C.A.S.T. members conduct interactive presentations on scams and other issues to senior centers, business groups, and neighborhood organizations. Three community service employees educate students about empathy, anger management, and impulse control. The idea is to teach children to understand and respect other people's feelings, to control their impulses to lash out and manage their anger. Three JCPS and one private parochial school are receiving instruction this year, with plans to expand in the future. This program provides restitution to victims and educational intervention for misdemeanor juvenile offenders.
Juveniles work to pay off the restitution, while obtaining education and career training.
In other cases, the juveniles are assigned jobs according to their age requirements and current laws. Instituted by Irv Maze in April 2000, KiDD is an intervention program for first-time, teenage offenders apprehended while driving under the influence of alcohol. In December 1999, the Jefferson County Attorney's Office held its first Violent Toy Exchange for the children of Jefferson County. Children brought in violent toys they had received during the holiday season and in exchange received non-violent toys donated by area merchants. The program attempts to reduce the level of violence in chidren's play, thereby reducing later violent behavior.