Computer Literacy Learning Center (CLLC) offers a computer-assisted instructional program designed to increase the literacy skills of parolees, resulting in increased employability and parolee success. The Learning Center is located within parole offices.

Teachers provide classroom instruction which focuses on basic proficiency in reading, writing and math skills. Students are placed in the CLLC according to their ability and proceed at their own pace, receiving training in life skills and employment competency, with a progression toward earning their GED.

California Department of Correction and Rehabilitation - Division of Adult Parole Operations offers the following services for parolees currently under Adult Parole Supervision:

• Parolee Outpatient Clinic: provides therapy to those with a documented history of psychological issues. The clinic has a staff which includes a psychiatrist, psychologist and psychiatric social workers.
• Community Based: places parolees that have failed to benefit from less restrictive treatment programs into a community based residential treatment setting for intense drug treatment and counseling within a safe and clean environment.
• Reentry Center: provides nonresidential, supportive services (substance counseling, education, life skills, anger management, and job training) to parolees at increased risk of violating the conditions of their parole.

California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) Office of Victim and Survivor Rights and Services (OVSRS) gives crime victims and their families a voice. The information in the office has laid the groundwork for enforcing victims’ rights and providing services.

California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) Office of Victim and Survivor Rights and Services (OVSRS) maintains a comprehensive victim services program and establishes justice practices to ensure crime victims and survivors are afforded the utmost respect in exercising their legal rights. To this end, OVSRS is responsible for providing information, notification, restitution, outreach, training, referral and support services to crime victims and next of kin.

Please visit the website for valuable information if you were the victim, survivor, or witness to a crime and the offender was sentenced to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) either in an adult or juvenile facility. Click on "How Do I..." drop down button for options.

California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation Juvenile Divisions Foster Grandparent Program NCYCC provides mentoring through relationships with incarcerated youth at the Northern California Youth Correctional Center located in Stockton, CA. Foster Grandparents also provide youth with tutoring, help improve self-esteem, and provide the one-on-one attention every child needs.

Seniors must be at least 55 years old and meet the federal income guidelines. Volunteers have to pass a background check, a TB test and a physical. Volunteers must be willing to participate 15 to 40 hours per week and have a willingness to work with at-risk children. Volunteers must be able to work with others, follow instructions and meet the physical requirements needed to work at the school and correctional campuses within our facility.

Volunteers are provided with travel and meal reimbursement and also receive a small stipend, all tax free and without compromising any other income-related benefits as outlined within 45 CFR 2552 of the Code of Federal Regulations.

California Highway Patrol (CHP) remains committed in keeping the public safe. It is the Patrols sworn duty to go above and beyond the call of duty to prevent loss of life, injuries, and property damage. The motto is "Safety, Service, and Security." A proactive stance is taken against crime, trying not only to protect the public, but by showing the public how to protect themselves. Safe driving is promoted for all ages, have programs designed to teach kids about the dangers of drugs and alcohol, and provide support to victims of crimes.

CHP offers the following programs:

• Age Well Drive Smart
• Asian Pacific Islander Outreach Program
• California Motorcyclist Safety
• Cargo Theft Interdiction Program
• Certified Business Advocate Program
• Child Safety Seats
• Commercial Vehicle Section
• El Protector
• Impaired Driver Enforcement Programs
• School Bus Program
• Senior Volunteer Programs
• Youth Programs
• 11-99 Foundation

Please visit the website or call for more information about any of these programs.

San Joaquin County Child Abuse Prevention Councils (CAPC) mission is to protect children and strengthen families through awareness and outcome-driven programs delivered with compassion. CAPC is an agency dedicated to preventing child abuse, ensuring safety, and providing education and treatment for abused and at-risk children and abusive and at-risk parents.

The Child Abuse Prevention Council endeavors to achieve our goal of protecting children and strengthening families by employing four primary strategies:

• Early Education services
• Family Strengthening services
• Clinical Services
• Community Awareness and Education

Notably, CAPC offers a uniquely broad range of comprehensive services to meet the complex needs of families, resulting in superior wrap-around services. All CAPC staff are trained to identify each familys unique needs and ensure that the necessary case management & supportive services are identified and provided to them. Families who begin their journey through any of those case management services are also quickly linked to our early education program, to ensure their children can participate in an early education environment that provides consistency, nurturing relationships, and quality learning experiences, necessary to build resilience in the face of their family’s current challenges.

CAPC staff serve on multiple Task Forces in San Joaquin County, often in leadership roles.

City of Lodi Police Department is responsible for enforcing state and federal laws and ordinances to include criminal investigations, apprehension, arrests and traffic regulation. The department provides volunteer opportunities for seniors through the Senior Partners Program and for youth through the Cadet Program.

City of Manteca Police Department is responsible for enforcing state and federal laws and ordinances to include criminal investigations, apprehension, arrests and traffic regulations.

The police department also provides crime prevention and community awareness programs. The police department works with community groups on programs for kids, young adults and senior citizens.

City of Ripon Police Department is responsible for enforcing state and federal laws and ordinances to include criminal investigations, apprehension, arrests and traffic regulation.

Office of Violence Prevention (OVP) exists to significantly reduce violence in the City of Stockton through the implementation of data-driven, partnership-based violence prevention and reduction programs and strategies rooted in best practices.

In addition to the Operation Ceasefire and Operation Peacekeeper programs, the OVP coordinates inter-agency working partnerships with community leaders including clergy, gang outreach, public and community service providers, and collaborates with other stakeholders committed to reducing violence.

The initial OVP program emphasis is Operation Ceasefire, a partnership-based violence reduction strategy that uses respectful, direct communication with highest risk youth and young adults. Stocktons Ceasefire approach is based upon the nationally-known, evidence-based "Operation Ceasefire" strategy that has produced multi-year, community-wide reductions in serious violence in cities across the country.

Juvenile Firesetter Education Program provides educational services to children 4 to 14 years old that are considered fire starters. The program is also offered to teens. Please call for more information.

Neighborhood Services Section - Code Enforcement is dedicated to providing a high quality of life for all its residents. With this goal in mind, the Neighborhood Services Division was developed to respond to concerns related to unsafe, unhealthy, or unsightly conditions in homes and neighborhoods. The Neighborhood Services Division enforces many types of city codes, building codes, vehicle codes, and housing codes to prevent and abate nuisances on private property. Enforcement on issues such as open and vacant property, dangerous buildings, illegal dumping, overgrown vacant lots, graffiti, junk motor vehicles, and other problems are addressed.

Where code violations are identified as a result of the initial inspection, property owners will be given adequate time to correct the deficiencies, which will depend on the nature and number of violations.

City of Tracy Police Department is responsible for enforcing state and federal laws and ordinances to include criminal investigations, apprehension, arrests and traffic regulation.

Dorothy L. Jones Family Resource Center serves the identified and changing needs of families within Southeast Stockton and other designated areas.

Dorothy L. Jones Family Resource Center is the home of the Community Partnership for Families youth program. Staff and community members at the center focus on educational success, health and wellbeing, and neighborhood safety. Staff empower youth and families to become leaders, eliciting environmental change with the goals of student success in school, reduced obesity, and decreased family and community violence.

Dorothy L. Jones Family Resource Center offers:

• Case management
• Second Harvest Food giveaway
• Senior Commodities (food program for seniors)
• Community Medical Centers, Inc.
• The Echo Chamber
• California Justice Leaders
• Black Women for Wellness
• WIC
• AB109 Re-Entry Program
• CalFresh Employment & Training Program
• Youth program
• Community computer lab
• Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) and more

Administration is a partnership of neighborhood groups, churches, schools, public and private health care services, social service, criminal justice and municipal agencies and the business community. The overall goal of the Partnership is to improve health, education, economic and public safety for the community.

Administration partners with a comprehensive team of public and private organizations to meet the distinct needs of families living in San Joaquin County communities. Community Partnership for Families of San Joaquin provides an array of programs and referrals that include the following:

• School-age tutoring
• Early childhood development
• GED classes
• Economic development
• Youth activities
• Fmily support services
• WIC
• Father involvement
• Immigration services
• Counseling referrals
• Women’s services
• Gang prevention
• Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA)
• Tax Counseling for the Elderly (TCE)

Accessible and responsible family-friendly services are offered through their five Family Resource Centers. These services are results-oriented and support families and the larger community’s quest towards financial self-sufficiency. Infusing the Family Strengthening approach in everything they do is the key to breaking cycle of generational poverty.

Lodi Family Resource Center is a family-friendly center that seeks to improve the lives of children and families in an impoverished, limited-resource, minimally educated neighborhood that is home to primarily low-income, Hispanic, Pakistani, Indian and Afghan working families.

Lodi Family Resource Center partners with a comprehensive team of public and private organizations to meet the distinct needs of families living in this community, including:

• California Human Development
• San Joaquin County WorkNet
• City of Lodi
• Lodi Unified School District

Lodi Family Resource Center hosts a number of different activities to strengthen the families they serve and meet the needs of this particular community. These unique activities include: Mobile Farmer’s Market, Weekly Food Giveaway, Youth Mentorship and Financial Money Management workshops.

Tracy Family Resource Center offers complimentary services and provides the community with information on a wide range of health and social services. Sutter Tracy Hospital partners with Community Partnership for Families of San Joaquin (CPFSJ) to help ensure that local residents have access to resources and referrals to help them live a healthy and self-sufficient lifestyle.

Some of the services available at the Tracy Family Resource Center are:

• Food
• CalFresh
• Medi-Cal renewal and enrollment
• Employment & training services
• Case management
• Community center
• Family services
• Youth services
• Resource and referral services
• Homeless assistance
• Parenting classes
• Immigration workshops
• Counseling
• Homework assistance
• PG&E REACH Payment Assistance
• Free income tax preparation for families earning less than $67,000 per year

Visit the Facebook page to keep up-to-date with their activities and giveaways: https://www.facebook.com/CPFSJTRACY/?ref=bookmarks

Villa Monterey Family Resource Center operates a Family Resource Center with administration offices in one of the highest-need communities in Stockton: the Kentfield neighborhood.

Service Integration is used as a planning process to create individualized plans to meet the needs of children and their families by utilizing their strengths. The comprehensive and well-coordinated case plans improve the delivery of services because they eliminate duplication and gaps in services and actively involve families.

Services include:

• Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA): the Center partners with the Internal Revenue Service to prepare and file basic tax returns to low-to-moderate income individuals and families who cannot or prefer not to prepare and file their own returns.

• Mobile Farmers Market: the Emergency Food Bank provides families each month with free fresh fruit and vegetables and hands-on instruction around how to prepare delicious, healthy meals.

• Computer Lab: the computer lab helps families prepare their resumes, look for and secure employment, and complete their homework.

• Kentfield Soccer Club: The Kentfield Action Team operates a youth soccer club at Weberstown East Park, running from September to June each year taking the summers off. The park is located directly across from Villa Monterey. Youth participating in the soccer club benefit from learning new skills, engaging in regular physical activity, and having fun with one another. For information, please call the Kentfield Soccer Club Manager, Ruth McMaster, at (209) 403-3453.

Concrete Development Inc. (CDI) serves our Stockton community and its systems impacted youth, offering leadership development and training to individuals within marginalized communities who have been system and/or justice impacted by violence, gun violence, and substance use disorders. CDI helps provide a clear pathway for personal and community change, creating a pathway for participants that not only disrupts how they view their local ecosystems and structures of violence, but also creates agency and self-actualization for participants to change their own lives and the greater community as a whole.

CDI offers healing and leadership programs for youth and adults, such as:

• EMERGE Youth & Young Adult Cohort (Ages 14 tp 26)
• CDI Leadership Development Fellowship (Ages 18+)
• Mindfulness-Based Substance Abuse Awareness (Ages 12 to18)

CDI also organizes safe summer events to provide safe, family-friendly entertainment and activities for residents of all ages, with an emphasis in promoting the reduction of gun violence and violent activities.

Please visit website or call for more information.

Delta Intergroup of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) provides all the necessary information on meetings, times and places for AA in the area. These can be found on the website, and in printed form at the central office. Various types of meetings are available, (both online, via Zoom, and in person) including open meetings, closed meetings for alcoholics only, men only and women only. Alcoholics Anonymous is a fellowship of people of all ages, creeds, races, and socioeconomic backgrounds, who share their experience with each other to recover from alcoholism. Alcoholics Anonymous provides help to alcoholics 24-hours per day, 7 days per week by providing the helpline number. AA also provides presentations on its program of recovery to public or professional groups. Please call helpline for dates, additional sites, and times of meetings throughout San Joaquin, Amador, Tuolumne, and Calaveras counties.

Contact these organizations for related information (not AA affiliates):

• Ala-Teen (support group for teens in recovery) (209) 547-3086
• Al-Anon (support groups for non-alcoholic friends and relatives) (209) 547-3086

Latino Behavioral Health and Recovery Services is a program offered by El Concilio and funded by San Joaquin County Mental Health Services. It provides adults with mental health assessments and individual/group counseling. Although the focus is on Spanish-speaking clients, services are open to everyone regardless of race and/or primary spoken language. Resources and referrals are also provided.

CalWORKs Behavioral Wellness is funded by HSA, It provides adults and children 5 years and over with mental health assessments and individual/group counseling

Adult Community Trauma is funded by San Joaquin County Mental Health Services and offers Prevention and early Intervention services to members in the community that have experienced a traumatic event.

Friends Outside has provided support for individuals and families during transition in order to reduce risk and improve wellbeing, including parenting education, employment preparation and search, planning and prioritizing, mentoring, and supporting hope for those who are struggling.

Services include Behavioral Health, Community Medical, Probation, the Sheriffs Department, Stockton PD, the Office of Violence Prevention, and many other community-based organizations. Friends Outside help navigate the system, make the right decisions, prioritize needs, and access resources and supports when needed, believing in the capacity for good in all.

New Life Program provides three daily meals, housing, clothing, chapel services plus addiction counseling. A supportive environment is maintained to assist in the restoration and rebuilding of lives. The following topics are offered:

• Relapse Prevention
• Anger Management
• Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE)
• Healing Damaged Emotions
• Putting Away Childish Things (PACT)
• Boundaries
• Learning Center
• Parenting
• Nutrition
• Celebrate Recovery support groups and Bible Study
• Coping Skills
• Money Management
• Job Readiness

Kelly’s Angels Foundation is a non-profit working with the community to reach their mission to provide support for children of homicide victims and victims of violent crimes by involvement in sports, peer mentoring, tutoring, and therapy. This can assist as well as increase the motivation, social, and emotional well being in children and adolescents that are living through such a traumatic experience.

Financial support for children who are interested in participating in sports is also provided. Without funding, clients may not have the opportunity to receive the benefits of organized sports.

Educational tutoring is also provided for children who would like, or are in need of one-on-one help with their homework and assignments. The tutoring program assists academically while trying to promote education and increase motivation for learning.

Kin Care Support Group is a monthly support group where there is an opportunity to share concerns and gain new resources to help children thrive. Free childcare and refreshments are provided. Please call or visit website for dates, times and locations.

Lathrop Police Services, a division of San Joaquin County Sheriffs Department, is responsible for enforcing state and federal laws and ordinances, protecting lives and property, conducting criminal investigations, traffic enforcements, and promoting partnerships within our community.

Mary Magdalene Community Services offers services to adults, youths and children. Adult services include crisis intervention and referrals, transitional housing and case management, job skills, resume writing, and outreach. Services for youth and children include counseling, case management, and teen mentoring through the "My Brothers Keeper" program. Parenting classes and substance abuse classes are offered through court referrals.

National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) serves as a clearinghouse providing information on missing and exploited children, offers technical assistance to citizens and law-enforcement, distributes photographs and descriptions of missing children nationwide, coordinates child protection efforts with the private sector, networks with non-profit service providers and state clearinghouses, and provides information and advice on effective state legislation to ensure the safety and protection of children.

To have a missing child listed, a missing person report from police is needed. The Center must speak to a custodial guardian or law enforcement agency. To report child pornography or molestation, please call your local law enforcement agency, the hotline, or go to www.cybertipline.com and use the report form.

National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) uses NetSmartz an Internet safety resource with the latest technology to create high-impact educational activities for even the most tech-savvy kids of any age group. The goal of NetSmartz is to extend the safety awareness of children and empower them to make responsible decisions online and in real life. This is accomplished by enhancing the ability of children to recognize dangers on the Internet, encouraging children to report victimization to a trusted adult, supporting and enhancing community education efforts, and enhancing the ability of children to understand that people they first "meet" on the Internet should never be considered their friend.

National Runaway Safe operates through their 24-hours per day, 7 days per week crisis services, an extensive database of over 6,500 local resources across the country, and valuable prevention and education tools. The NRS works to keep America’s youth safe and off the streets. Serving as the national crisis and communication system for runaway, homeless and at-risk youth, they respond to youth and families in crisis through our hotline (1-800-RUNAWAY) and online services (1800RUNAWAY.org), including chat, email and forum services. Each year, they connect over 125,000 people to help and hope through these free, confidential services. More details into the services and programs that are provided are as follows:

Crisis Intervention: National Runaway Safe (NRS) operates a confidential hotline (1-800-RUNAWAY) and online crisis services (1800RUNAWAY.org), including live chat, text, emails, and forum, 24-hours per day, 7 days per week, 365 days per year. The team of trained staff and volunteers provides non-judgmental, non-sectarian, and non-directive support, empowering contacts to develop a plan of action to improve their situation.

Information and Referrals: With the largest database of youth and family resources in the nation (over 6,500), NRS provides options for callers to access local resources such as counseling and shelter services, alcohol/drug treatment, and child protective services.

Message Service: The NRS maintains a message service for youth who want to relay a message, but are not ready to communicate directly with their parent or guardian. The NRS message service often serves as the first step toward reestablishing contact between young people and their families.

Home Free: In partnership with Greyhound Lines, Inc., NRS helps reunite qualified runaway or homeless youth ages 12-21 with their families or travel to an alternative living arrangement by providing a free bus ticket.

Lets Talk: Runaway Prevention Curriculum: This fourteen-module, interactive curriculum is intended to help youth build life skills, increase knowledge about runaway resources and prevention, provide realistic alternatives to running away, and encourage youth to seek help from trusted community members.

Prevention and Educational Materials: The NRS provides free educational materials to individuals, schools, and organizations to distribute within their community, available for download on the website or via mail delivery.

Online Resources: The NRS’ website, 1800RUNAWAY.org, fulfills several purposes: to provide online crisis intervention to direct callers to the hotline so that youth and families can receive individualized support, to provide critical information before a runaway episode occurs, and to disseminate information about NRS nationally. National Runaway Safeline is committed to keeping America’s runaway, homeless and at-risk youth safe and off the streets. Between 1.6 and 2.8 million youth run away in a year.

Services are provided in part through funding from the Family and Youth Services Bureau in the Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

New Directions Alcohol and Drug Awareness Program provides treatment to seventy-four men and twenty women. Participants live in dormitories that typically house two people per room.

The mission of New Directions is to teach men and women who have lost control of their lives due to their addiction how to stop substance abuse and how to lead crime free, productive, and happy lives. The treatment program is six months to one year in length.

Clients participate in approximately 55 hours of treatment per week that addresses the following areas:

• Discovery of why they are addicted
• Learning about their disease
• Learning how to prevent relapse
• Develop a written treatment plan with their counselor
• How to develop healthy relationships with family, friends, and employers
• Parenting classes to develop healthy parenting skills
• GED classes on-site
• Domestic Violence prevention classes
• Employment readiness skills
• Assistance with employment
• Family reunification

Clients are assigned an individual counselor for the duration of their stay and participate in lectures, groups, and individual sessions.

One-Eighty Teen Center is the ultimate hangout for teens, with pool tables, air hockey, ping pong, climbing wall, video games, espresso and snack bar, homework help, and a variety of clubs.

One-Eighty Teen Center offers:

• After school hangout - Tuesday through Friday, 3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
• Friday night activities - 7:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. (different themes weekly)
• Stay up to date with all One-Eighty classes and clubs (rotate throughout the year)
• Cafe - stop by for a cold or warm beverage, a snack, or just to chat at the espresso bar
• Adventures - One-Eighty Adventures takes students on multi-day backpacking adventure trips, day trips to the mountains, beach, rock climbing, or kayaking. Please visit website for more information.

Planned Parenthood Mar Monte provides confidential and low-cost services. Medi-Cal welcome. Day, evening and Saturday hours are offered.

Family Planning information and education, medical services including pregnancy testing, birth control exams, routine medical exams, diagnosis and treatment of sexually transmitted diseases, abortion services, AIDS testing and counseling, breast and testicular exams, and prenatal care are provided.

Educational presentations are offered to the community. These topics include decision making and goal setting, anatomy, birth control, sexually transmitted diseases, healthy relationships, anger management, and womens health.

For additional information or to make an appointment, visit the website at www.ppmarmonte.org or call (209) 477-4103.

Other sites:

• 965 East Yosemite Avenue, Suite 2, Manteca, CA 95336
• 1431 McHenry Avenue, Suite 100, Modesto, CA 95350
• 1441 North Tracy Boulevard, Tracy, CA 95376
• 678 North Wilson Way, Suite G, Stockton, CA 95205
• 4555 Precissi Lane, Stockton, CA 95207

PREVAIL (formerly Womens Center - Youth & Family Services) has been San Joaquin Countys primary provider of free, confidential services and shelters specifically designed to meet the needs of homeless and runaway youth and victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, and human trafficking. Through these programs and services, victims can heal, restore hope, strengthen families, and build a safer community.

Services offered by PREVAIL include:

• Shelters for victims of domestic violence and their children
• Shelters for homeless and runaway youth
• The Spot Youth Center
• 24-hour helplines
• 24-hour hospital response and accompaniment for sexual assault victims
• Individual peer counseling
• Individual and family therapy
• Support groups for battered women and men, survivors of sexual assault, youth and teens, and adults molested as children
• Parenting classes for teens and adults
• Life skills training
• Employment readiness
• Case Management
• Advocacy and accompaniment to law enforcement agencies, court proceedings, hospitals, and social service providers
• Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) assistance
• Information and referrals
• Emergency food and clothing
• Just for Kids children’s counseling program
• Financial literacy program
• After care programs
• Legal and justice system information
• Youth mentoring program
• Services for minors who are victims of sex trafficking and exploitation
• Prevention education presentations on domestic violence, sexual assault and other forms of social violence
• Community education and outreach

Shelter Programs (Crisis Specialists are available 24/7 to complete an assessment over the phone to determine if an individual is eligible for these programs):

• DAWN House, located in Stockton, and Serenity House, located in Tracy, are two undisclosed emergency shelters designed for individuals and families who are fleeing domestic violence, sexual violence, or human trafficking.
• Safe House, located in Stockton, offers up to 21 days of shelter and supportive services for youth running away at risk of/or experiencing homelessness (aged 12 to 17).
• Opportunity House, located in Stockton, provides up to 21 months of shelter and supportive services to prepare youth or young adults experiencing housing instability for independent living. The program serves youth aged 18 to 22 and emancipated youth from 16 to 17 years old. The program also offers emergency 30 day stay for youth ages 18 to 25 years old.

Right to Protect offers the following programs and classes to the community:

• Victim/Survivor Advocacy: advocacy services at all levels including accompanying clients to court dates.
• Parenting classes (virtual/online)
• Anger Management classes (virtual/online)
• Safe at Home: enrollment is conducted online and via phone. All eligible California residents are encouraged to apply.
• CBT Counseling

San Joaquin County Department of Child Support Services provides the following services:

• Locating parents
• Establishing paternity
• Requesting child support and/or medical support orders from the court
• Enforcing child and spousal support orders
• Modifying child support orders
• Collecting and disbursing child support payments

The Family Justice Center provides comprehensive and coordinated support to individuals and families affected by abuse, helping them to feel safe and supported as they navigate the process of seeking help and rebuilding their lives. Assistance, information, and resources are available to survivors. Please visit the website to see the numerous resources offered, and the many organizations with whom the Center partners to deliver services.

Monthly events include:

• "VOICES Chat" in-person support group for victims of domestic violence, human trafficking, and sexual assault
• Art therapy classes for children
• "Cooking Up HOPE" cooking classes

All classes are free of charge and include supplies. Registration for classes is required and is available from the website.

Crossroads involves a spectrum of interventions tailored to the needs of the individual youth and his or her family. The programs primary focus is to effectively address the needs of pre-delinquent youth, ages 10 to 18 and their families, in an effort to prevent escalation of behavior to the juvenile justice system.

The driving goals of the program are as follows:

• Reduce the rate of truancy and curfew violations
• Increase school attendance and improve academic performance
• Strengthen the family unit
• Improve self image
• Reduce contact with the criminal justice system and overall arrest rate
• Assist youth in becoming independent and successful

Services offered:

• Counseling
• Basic life skills
• Parent support
• Referrals to community resources

San Joaquin County Probation Department, Adult Division is a major partner in the justice system. While working with public and private entities, its goal is to increase opportunities for individuals at risk and offenders to experience success in socially and legally acceptable ways, using cost effective programming. For those who choose not to make positive changes, the Division will recommend and impose consequences, thereby holding offenders accountable and protecting public interest and safety. The Division also investigates and prepares the pre-sentence and pre-plea reports for trial court judges.

• Domestic Violence
• Sexual Abuse Offenders
• High Risk Clients
• State of the Art Telephone Reporting
• Evidence Based Practices
• Assessment Center
• Pretrial Assessment Unit
• Drug Testing
• DNA Collection
• Proposition 36 Unit

San Joaquin County Probation Department Juvenile Division is a partner in the Sierra Health Foundations Positive Youth Justice Initiative (PYJI). The San Joaquin Probation Department Juvenile Division protects the public and, if possible, rehabilitates its delinquent (juvenile) and criminal (adult) client. The Juvenile Division of the Probation Department is divided into Community Field Services and Juvenile Hall/Camp. Juvenile Probation works with over fifty public agencies and community based organizations to provide graduated levels of support for youth.

The following youth services are offered:

• Intake
• Informal probation
• Court probation
• Juvenile Court Work Program
• Intensive probation
• Gang Violence Intervention Program
• Juvenile Camp
• Out-of-Home Placement
• Out-of-State Placement
• Secure detention

Other important functions of the Juvenile Division of the Probation Department are step-parent adoptions, marriage consents for those under 18 years old and the sealing of juvenile records.

To find out whether a child is on probation, please call (209) 468-4000 during regular business hours. After hours, please call Juvenile Hall at (209) 468-4221.

Project 654 is a joint program of the San Joaquin County Probation Department and San Joaquin County Office of Education (SJCOE). Probation officers and probation assistants are stationed at various county ONE schools within the community.

The goal is to keep students in school and out of the juvenile justice system. Students attending the SJCOE Community School Program enter into a contract for a duration of six months provided that the students and parents are willing to participate in the program. The probation assistants monitor the student’s attendance and performance and make referrals to other agencies to meet the needs of the student and family.

Proposition 36 is a program that allows for court referrals to substance abuse treatment programs in lieu of jail.

San Joaquin County Sheriffs Office has existed since 1850 and is dedicated to delivering quality service through the creation of partnerships with the people that are served. With community partnerships as their foundation, the Sheriffs Office is driven by goals to enhance the quality of life, investigating problems as well as incidents, seeking solutions, and fostering a sense of security in communities and individuals.

The San Joaquin County Sheriffs Office oversees the following divisions:

• Animal Services Division
• Civil Division
• Coroners Division
• Records Division
• Patrol Division

The website offers these additional features:

• San Joaquin County Whos in Custody
• Information on concealed weapon permits
• Crime Mapping
• Sheriffs Most Wanted
• Missing Persons and Unidentified Persons
• File a Police Report Online

Second Harvest Food Bank of San Joaquin and Stanislaus Counties provides referrals to families and individuals in need of food assistance in their area. These referrals are given to those most at risk of going hungry, Fresh Food 4 Kids and school pantry program.

Fresh Food 4 Kids (FF4F) and school pantry is a new approach to serving children and families directly at school sites during the school year and into the summer months. Once to twice a month, the Food Bank drops off 4-6 pallets of food, with a wide assortment of shelf-stable items, meats, dairy, milk, eggs, fresh vegetables, and fruits.

Senior Brown Bag provides necessary nutritious supplemental groceries to low income seniors over the age of 60 years. Each senior receives a bag of groceries twice each month (San Joaquin County only).

Food Assistance Program supports the food pantry programs of local non-profits. The program collects and stores large donations from corporate warehouses and distribution centers and then makes these products available to the local non-profits.

Through each of these programs, Second Harvest Food Bank continues to fight hunger throughout our community.

Service First of Northern California (SFNC) is a 501(c)(3) Non-profit Public Benefit Corporation that serves as an umbrella organization and operates ten community based programs. The "Service" focuses on the neediest individuals in the community. Supportive services are provided to individuals that are developmentally disabled, mentally ill, physically disabled, homeless Veterans, Social Security beneficiaries, and those struggling with addiction.

Services offered:

• Representative Payee Services in Modesto and Stockton
• Supportive Living Services for developmentally disabled consumers. Services are designed according to each consumer’s individual need and offered in Modesto and Stockton.
• The Ticket to Work Program is a voluntary program offered in Modesto and Stockton that allows Social Security beneficiaries to accept employment with the guarantee of maintaining medical services.
• Aquatic Therapy and Wellness Program is to help patients/clients with disabilities, injuries and/or illnesses to decrease pain and increase activities of daily living.
• “Options” Learning Center is an Adult Day Program serving VMRC consumers, is designed to improve the lives of the developmentally disabled.
• The Outpatient Drug Treatment Program is a State Medi-Cal certified program. In addition to treatment services, SFNC has a Parole/Probation Re-Entry Program and a DUI Program. Two locations are available.
• Service First Transportation Services is comprised of a fleet of three modified vans, all with wheelchair lifts, to accommodate wheelchair-bound passengers.
• SFNC’s Winslow Village Apartments, a 40-unit complex, is an affordable housing tax credit project. It is a designated complex for disabled adults, living independently, with support services.
• SFNC provides support services at Mayfair Apartments, a 43-unit complex, and Madison Arches Apartments, a 23-unit complex.
• SFNC participates in the Neighborhood Stabilization Program, a HUD project. Non-profit agencies purchase foreclosures, rehabilitate and re-sell the homes to income-eligible families.

St. Marys Community Services exits to create pathways out of homelessness and poverty by offering essential daily services and supportive programs provided with respect and dignity.

St. Mary Community Services serves 3 meals a day, 7 days a week, 365 days of the year to members of the community in need of nourishing meals. People experiencing homelessness are able to access hot showers, clean clothing, social services, medical and dental care, recuperative care, womens lodge, mens lodge, and family lodge.

San Joaquin Homeless court is held on the last Friday of each month at 3:00 p.m. on the campus It allows individuals to clear up old traffic tickets, minor criminal charges and fines. Call the Resource Center for more information.