Useful Public Service
Mission
The Mesa County Useful Public Service Program (UPS) assigns and monitors sentenced offenders to complete public service work pursuant to Colorado Revised Statutes, local court policies, and state and national practices. The program must maintain self-sufficiency through client paid fees and other program charges, while providing a wide range of services to the community.
The philosophy of the program is that through Restorative Justice Principles and Practices, court ordered community service work can and should be beneficial for all involved parties: the community agency; the courts; the program; and the client. To that end, the Program seeks out appropriate work sites to place clients and provides informative and effective training and support to the sites.
The program administration and the staff are committed to maintaining a professional and supportive atmosphere, while administering consistent and fair treatment of clients. In order to accomplish this, the program will maintain a highly structured environment requiring client accountability, which is instrumental to successful program completion and rehabilitation. The program will adhere to established community corrections standards in fulfilling its goals.
What we do
CJSD operates a Useful Public Service Program which coordinates and monitors clients sentenced by the courts to complete a designated number of Useful Public Service Program hours. Useful Public Service Program conducts detailed intake interviews of clients, assigns appropriate work to be done, and monitors the completion of hours. Useful Public Service Program also provides some direct work site supervision for work crews.
By statute, this program is self funded by fee's collected from clients who have been required by the courts to complete community service.
The program allows for a wide variety of work assignments. Work is constructive, and meaningful, sometimes demanding and requires significant effort and inconvenience while benefiting community nonprofit organizations and government agencies. Work assignments are designed to encourage self-discipline and offender responsibility.
A "Restorative Justice" program for Useful Public Service Program sentences was established 1999 in cooperation with the District Attorney's Office and County Court
Are you a non-profit or government agency needing work done?
If so, please contact the Useful Public Service Case Manager at 970-244-3349 or by email to CJSD-UPS@mesacounty.us
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