This week I worked on finishing the drafts for last chance letters for our services. If the offenders or their parents, depending on the age of the youth, do not get back to us in the allotted time frame, we are then forced to send the case back to DYS. This option will place the offender at the hands of the system and will most likely not give them an opportunity to have the offense expunged from their records.
I also created a slip that would go into a piece of mail sent out to the victim with the offender's apology letter inside. This slip would alert the victim that the apology letter is attached and from which offender (in cases of multiple offenders). The process can take longer than expected, and sometimes so long that the victim may lose track of what happened or if they participated or not. It is important to include slips to remind them of the agreement date and which offenders were involved.
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