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<p class="MsoBodyText" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 5; margin-right: 5; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><font face="Verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2">The
Diversion/Restitution Program is offered free to Needham residents
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 5; margin-right: 5; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><font face="Verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2">Established
in 1982, the Needham Youth Commission's Diversion/Restitution
Program provides the opportunity for youth who commit minor
violations of the law to participate in community service work. The
program works with youth under the philosophy that an offense can
provide an opportunity for the offender to learn from the incident
and turn a negative situation into an educational event.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>In conjunction with the Needham Police Department and/or the
Dedham District Court, we work with the offenders and their families
with the primary objectives of preventing further court involvement
and providing them with an opportunity to develop a positive
learning experience out of a mistake.<o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 5; margin-right: 5; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><font face="Verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2">Participants
are referred from the courts or police, and along with their parents
attend an intake meeting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>At
this meeting youth and their parent(s) meet with the Program
Coordinator to learn about the Diversion/Restitution Program, to
sign program related forms/documents, and to explore different
aspects of their offense including the events leading up to and the
motivations for committing the offense.<span style="mso-spacerun:
yes"> </span>Recommendations for additional services may be made at this
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 5; margin-right: 5; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><font face="Verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2">Participants
perform community service at one of the designated sites.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>Typical site placements include Needham Town Hall, Needham
Public Library, Needham Police Station, and the Needham Fire
Station.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Participant's
work and hours are closely monitored by the Youth Commission and the
site supervisor.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>After
their community service hours are completed, participants alone
and/or with their parent(s) meet with the Program Coordinator to
review the participant's experience, discuss the evaluation form
completed by the work site supervisor, and to complete police and/or
court required paperwork.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>In
the past year over 1000 hours of community service was provided to
town departments.<o:p>
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<font face="Verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">Performing
community service gives youth time to ponder the direct relationship
between their actions and the consequences which followed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>Participants will hopefully leave the program with a sense of
accomplishment for the work performed and with the skills to think
twice before violating the law in the future.</span></font></p>
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contact Jon Mattleman at 781-455-7518 x265 or <a href="mailto:[email protected]">email
Jon</a> </font></span><p style="margin-left: 5; margin-right: 5; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0" align="justify">
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