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Community Work Service and Education Programs

Community Corrections serves offenders by providing community work service and education programs at the court’s direction.

Community Work Service (CWS)

• Community service work is a restorative justice concept.  Offenders are referred to public and private non-profit agencies to complete community work service to make a positive contribution to the community.
• Corrections verifies completion of CWS hours imposed by the court.

Education Programs

Community Corrections provides educational programming, monitors offenders, and provides supervision for a number of non-residential programs that help adult and juvenile offenders achieve healthy and responsible lives.

For Adults

• Chalk Talks consists of four educational sessions, each two and one-half hours, designed for individuals beginning to experience social, family, and legal problems because of chemical use.
• DWI Education Program is designed to provide educational programming to first-time Driving While Intoxicated (DWI) offenders. The program describes the legal, social, and physical consequences of alcohol use.
• Riverwood Program consists of ten educational classes, each two and one-half hours, for offenders in need of intermediate intervention, but not outpatient CD treatment
• Alcoholics Anonymous Orientation (Monitored AA) is an educational program designed to familiarize chemically dependent offenders with the concepts of AA.
• DWI Repeat Offender Program (ROP) is an intensive, structured, supervised day-reporting program designed for habitual alcohol-related offenders.  The program promotes public safety through intensive supervision, restricted activities, and individualized programming.
• Felony DWI is an enhanced level of specialized supervision for offenders who are convicted of a felony DWI.
• Felony Multiple DWI Caseload Supervision is a specialized level of supervision designed for offenders convicted of criminal vehicular operation or those who have a new felony-level offense whereby they have accumulated four or more DWI convictions, and continue to demonstrate abuse of alcohol.
• Cognitive Programming consists of two different curriculums, each with a separate focus.  They are designed to address thinking and behavioral issues.
• Intensive Supervision Alcohol Program (ISAP) is a pretrial release program that supervises offenders through remote electronic alcohol monitoring if they have been charged with:  repeat DWI, gross misdemeanor DWI, or domestic abuse.
• Home Electronic Monitoring is a house arrest program in which the offender serves his or her sentence at home while monitored with an electronic device.
• Project SAVE (Specialized Alcohol Violation Enforcement) is a program that allows Corrections to place clients on short-term (30-60 days) enhanced supervision.  This program allows offenders to increase their community contacts, provides urinalysis testing, and breathalyzer testing.

For Juveniles

Anoka County Community Corrections facilitates several programs and makes referrals to other programs that are operated within the local community.  They are:

• Victim Offender Mediation:  This program is operated by Mediation Services of Anoka County.  Juveniles may be referred to participate in the mediation program: low-end property crimes, certain domestic assaults, misdemeanor assaults, disorderly conduct, or school related issues that have escalated into delinquent conduct.
• Fire Intervention Program:  Operated by local fire departments, referrals to this program are for youth displaying fire-setting behaviors that brought them to the attention of the criminal justice system.  Youth identified as having significant psychological behavior problems related to fire are not referred to this program.
• STOP Program:  Operated by the Anoka County Community Corrections Department, this program is specifically targeted to juveniles charged with offenses such as:  alcohol-related traffic offenses, a minor consuming alcohol, or petty marijuana use.
• ACT Program:  Anoka County contracts for licensed therapist services.  In a group environment, the therapist guides learning for first-time shoplifters or property offenders who have been deemed to pose no serious threat to the community.
• PART Program: This therapist lead group program is for the more serious property offender.
• Family Group Conferencing:  Family Group Decision Making, (FGDM), is a process that brings parents, extended family members, and caring professionals together to develop a plan to ensure that children are protected and nurtured.  The case manager introduces the service to the family and together they agree on the problems to be resolved.  The family decides whom they want to invite to the meeting.  Referral information is forwarded by the case manager to one of the contracted agencies.
• Peaceful Alternatives:  This program is operated by Mediation Services for Anoka County.  Youth ages 12-16 learn skills designed to reduce anger, communicate effectively, resolve conflict, and solve problems.