Responsible for providing juvenile detention, probation, and court services. All criminal cases involving children who are at least eight and not yet 18 years of age are referred to the Juvenile Center to be screened and scheduled for court hearings or diversion. Youth may be brought to detention by law enforcement when arrested for a crime or on a warrant. Each juvenile offender is assigned a probation counselor who works with the youth and their family to make sure that court orders are followed and to provide treatment and other services designed to reduce recidivism. Juvenile Center staff assist parents and school officials with truancy and at-risk youth petitions. Provides the following services: - Probation - Detention Center - Truancy Programs - At-Risk Youth (ARY) Petition

Volunteers help local families build strength, stability and self-reliance.

Lists volunteer opportunities with area nonprofit agencies. Projects available for groups or individuals. Community events highlighted Filters and search for projects by location, type of organization. Volunteer opportunities generally require advance registration, with limited space, so it is best to plan ahead and sign up early. Also includes referrals for adults and adolescents who must perform community service hours for having committed a misdemeanor.

Provides an opportunity for those with Court-Ordered Volunteer hours to earn hours serving others. Volunteer opportunities for those interested without court-ordered service.

Provides a community-based program with the goal to reduce the number of individuals with mental illness that are currently incarcerated pending a forensic evaluation. Provides active outreach services to Chelan-Douglas law enforcement agencies and area jails in contact with individuals in need of support or services. The goal is to prevent incarceration, by providing access to mental health care, which includes crisis follow-up and crisis response, post-booking diversion, and support transitioning out of the jail.

Individuals who are either pre-trial or committed to serve jail time in a King County facility may be eligible to serve the sentence in the following alternative programs:   Electronic Home Detention -  Allows convicted clients to serve all or some portion of their pre-trial and/or sentenced time at home.    -  Clients are monitored electronically and are confined to their homes, except when following a set schedule that may include attendance at work, school or treatment.    -  To insure compliance the client is equipped with an electronic bracelet in order to allow monitoring.    -  The alternative uses an active electronic monitoring system that works with telephones using computerized random calling to the client's residence. -  The Department is immediately alerted if the equipment has been tampered with or the client is not within the required distance of the monitoring device.    Community Center for Alternative Programs (formerly Day Reporting) -  Holds offenders accountable to a weekly itinerary directed at involving the offender in a continuum of structured programs. -  Assists offenders in changing those behaviors that have contributed to their being charged with a crime. -  Provides on-site services as well as referrals to community-based services. -  Random drug tests are conducted to monitor for illegal drug use and consumption of alcohol. -  Offenders receive an individual needs assessment and are scheduled for a variety of programs.

The Habitat Store is a nonprofit, home-improvement store that sells new and gently used donated furniture, appliances, home accessories, building materials and more to the public at a fraction of the retail price.

Spokane Humane Society volunteers are integral to our work, focusing on the general care of the animals, from feeding and grooming, cleaning, to providing enrichment and exercise.

Offers the ability to get court-ordered community service hours helping set up and clean up the Wednesday night Soup Kitchen.