice and Kootasca Community Action programs - Initial contact point for services such as American Red Cross, Salvation Army, AA, Alanon, Crisis Response Team and Habitat for Humanity

- Diversion: Allows lower level offenders to avoid court convictions by completing a set of conditions - Probation supervision - Sentence to Serve (STS): Jail alternative work program for lower risk offenders

Provides a system of services to adults and juveniles. Services include: ?- Services for Adults: Conditional release, court intake, pre-sentence investigation, restitution, home monitoring, work release, sentencing to service, community work service, probation supervision, restorative conferencing, and cognitive behavioral interventions - Services for Juveniles: Court intake, predisposition investigations, residential and nonresidential programs, New Chance Extended Day Treatment, community work service, probation supervision, detention services, restitution, after school programs, drug court, in home counseling, restorative conferencing, and cognitive behavioral interventions

- Coordinates placement of offenders in appropriate community and residential programs - Juvenile diversion - Pre-trial bail evaluations - Pretrial supervision - Provides electronic monitoring of cases - Provides the court with necessary reports such as pre-dispositional reports, probation violation reports, reference reports, review and discharge reports, chemical use assessments, domestic abuse investigations, chemical use prescreen reports, and mental health screens - Provides local community service work crews - Provides probation supervision to juvenile, adult misdemeanor and gross misdemeanor offenders - Provides random drug and alcohol testing - Refers offenders to selected education and treatment programs based on their individual needs

- This Agency provides court services, juvenile and adult probation and parole (supervised release) supervision, specialized supervision combined with out-patient sex offender treatment for both adult and juvenile clients, electronic home monitoring and drug testing. - In addition to the Aitkin Office, Central Minnesota Community Corrections maintains offices in Crow Wing and Morrison counties.

Diversion services help youth make better choices and parents recognize signs and symptoms. Topics include: - Chemical Awareness Program (CAP) (tobacco, e-cigs, alcohol, and drugs) (not a treatment program) - Restorative Justice Conferencing: Mediation that includes offender, victims, and their respective support groups - Community work service hours - Creative Responses to Conflict (helping the youth to develop alternative ways in dealing with conflict) - Restitution - Bullying Awareness Program (BAP) - Distracted Driving Awareness Program (DDAP) (helping young drivers become educated on how to prevent risky behaviors and attitudes while driving or prior to being a licensed driver) - Responsible Social Media Use (RSMU) (helping youth who are struggling to use social media in a healthy way) - Theft Awareness Program (TAP) - Teen Intervene Program (TI)

Provides a system of services to adults and juveniles. Services include: ?- Services for Adults: Conditional release, court intake, pre-sentence investigation, restitution, home monitoring, work release, sentencing to service, community work service, probation supervision, restorative conferencing, and cognitive behavioral interventions - Services for Juveniles: Court intake, predisposition investigations, residential and nonresidential programs, New Chance Extended Day Treatment, community work service, probation supervision, detention services, restitution, after school programs, drug court, in home counseling, restorative conferencing, and cognitive behavioral interventions

The Community Work Service Program is designed to provide juveniles with an opportunity to repair the situations their crime has caused. Crews work at various sites in Winona. During the school year from youth work 9 am to 1 pm on Saturdays and 12 Noon to 4 pm on no-school days, two to three times per month. During the summer crews work from 12 Noon to 4 pm two times per week. The program provides positive interaction with the youth to encourage constructive behavior while making them accountable for their actions.

- Diversion Program Monitoring for Adults: Low-level felony offenders with little or no prior criminal record may be court-ordered into the Diversion Program. Diversion allows certain property and drug offenders to avoid a felony conviction if they complete a probationary period with specific conditions. Offenders may be required to pay restitution to their victims, complete community work service, and undergo chemical dependency treatment. ?- Diversion Program Monitoring for Juveniles: Low-level juvenile offenders with little or no prior criminal record may be offered diversion as an alternative option to appearing in court. Youth in the Diversion Program will not have to appear in front of a judge, have a court record or be placed on probation. Diversion consequences are typically less significant than those imposed by the court. ?- Case management - Information and referral to services ?- Probation supervision for adult and juvenile offenders as ordered by the court, including Adult Probation Service Center and Juvenile Probation, home electronic monitoring, remote electronic alcohol monitoring, and specialized domestic abuse and sexual offender supervision

- Diversion: Allows lower level offenders to avoid court convictions by completing a set of conditions - Probation supervision - Sentence to Serve (STS): Jail alternative work program for lower risk offenders

Supervision of all court assigned adult misdemeanor, gross misdemeanor, and felony offenders in a pretrial release program, and preparation of domestic abuse investigations Services include: - Drug Testing - Electronic Surveillance Program - MADD Panel - Pretrial Conditional Release Program - Pretrial Bail Evaluations - Project Nighthawk - Sentence to Service (STS)

Responsible for supervising all juvenile probation cases assigned by Otter Tail County District Court and all juvenile parole cases for Otter Tail County residents through the Minnesota Department of Corrections. Additionally, supervises all gross misdemeanor and misdemeanor files sentenced in Otter Tail County District Court or those files sentenced in a different court if the client resides in Otter Tail County.

- Diversion: Allows lower level offenders to avoid court convictions by completing a set of conditions - Probation supervision - Sentence to Serve (STS): Jail alternative work program for lower risk offenders

Operates a 240-bed workhouse. Has both workhouse and work release classifications for sentenced offenders. Inmates are offered a variety of educational and therapeutic programs. Non-work release inmates are required to work on work crews supervised by correctional officers.

- Chemical dependency treatment and assessments for youth with substance use needs - Juvenile residential services for youth involved in the juvenile justice system - Non-secure facility services for detention, awaiting placement, short-term or long-term stays, and diagnostic assessments - Secure male facility for detention, short-term or long-term stays, and sex-specific programs - Secure female facility for detention and short-term stays - Transitional and reentry services to support youth returning to the community

Community Work Service Program: Juveniles are assigned to do community work service, either through juvenile court or the diversion process, to work on projects throughout the county under the supervision of an adult supervisor. These work sites have been recruited and are continually montored by the Juvenile STS Crew Leader. Community service work sites offer a varied degree of work experiences that allow the juveniles to provide a service to their community. Drug testing Electronic Surveillance Program: Utilizes electronic surveillance equipment for juveniles as an alternative to detention. Probation Officers make recommendations to the District Court regarding the appropriateness of releasing a juvenile on electronic monitoring to his/her parent or guardian's custody pending further hearings or disposition. Nicollet County Probation also uses electronic monitoring as a condition/sanction of a juvenile's probation. This option is used for juvenile offenders, both as an alternative for detention, as well as short term consequential programming. First Time Offenders Programs: Provides a number of opportunities for first time juvenile offenders. Many of these are educational groups, which are run within the department, as well as several where referrals are made to other agencies. Popular options outside the department include; the ARCHER Program (At Risk Chemical Health Education and Resilience) and the PERT Program (Program for Encouragement of Responsible Thinking). Juvenile Diversion Program: Offered for first time minor offenders. These juveniles are diverted from the juvenile court upon agreement of the County Attorney's Office and the Probation Department. The Probation Department meets with these juveniles and their parent(s) and provides programming that will deter further delinquent activity. Project Nighthawk:?Joins probation officers and law enforcement in partnership to ensure compliance of court orders through random home visits to hold clients accountable to probation conditions, such as drug and alcohol testing. Randomly schedules visits on a weekly basis.

Community corrections system with services including: - Alcohol/drug awareness class - Anger assessment/management program - Assistance to crime victims - Community service work programs - Correctional facilities - Diversion of appropriate low-risk offenders - Monitoring and enforcement of court orders - Probation services for adult and juvenile offenders - Sex offender treatment programs - Theft awareness class - Tobacco education - Vandalism/property offender class

Provides programming to the offender population to address client needs and reduce the risk of recidivism. Provides investigative, social history, and recommendation reports to the courts. Supervises and monitors offender behavior to assure public safety. Includes: - Adult and Juvenile probation - Adult and juvenile diversion - Adult parole - Unpaid community work service (work crew) - Juvenile Court - Drug Court - Truancy Court

Community corrections system with services including: - Assistance to crime victims - Community service work programs - Diversion of appropriate low-risk offenders - Monitoring and enforcement of court orders - Probation services for adult and juvenile offenders

- Referrals to specialized correctional and treatment programs - Probation and parole - juvenile and adult - Court investigations - Restitution/individual community work service - Juvenile diversion services

Diversion services help youth make better choices and parents recognize signs and symptoms. Topics include: - Chemical Awareness Program (CAP) (tobacco, e-cigs, alcohol, and drugs) (not a treatment program) - Restorative Justice Conferencing: Mediation that includes offender, victims, and their respective support groups - Community work service hours - Creative Responses to Conflict (helping the youth to develop alternative ways in dealing with conflict) - Restitution - Bullying Awareness Program (BAP) - Distracted Driving Awareness Program (DDAP) (helping young drivers become educated on how to prevent risky behaviors and attitudes while driving or prior to being a licensed driver) - Responsible Social Media Use (RSMU) (helping youth who are struggling to use social media in a healthy way) - Theft Awareness Program (TAP) - Teen Intervene Program (TI)

Diversion services help youth make better choices and parents recognize signs and symptoms. Topics include: - Chemical Awareness Program (CAP) (tobacco, e-cigs, alcohol, and drugs) (not a treatment program) - Restorative Justice Conferencing: Mediation that includes offender, victims, and their respective support groups - Community work service hours - Creative Responses to Conflict (helping the youth to develop alternative ways in dealing with conflict) - Restitution - Bullying Awareness Program (BAP) - Distracted Driving Awareness Program (DDAP) (helping young drivers become educated on how to prevent risky behaviors and attitudes while driving or prior to being a licensed driver) - Responsible Social Media Use (RSMU) (helping youth who are struggling to use social media in a healthy way) - Theft Awareness Program (TAP) - Teen Intervene Program (TI)

- Adult gross and misdemeanor probationers - Juvenile probationers and parolees - ages 10 - 19 - Diversion and pre-diversion clients - Adults and juveniles with community service work - Clients in monitor status by the court pending completion of court ordered conditions