Responsibilities of the County Attorney's Office include: - Adult and juvenile probation - Child support and paternity matters - Legal counsel to the County Board of Commissioners and County Departments, and represents the county in civil matters - Prosecutes criminal cases - Serves as the chief prosecutor of crimes and juvenile offenses in Norman County

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

Community Corrections provides services for persons convicted of a criminal offense who have been granted provisional freedom on the promise of good behavior. The service also provides regular monitoring by an officer of the law for persons who have been released from prison.

- 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

Cognitive Skills Classes: 18 week classes. This program operates through a curriculum called, "Thinking for a Change," which helps assist offenders in examining and correcting thinking errors. 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. 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. Drug testing

Provides a system of services to adults and juveniles. Services include: - Adult Supervision Programs: Provides several different types of supervision programs for adults ranging from enhanced supervision programs, intensive, low-level, pre-trial, sex offender supervision, supervised release, traditional supervision placed on probation, and transfer of probation supervision - Adult and Juvenile Community Service Work (CSW): Court-ordered volunteer work with local non-profits, community-based or government organizations - Adult and Juvenile Electronic Monitoring: Services are provided under a contractual arrangement with Midwest Monitoring and Surveillance. The program is intended to offer the court an alternative between traditional probation and jail for adults or placement of juveniles in residential or custodial settings.

Formal supervision of individuals who have been convicted of a crime, which releases them into the community under specific conditions, which may include a reduced term in county jail, fines, restitution to the victim, community work, counseling, and other stipulations - Adult probation supervision - Juvenile probation supervision

- Bail evaluations - Coordinates placement of offenders in appropriate community and residential programs - Juvenile diversion - 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

- 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

Formal supervision of individuals who have been convicted of a crime, which releases them into the community under specific conditions, which may include a reduced term in county jail, fines, restitution to the victim, community work, counseling, and other stipulations - Adult probation supervision - Juvenile probation supervision

- 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.

Court services and programming, including: - Adult and juvenile diversion programs - Bail studies - Pre-trial and pre-sentence investigation/supervision - Risk assessments - Mental health, drug, DWI, and veteran's courts - Adult supervision - Sex offender case management - Domestic abuse case management - Intensive supervised release - Offender sanctions - Integration of serves for minority offenders - Referrals to Mash-ka-wisen treatment for Native American clients - Coordination of out-of-home Indian Child Welfare Act placements - Fond du Lac and Bois Forte tribal collaborative initiatives

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

Provides all juvenile, adult misdemeanor, and adult gross misdemeanor investigations for the Cottonwood County District Court. This includes coordinating programming and supervision for all juveniles, adult misdemeanor, and gross misdemeanor offenders who reside in Cottonwood County. Staff in the felony office provide adult felony supervision, enhanced felony supervision, and adult sex offender supervision.

Court services and programming, including: - Adult and juvenile diversion programs - Bail studies - Pre-trial and pre-sentence investigation/supervision - Risk assessments - Mental health, drug, DWI, and veteran's courts - Adult supervision - Sex offender case management - Domestic abuse case management - Intensive supervised release - Offender sanctions - Integration of serves for minority offenders - Referrals to Mash-ka-wisen treatment for Native American clients - Coordination of out-of-home Indian Child Welfare Act placements - Fond du Lac and Bois Forte tribal collaborative initiatives

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

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.

Court services and programming, including: - Adult and juvenile diversion programs - Bail studies - Pre-trial and pre-sentence investigation/supervision - Risk assessments - Mental health, drug, DWI, and veteran's courts - Adult supervision - Sex offender case management - Domestic abuse case management - Intensive supervised release - Offender sanctions - Integration of serves for minority offenders - Referrals to Mash-ka-wisen treatment for Native American clients - Coordination of out-of-home Indian Child Welfare Act placements - Fond du Lac and Bois Forte tribal collaborative initiatives

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

Provides probation supervision of juvenile and adult clients, pretrial services, intake services, some behavioral health services, intensive supervised release, and victim services.

- ADA: (612)596-0300 - Adopt-A-Highway information: (612)596-0339 - Dead animal pickup (for deer only; all other animals call Animal Control): (612)596-0299 - Election Information: (612)348-5151 - Government Center, 300 South 6th Street, Minneapolis: (612)348-8240 - Jail, (City/County) 350 South 5th Street, Minneapolis: (612)348-5112 - Juvenile Detention Center: (612)348-8122 - Licensing: (612)348-8240, (drivers, game, fishing, marriage) - Map request hotline: (612)596-0352 - Notary Public filings: (612)348-8240 - Permit information/office: (612)596-0339 - Personnel: (612)348-2163; employment opportunities, 612-348-7855 - Probation Files - Adult: (612)348-2110; Juvenile: 612-348-3700 - Property Tax Information: (612)348-3011 - Public Defender: (612)348-7530 - Recorder/Registrar: (612)348-5139 - Recycling Hotline: (612)348-3777 - Retirees to the rescue (property tax work-off program): (612)348-3046 - Roads - Construction and Maintenance (Public Works): (612)596-0300 - Traffic sign information: (612)596-0310 - Traffic signal information: (612)596-0293, (612)673-5750 - Traffic Violations (District Court Customer Service Line): (612)348-2040 - Voter Registration: (612)348-5151 - Warrant information: (612)48-2000

Probation supervision for juveniles and adult misdemeanor and gross misdemeanor cases

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.

- Conducts prehearing investigations to provide Juvenile Court with assessment information, social histories and recommendations for disposition of juveniles with status offenses and delinquencies. Also conducts certification studies for youth with the most serious offenses that may be certified as adults - Offers a full range of Restorative Justice and Victim Services interventions including determination of restitution, family group counseling and victim/offender mediation - Oversees the Juvenile Sentencing to Service Program which allows offenders to complete court-ordered obligations and learn new work skills- Provides community based probation supervision, partnering with schools, community organizations, law enforcement, local businesses and neighborhood associations to maximize resources to help juveniles comply with court orders, remain law abiding and realize their potential - Provides intensive supervision for serious and/or chronic offenders to include individual/family counseling, referral to community resources and out of home placement if necessary - Provides specialized supervision programs for sex offenders, weapons offenders, juveniles who are chemically dependent, have mental health problems or are developmentally disabled; also supervises those with Extended Jurisdiction Juvenile status or who are on juvenile parole - Uses standardized assessment and evaluation tools to identify youth with mental health issues and make appropriate referrals for intervention Locations: - The Courtyard (Health Services Building), 525 Portland Avenue, Suite 260, Minneapolis, 6(612)596-8400, Fax (612)321-3471 - Penn Station, 1256 Penn Avenue North, Suite 4000, Minneapolis, (612)596-9700 - Juvenile Justice Center, 590 Park Avenue, Minneapolis, (612)348-3700 - The OutPost, 3650 Fremont Avenue N, Minneapolis, (612)596-6844 - Southside Garage, 3015 12th Avenue S, Minneapolis, (612)596-0440

Responsibilities of the County Attorney's Office include: - Adult and juvenile probation - Prosecution of felonies, gross, and petty misdemeanors - Third-party involuntary commitments