- Court-ordered investigations - Probation and parole supervision

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

Adult and juvenile probation

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: - Pretrial Conditional Release Program - Pretrial Bail Evaluations - Electronic Surveillance Program - Drug Testing - MADD Panel - Sentence to Service (STS) - Project Nighthawk

Provides probation and parole services to residents of Chippewa, Lac qui Parle, Swift, and Yellow Medicine counties.

Court services and corrections. Restitution grant allows juvenile offenders to volunteer at nonprofit work sites in order to pay restitution owed to victims of their crimes. Probation and parole supervision for juvenile offenders and adult misdemeanor offenders.

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.

Provides the following services: - Driving with Care Program: 12-session course that teaches offenders how to prevent future alcohol-related driving incidents - Family group conferences - Pre-sentence investigations - Rapid response team member, local coordinating council member - Writes discharge recommendations, progress reports, and violation reports as ordered by the court

Provides probation and parole services to residents of Chippewa, Lac qui Parle, Swift, and Yellow Medicine counties.

Provides probation and parole services to residents of Chippewa, Lac qui Parle, Swift, and Yellow Medicine counties.

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

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 probation and parole services to residents of Chippewa, Lac qui Parle, Swift, and Yellow Medicine counties.

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: - Pretrial Conditional Release Program - Pretrial Bail Evaluations - Electronic Surveillance Program - Drug Testing - MADD Panel - Sentence to Service (STS) - Project Nighthawk