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Briefly describe what the program expects to achieve and why. The narrative shoald adc&ess each of the items (1) Identify the staff and their responsibilities to the program, (2) describe the physical facilities in which the services will be delivered (3) discuss arty areas of concern that could affect the success of the program, (4) discuss why these resources used in the manner described should be expected to alter inappropriate behavior, (5) describe the referral, screening and admission procedures, (6) describe the means of working with youth and families, (7) describe the daily program activities, (8} describe the termination pro~edures and(9) interaction with juvenile court. 4A PROGRAM NARRATIVE The Cabarrus County Juvenile Services Restitution Program proposes to provide the vehicle whereby juvenile offenders of the law are held accountable for their behavior by working at various public service agencies (worksites) to earn monetary restitution for their victims. The juvenile may earn $5.00/hour, with the opportunity of earning an amount of $400 dollars. There will be no direct payment of earnings to the juveniles for work done. Restitution would be addressed by debiting payment of earnings to the juveniles for work done. Restitution would be addressed by debiting monies earned by the juveniles from the "restitution bank" line item; based on the number of hours the juvenile has worked and forwarded directly to the victim for the juvenile's restitution debt. Checks for victim restitution will be generated through the county manager's office. In an attempt to hold the juvenile accountable for his/her behavior, the'juvenile may be ordered to perform uncompensated community service work, when no restitution is owed to the victim. Also, a juvenile may be ordered to perform community service even if he/she has been ordered to pay restitution. The Program Manager for this program will be the Chief Court Counselor. He will be responsible for providing overall administration and coordination of the program with the local Community Service Program, judges and court counselors. The Program Manager will also be responsible for computation and reporting juvenile's earnings, accurately completing reports as required by the prospective funding source, monitoring program expenditures, continuous efforts to enhance the effectiveness and services of the program, and communicating with the referral sources with status and progress information and planning. The Community Service Referral Source will receive referrals after the Juvenile Court has adjudicated the juvenile delinquent for having committed some property damage, personal injury or related offense and has ordered an amount of restitution to be paid by the juvenile and/or required the juvenile to work a specific number of uncompensated community service hours. Each juvenile will have a conference with their court counselor and community service representative to discuss his/her participation in the program, prior to developing a work schedule and placement of a juvenile with a participating worksite. Direct worksite supervision will be provided by the City of Concord and Cabarrus County employees at a variety of city a~ld county parks and at the county animal shelter. The role of the parent(s)/guardian is addressed. In an effort to obtain support for the juvenile, the responsibility of transporting the juvenile to and from work is placed with the parent(s)/guardian. Circumstances of the family that may affect the juvenile's participation in the program are also addressed. The juvenile may then be placed for work with monitoring of his/her progress. All work is done at the participating worksite. Supervision of the juveniles while working will be provided by actual worksite employees, serving as volunteer worksites for the program. Supervision is also provided periodically by the Community Service staff. Worksite Supervisors are responsible for documenting the hours worked by the juveniles, and the juveniles' work performance. The juvenile is terminated from the program when the requirements of restitution or community service have been met, or if the juvenile needs to be unsuccessfully terminated from the program. If the juvenile is unsuccessfully terminated, he/she will have gone through a series of steps before being discharged. The fin'st step, a verbal warning, is given. The Community Service staff discusses problems with the juvenile, parents and worksite