The board has also developed standards for the management of developmentally delayed sex offenders and sex offenders who have been sentenced to lifetime probation. Orange County, California has developed an intensive sex offender unit whose mission is to enhance public safety, provide victim protection, and promote victim reparation through a collaborative approach to managing sex offenders in the community. Orange County has also developed guidelines for sex offender treatment providers, which address treatment, modality, content, and duration. The approach holds as its chief values the prevention of victimization, the protection and recovery of victims, and the well being of the community, including the offender. Representatives from all of these disciplines participate in monthly collaborative meetings.
Treatment is offered to the offender, the non-offending family members, and victims.
The community corrections agency has also provided leadership across the state on community notification practices that promote public safety. In New Haven, Connecticut , there exists a unique collaboration between the Office of Adult Probation, the sex offender treatment provider, and a victims' advocate. The victim advocate, hired with Probation Department funds, serves as part of the sex offender supervision team. This effort builds on a collaborative model developed in another area of the state, and takes advantage of a previously established partnership among probation, police, treatment, and victim services concerning issues of community notification and officer safety. A researcher is documenting the outcomes of the efforts in both parts of the state.