It is our goal to support the department’s mission and values by providing a range of services and supervision structure utilizing a balanced approach to providing community protection, holding youth accountable, while helping youth develop skills to succeed.

Community Service

This court ordered program provides a sanction for youth who have been placed on supervision or violated the terms of their probation.  Community Service work crews provide youth with opportunities to gain important...

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Project Payback

Project Payback is a juvenile restorative justice program that provides opportunities for youth to earn money toward restitution to their victims and court fines/fees. Supervised crews work with The Portland Water Bureau and...

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Project Sega

Teaching youth marketable skills while upholding public safety and ensuring restorative justice. The definition of the word Sega, is the word for growth in the Hebrew language. The direct translation is; “To grow great; to...

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Community Detention Monitoring Program

The Community Detention / Electronic Monitoring (CD/EM) program provides supervision, support and immediate sanctions for youth placed in the community.  CD/EM is comprised of four levels of supervision. All youth start...

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