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PROGRAM SUMMARY Statement of the Problem: in concise terminology, describe the juvenile justice problem the program intends to address: There continues to be a significant increase in juvenile crime. Sixty-five percent (65%) of the offenses committed by jm'eniles cause victims to experience personal injury,, property damage and loss. Thc Juvenile Restitution Program aims at addressing the problem of juveniles committing such offenses vdthout being held nccountabl¢ for doing so. This problem, if left unattended, ail1 increase the prebability of the juvenile becoming a repeal offender, th. us contributing to th,2 overall increase in juvenile crime. Program Goul: &cie the effect that the program Js destgred to have on solving the £ro~.tem dc,:ct'~bed To proAde an opportunity for juveniles to be held accountable for their behavior. Thc Juvenile Restitution Program is designed to address this by having juveniles v, ork to earn restitution for their victims and/or perform uncompensated community service. Another goal is to provide positive adult role models for the juveniles, as well as maintain a reduction of recidivist delinquent acti,Aties by youth while participating in the Program. Target Population: Describe the target population and the steps that the program has tale. en to insure that the target population i$ served. Post-adjudioated juvenile offenders ages 10-16 who have been adjudicated on both violent and aon-violent offenses. All program participants are referred to this Program by the Juvenile Court judges and court counselors. Measurable Objective(s): s~t~ ~ ~ ~ a mlnlm,~ ~ ~fi~fi~ ~ ~ ~ ref~ ~y ~, ~d ~1 ~ ~ e~l~io~ 1) To provide ~e veMcle whereby at 1~ 80% of~e ~e~ juveMle offendem ~e ~ld ac~mble for ~eir a~o~. 2) To pro,de a m~e ~oug whch 85% of~veMle offenders aS~ interact ~d mn~bute ~si~vely m ~eir co~mfies ~ou~ inte~n~ ~d wo~ mlafio~Mps. 3) To pr~d~ ~1 or ~ mm~fio~, ~om ~e j~eMles' wo~ ~d ~ngs, to 85% of ~e ~im~ ofjm'e~e cme, ~ ~ss~ by ~e J~eMle Court. 4) To pm~de ~e m~ whe~ 85% of~e to~ ~mfio~m~ ~ce d~t in~ ~ rd~ jm'eMle offende~ and orde~ ~ ~e co~ ~ ~ or ~let~ ~ ~e juve~ ~ou~ r~ible work a~. 5) To pm~de ~e op~W for 80% of~e ~fe~ j~e~e offende~ to ~lly ~l~ ~ir ~O~comm~ ~ in ~e time ~ 6) To pl~ ~% ofj~e~es ~fe~ at a wor~te ~n ~ (3) w~ of r<ei~ng ~e ~e~. lnfo~ mation Maintained for Effectiveness Measurement: List th~ da~ ,~me~ and r~a~ls the prosram wm mainuia to docuax-nt ila * Files of program participants; referral forms, juvenile/parent agreements, court order, work schedule, progress reports, file: documentation, client tracking form. * Records of uncompensated community service hours needed. * Records of computation of monies credited towards juvenile's restitution debt. * CBA reports and CBA monthly management ifformation system reports.