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

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

Probation and Parole Services include the following programs: ???- Adult and juvenile diversion ?- Community work service ?- Electronic home monitoring ?- Victim restitution

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)

Community Group Conferencing brings together the offender and victim of his/her crime, families, law enforcement, and community members to come up with the consequences for juvenile offender. The conference is done in a highly structured setting and led by a trained facilitator who serves as a neutral party. All parties talk about the crime and the behavior, how it affects them, and how to repair the harm that was caused. The juvenile case is managed by the Program Coordinator and is closed after the conference and all terms have been met, up to six months.

The County Attorney serves as the chief prosecutor for Houston County as well as providing attorney services for the County Board of Commissioners and the various county governmental offices. This office also provides assistance for victims of crimes including: information about criminal and civil court procedures; ongoing support for crime victims involved in the criminal justice system; assistance in filing restitution and reparations claims; assistance with Victim Impact Statements; and assistance with return of property taken as evidence.

Provides services to the public, other county offices, and the judiciary including: - Civil case filings - Criminal/traffic - Family/probate - Juvenile - Small claims Also provides: - All required reports necessary for good case management - Collection and disbursement of fines and fees - Court-ordered restitution - Jury selection - Processing and calendaring of court cases - Safeguarding of all court records - Temporary Restraining Order Filing

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

- 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

Responsibilities of the County Attorney's Office include: ?- Accompaniment to medical appointments, emergency medical exams, court hearings, and trials - Child and adult protection representation - Child support and paternity cases - Conservatorships - Crime witness support - Criminal and delinquency prosecution; district attorney - Criminal protective orders - Domestic/family violence legal services - Guardianships - Juvenile diversion - Legal representation of county boards and agencies - Prosecutes misdemeanors, gross misdemeanors and felonies - Requests restitution; crime victim compensation - Restraining orders - Stalking/Harassment orders? - Temporary and permanent restraining orders - Victim notification

Offers a comprehensive range of services aimed at supporting rehabilitation and ensuring public safety. Services include diversion programs for first-time offenders, unsupervised probation, and supervision for both adult and juvenile offenders, including those under the Interstate Compact. Additionally, the department facilitates community service and restitution programs, the Sentencing to Service Program, drug testing, educational information, counseling, and the Community Plus Program.

- Ensures that victims of crimes receive written notice of their legal rights and timely notice of court appearances - Provides notice to victims, witnesses and police officers of the results of each case - Provides victims with information on community resources and referrals to other agencies or organizations - Strives to keep victims fully informed of important developments in their cases and affords them the opportunity to express their concerns and to have their questions answered - Seeks restitution for losses suffered by crime victims - Victim/witness coordinator and victim/witness staff help victims and witnesses understand the trial process and assist victims and witnesses in their trial participation and preparation of victim impact statements for sentencing hearings

Adult and juvenile probation and parole. Agents facilitate rehabilitation of clients, while improving community safety, by making referrals to address issues which include: - Anger management - Domestic abuse - Mental health - Substance use Employment Agents also coordinate and monitor completion of tasks assigned by sentencing judge of 1st Judicial District Court. Tasks: ??- Incarceration/detention - Performance of community service volunteer work - Payment of restitution to victims - Self-help workshops

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 County Attorney serves as the chief prosecutor for Winona County as well as providing attorney services for the County Board of Commissioners and the various county governmental offices. This office also provides assistance for victims of crimes (including domestic violence and sexual assault) including: - Information about criminal and civil court procedures - Ongoing support for crime victims involved in the criminal justice system - Assistance in filing restitution and reparations claims - Assistance with Victim Impact Statements - Assistance with return of property taken as evidence