Briefly describe the structure of your program. It was originally developed to provide stiff, strict and supervised court-ordered community service for graffiti offenders. This program is for youths ages 13-17 and was expanded to included other status and misdemeanor offenses for many other offenses. Many youths have been adjudicated and placed on intensive or standard probation.
Most youths are repeat offenders.
However, youth with curfew and incorrigibility violations are given tougher consequences when they do not comply with diversion. The program goal is to provide tough consequences for the youths who are Court ordered into this program with the hope that it will act as a deterrent from future crime. Community service work sites are developed to help neighborhoods, police departments, and box fruits and vegetables for local food banks. These youths give a tremendous push to Neighborhood Block Watch and Neighborhood Fight Back associations that are working to reclaim their neighborhoods. The program offers an educational component to give youths the tools they need to help them make better future choices.