Offender Aid and Restoration of Charlottesville and Albemarle

Local probation - the local probation program provides probation supervision for offenders referred from the city of Charlottesville and the counties of Albemarle, fluvanna, goochland, greene, louisa, madison, nelson, and orange. The primary focus of this program is to divert local responsible offenders (misdemeanors and class 5 and 6 felons) from the local jails and require them to complete the following court ordered requirements: community service, payment of restitution and/or court costs, and specific treatment interventions. Typical treatment interventions are substance abuse treatment and drug and alcohol screening, domestic violence intervention, substance abuse education, anger management, and mental health counseling. The local probation program is designed to ensure the Offender's strict compliance with the courts order while assisting the Offender to address specific issues with the goal of reducing recidivism.

Pretrial services - the pretrial program provides supervision of defendants from arrest to trial for the city of Charlottesville and the counties of Albemarle, fluvanna, greene, louisa, madison, nelson, and orange. The fundamental focus of this program is to reduce the number of defendants held in the local jails prior to their trial and to ensure that the system is equitable. By providing accurate and current background investigative information on a defendent, the pretrial program assists local judges in making more informed and risk-based release and bond decisions. Services are primarily targeted for those arrested for non-violent crimes or those that receive a bail, but remain detained in the jail following an initial bond hearing. Pretrial services also provide community supervision to defendants released on bond in order to ensure compliance with specific court-ordered conditions.

Drug court - the drug court program provides drug treatment and intensive supervision to drug offenders and drug related felony larceny offenders in the circuit courts of the city of Charlottesville and counties of Albemarle, fluvanna, nelson, and orange/madison. It is designed to enhance public safety by focusing on the treatment needs of local, non-violent adults charged with drug-related offenses who are drug addicted. The goal is to stop the abuse of illegal drugs and alcohol, and the related criminal activity resulting from such abuse.

Reentry program - the reentry program was the first program offered at oar in 1971. This program focuses on the reintegration of incarcerated adults into the community. The goal of this program is to provide a network of transitional and reentry services targeted to the Offender population to reduce the barriers to successful reintegration into the community. Throughout this last year, the program continued to make strides to be on the forefront of community-based reentry programs in Virginia. As the program moves forward, the organization looks to implement evidence-based practices and principles to reach our ultimate goal: ensuring clients have the opportunity for success. These practices revolve around "what works" helping to reduce recidivism. The program operates in two distinct areas in an attempt to provide reentry services that match the needs of the pre-release inmates and the post-release ex-offender population.

Criminal justice coordinator - the criminal justice coordinator for the thomas jefferson area community criminal justice board (ccjb) is co-located with oar. The coordinator serves as the liaison to the nine localities represented on the ccjb: Albemarle, Charlottesville, fluvanna, goochland, greene, louisa, madison, nelson, and orange. The purpose of the ccjb and the coordinator is to enable the participating localities to work together to develop and support an effective and comprehensive range of services for the purpose of promoting public safety and Offender accountability and rehabilitation.

The mental health docket - the mental health docket is a post-plesae docket serving Albemarle county and the city of Charlottesville. The mission of the docket is to provide an evidence-pased, judicially-supervised approach that address the needs of eligible defendants, for whome there is a likely connection between their mental illness and their criminal behavior. The docket will facilitate their identification and diversion from incarceration, and link participants to appropriate mental health treatment and community support.