This week I came back to find several new cases in our program, which is great news! The Department of Youth Services has not been getting many cases that are considered worth putting through diversion, aka trespassing, graffiti, or other forms of criminal mischief. I created files for these new cases, as well as logged all of their information onto our online case manager. Our online case manager is a great tool to use because the mediators for cases are able to log on and check out all of the information on the case. There is a section where I can post to the DYS narrative exactly what has transpired since the beginning of the case. I am very appreciative of the mobility of the program. I am able to log on from anywhere and see all of the contact information for each case and make the necessary calls. In addition, I have saved all of the RJP documents from our hard drive onto our googledocs, so that I can print out any letters etc. that I might need.
I also needed to check in with all of the offenders/victims in our cases. I called all of them and tried to get updates, however most of the youth have not been able to get the community service and/or restitution payments they were supposed to complete. I think this has a lot to do with financial hardship over the holiday break. Time constraints around the holidays are also an issue for some people.
I also found out that one of the agencies in a certain case who were "victims" and supposed to be getting restitution from three offenders, has gone out of business. The $300 that the boys worked to earn was supposed to be sent to this organization, but now they are no longer intact. So I called DYS and requested that the money be sent to the City of Veneta, who was also a victim in this case, to be put toward graffiti clean-up. I think this was a worthwhile decision, and will help toward a better looking community.
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