WHAT IS COMMUNITY SERVICE/RESTITUTION? Click here to print this page ___Community Service/Restitution places juveniles at various community agencies throughout Greensboro and High Point to fulfill court-ordered community service and/or financial restitution requirements. These juveniles may perform many tasks such as clean-up, grounds maintenance, and light clerical work. Additionally, juveniles may participate in special projects coordinated by One Step Further to serve the elderly and disabled. While performing community service, juveniles are supervised by work site employees. One Step Further staff monitors them and reports their progress to the court. ___Juveniles who owe money to their victims may earn restitution at a rate of $5.50 per hour. One Step Further pays the restitution earned directly to the victims.

WHAT HAPPENS IN COMMUNITY SERVICE/RESTITUTION?

• The program receives referrals from the Department of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency
  Prevention.
• Parent(s) and juvenile come to our office for orientation which includes explanations of the
  court order for victim restitution and/or community service, rules of the program, details about
  work sites, etc.
• The juvenile is assigned to a worksite.
• One Step Further staff reports the juvenile's successful completion or failure to comply with
  requirements to the juvenile court counselor.
  

WHO BENEFITS?

• Juveniles learn to be accountable for their actions.
• Victims receive payment for their financial losses.
• The community receives needed assistance at no cost.

WHO IS ELIGIBLE?

___Any juvenile between the ages of 7 and 16 who has been ordered by a presiding juvenile court judge to participate in the program is eligible.

IS THERE A FEE?

___No. There is no charge to the juveniles or their families.

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