On July 1, 2006 the Community Service Program became funded through project income monies and local grants rather than state grant monies. This program component serves felons as well as misdemeanants. The Steuben County Community Corrections Advisory Board believes that this program component provides a necessary and valuable service for our community. Community service is also used by the Conduct Adjustment Board as a consequence for violations committed by home detention defendants. The overall program purpose of the Community Service Restitution Project is to rehabilitate non-violent offenders through the completion of community service hours within our local community. Numerous local agencies support this program through providing positive role models as our non-violent offenders perform community service. The Community Service Restitution will provide an effective consequence for home detention technical violations by adult felons and allow the courts and the Conduct Adjustment Board to have consequences for rule violations without removing the offender from the home detention program and sending the offender to the Department of Corrections.

On February 4, 2009 the Community Service Program was expanded to assist the Home Detention Program.  If a Home Detention participant does not work at least 20 hours a week then that individual is required to complete 20 hours of Community Service a week.  These new crews will allow the Community Service Program to better serve the community by cleaning up roads, painting/cleaning/maintaining community buildings, and assisting non-profit organizations.  The new crews are every Wednesday and Thursday from 9:30am to 4:00pm.

Number of CS hours done for the Community

      January 1, 2006 to December 31, 2006 - 15,981.99
      January 1, 2007 to December 31, 2007 - 20,629.69
      January 1, 2008 to December 31, 2008 - 21,329.30
      January 1, 2009 to December 31, 2009 - 23,483.00

Current Work Crew Schedule (every work crew has a supervisor)
     Wednesday     10:00am to 4:30pm     HD participants only          New
     Thursday         10:00am to 4:30pm     HD participants only          New
     Saturday         8:00am to 1:00pm       HD* and CS participants
     Sunday           8:00am to 1:00pm       HD* and CS participants

*Home Detention participants are no longer allowed to volunteer to do their Community Service on the Saturday or Sunday Work Crews.

*****If you have a project coming up and you require Community Service help please contact us.  However, we need three to four weeks notice and you must be a valid non for profit agency.

We are constantly looking for roads to clean during the spring, summer, and fall.  If you know of roads that need to be cleaned in Steuben County please email us.