2016/01/20 Council Agenda Packet

with the POD conditions supervised by Friendship will result in revocation of the Diversion and finding of guilty pursuant to POD agreement. Post-charge cases may also be referred for community service monitoring only, and Friendship will assist individuals to find locations to perform community service and report hours to the Prosecutor. Work.Crew/Community Restitution Pilot Program: Friendship supervises individuals referred from the Prosecutor to serve on Work Crew or to perform Supervised Community Service. Individuals may be referred to work crew as by the prosecutor as part of pre-charge diversion or post-charge diversion, or by the Everett Municipal Court as an alternative to incarceration (sentence or bail) or as an alternative to fine payment. Friendship will staff an employee to supervise work crew which shall consist of small group educational programing(cognitive skills, workplace training, and social service outreach) and street cleaning. Street cleaning consists of picking up garbage, sweeping sidewalks, cleaning storm drains and other work focused on clean- up efforts in areas affected by street level social issues as identified by the Community Streets Initiative. Friendship may enter agreements with private businesses in the target area to provide clean-up services. The Target area for the pilot program is the Broadway corridor from Everett Avenue to 41st Street and the area east of Broadway to the Snohomish River. The primary focus of the work to be performed by Friendship in supervision is work crew is to provide an alternative to incarceration, to provide experience with a structured work environment to individuals who may benefit from such training, and to reduce recidivism through rehabilitation and community restitution. The prosecutor will establish a unit of work crew and set equivalent standard credit toward diversion, sentence, or fine. The City will also establish program design and guideline and evaluation criteria. Friendship will be providing supervision and equipment for the program. • OBJECTIVES: 1) Implementation of individualized service plans for all referrals for the period through December 31,2016 renewable by agreement of the parties. 2) Compile and submit required program reports/data. 3) Monitor participant's program compliance including completion of assigned community service hours,payment of victim restitution and supervision fee as well as other assigned conditions. 4) Maintain a program to assist citizens in obtaining their driver's license and work with the prosecutor and Court to encourage safe driving. 5) Establish a pilot work crew program focused on providing clean-up to areas of the City affected by street level social issues and crime. The program should also focus on participant skills that improve workplace opportunity. 20