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An activity-based mentoring program that matches at-promise youth with volunteer adult mentors who participate together in goal-centered, one-on-one relationships. - Youth are matched with their mentors for one year and meet weekly for 2 - 4 hours. Throughout the one-year program, the mentors and youth develop goals (one physical activity, and one academic), have new experiences, and attend a variety of events with other mentors and mentees of the program. - Youth and their mentors attend agency events based on four programming pillars: Healthy Living, Lifelong Learning, Emotional Development, and Community Connectivity. - Youth and their families receive case management/support, and referrals for services. Mentors also have a network of support throughout their year of volunteering.

Provides legal information services to the community. Services include:

- Access to legal materials, federal government documents, including self-help materials

- Legal clinics

- Library staff available to answer questions, locate materials, and provide assistance with using the library's resources. Library staff cannot provide services that might be interpreted as the authorized practice of law, such as locating relevant cases, interpreting statues, or giving legal advice.

- Online information, including searches for library materials, links to county law libraries, and answers to frequently asked questions

- Referrals to legal service organizations offering free or low-cost legal advice

- Under an inter-agency agreement with the Minnesota Department of Corrections, the Outreach Services Department provides law library services to inmates incarcerated in Minnesota. Law Librarians conduct regularly scheduled visits to eight correctional facilities to meet with inmates. Inmates can write or call for legal information between visits.

- 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

An activity-based mentoring program that matches at-promise youth with volunteer adult mentors who participate together in goal-centered, one-on-one relationships. - Youth are matched with their mentors for one year and meet weekly for 2 - 4 hours. Throughout the one-year program, the mentors and youth develop goals (one physical activity, and one academic), have new experiences, and attend a variety of events with other mentors and mentees of the program. - Youth and their mentors attend agency events based on four programming pillars: Healthy Living, Lifelong Learning, Emotional Development, and Community Connectivity. - Youth and their families receive case management/support, and referrals for services. Mentors also have a network of support throughout their year of volunteering.

Providing referrals in areas such as:

- Clothing

- Education

- Employment

- Housing

- Family Services

- Support Networks

Offers three experiential workshops in nonviolence and conflict resolution. The workshops teach:

- Conflict management skills, understanding the underlying causes of violence, team building, and leadership skills

- Discussion topics to understand affirmation, communication, cooperation, and conflict resolution

- Every participant to find their innate power to positively transform themselves first and the world they live in

- Training facilitator workshops to focus on facilitation skills to become successful facilitators. The curriculum includes learning to build agendas for a basic level workshop, feedback, team skills, facilitation techniques, and leadership training.