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4/20/1998
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Board of Commissioners
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4A <br /> <br />PROGRAM NARRATIVE <br /> <br />The Cabarrus County. Juvenile Services Restitution Program proposes to provide the vehicle whereby juvenile offenders <br />of the law are held accountable for their behavior by working at various public service agencies (wurksites) to earn <br />monetary restitution for their victims. The juvenile may earn $5.00/hour, with the oppommity of earning an amount of <br />$200 dollars. There will be no direct payment of earnings to the juveniles for work done. Restitution would be addressed <br />by debiting payment of earnings to the juveniles for work done. Restitution would be addressed by debiting monies <br />earned by the juveniles from the "restitution bank" line item; based on the number of hours the juvenile has worked and <br />forwarded directly to the victim for the juvenile's restitution debt. Checks for victim restitution will be generated <br />through the county manager's office. In an attempt to hold the juvenile accountable for his/her behavior, the juvenile <br />may be ordered to perform uncompensated community service work, when no restitution is owed to the victim. Also, a <br />juvenile may be ordered to perform community service even if he/she has been ordered to pay restitution. <br /> <br />The Program Manager is responsible for providing overall administration and coordination of the program. This <br />includes, but not limited to, coordination of services between court counselors and worksite referral source, computation <br />and reporting of juveniles' earnings, accurately completing reports as required by the prospective fimding source, <br />monitoring program expenditures, continuous efforts to enhance the effectiveness and services of the prograrm and <br />communicating with the referral sources with status and progress information and planning. <br /> <br />The Community Services Referral Source will receive referrals after the Juvenile Court has adjudicated the juvenile <br />delinquent for having committed some property, damage, personal injury or related offense and has ordered an amount of <br />restitution to be paid by the juvenile and/or required the juvenile to work a specific number of uncompensated <br />community sen4ce hours. Each juvenile will have a conference with their court counselor and community service <br />representative to discuss his/her participation in the program, prior to developing a work schedule and placement of a <br />juvenile with a participating worksite. The role of the parent(s)/guardian is addressed. In an effort to obtain support for <br />the juvenile, the responsibility of transporting the juvenile to and from work is placed with the parents(s)/guardian. <br />Circumstances of the family that may affect the juvenile's participation in the program is also addressed. The juvenile <br />may then be placed for work with monitoring of hisPaer progress. All work is done at the participating wurksite. <br /> <br />Supervision of the juveniles while working will be provided by actual worksite employees, serving as volunteer worksites <br />for the program. Supervision is also provided periodically by the Community. Service staff, Worksite Supervisors are <br />responsible for documenting the hours worked by the juveniles, and the juveniles' work performance. The juvenile is <br />terminated from the program when the requirements of restitution or community service have been met, or if the <br />juvenile needs to be unsuccessfully terminated from the program. If the juvenile is unsuccessfully terminated, he/she will <br />have gone through a series of steps before being discharged. The first step, a verbal warning, is given'. The Community <br />Service staff discuss problems with the juvenile, parents and worksite supervisor. The second step is the information <br />being given to the Court Counselor, and another visit is made by Community Services ~aff, with the Court Counselor. <br />The third action would be termination form the Restitution Program upon review with the Chief Court Counselor. <br />Termination is via conference, visit, telephone call, or letter. The kinds of behavior that warrant an unsuccessfifl <br />termination is: showing up consistently late for work, or not showing at all, leaving work early, not performing <br />assigned duties, showing disrespect for supervisors, violence at the worksite, alcohol or drugs used at the worksite, and <br />breaking any laws while in the Program. If a child is successfully terminated, however, he/she will receive a letter of <br />congratulations from the Restitution Program Manager. <br /> <br />Overall, the Restitution Program hopes to average a success rote of 85%. It is believed that many juveniles will not <br />become further involved in the court system after their experience with the program. Juveniles will view this as a <br />positive experience. Although participation in a program of this type does not guarantee eliminating inappropriate <br />behavior, it will certainly curtail this behavior. Perhaps, between the moment of thinking of the unlawful act, and <br />actually acting on the thought, the juvenile will indeed reflect on this work experience, and choose not to proceed with <br />the act. <br /> <br /> <br />
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