The mission of CASES is to increase the understanding and use of community sanctions that are fair, affordable, and consistent with public safety. Our goals are: to hold offenders accountable through community service restitution and other sanctions that emphasize responsibility, education, and employment; to increase community awareness of, and accountability for, the justice system's responses to crime; and to study and increase the effectiveness of community sanctions.

CASES operates several direct service programs for adult and
youth offenders.

Adult Programs:

Day Custody Program a sentence of three actual days of jail that includes community service, treatment readiness counseling, discharge planning, and referrals to community and government service agencies.

Nathaniel Project a two-year alternative to incarceration program for felony offenders with mental illness.

Exit Project a jail diversion program for misdemeanor offenders with mental illness.

Parole Restoration Project a voluntary program that restores detained technical parole violators with special needs, including individuals with mental illness, substance abuse problems, women with dependent children, and young people (22 and under) to parole supervision.

Treatment Readiness Project a two-day alternative sentence for first time misdemeanor drug offenders, individuals arrested for prostitution, and individuals arrested for soliciting sex workers.

Youth Programs:

Community Prep High School a transitional high-school for youth exiting custody.

Court Employment Project provides young felony offenders with a structured, rigorous program of education, employment preparation, job placement, and counseling.