Restorative Justice Community Action Inc

“An electronic copy of the completed form 990 is provided to memebers of the board of directors prior to filing. The board votes to approve and file the form 990.”

“The conflict of interest policy covers all officers, employees, and directors of the organization. The organization has a policy that is monitored annually that defines what conflicts are considered. If there is a conflict, the responsible person is to report the possible conflict to the board of directors. The board then determines if a conflict does exist. Any responsible person is not allowed to participate in discussion or voting on the matter.”

“The board of directors adjusts the compensation of all officers and key employees annually based on review of his or her performance evaluation. The board of directors also uses the minnesota council of nonprofits annual salary survey as a guide in determining fair and equitable compensation.”

“A request for informaiton can be made by mail, email or phone. Documents will be provided either in an electronic format or by mail.”

“In fy23, we started a restorative practices youth leadership cohort with 9 youth from around the twin cities to develop restorative practice and leadership skills. The program includes a 4-day restorative circle workshop in august with 9 months of mentoring and leadership development. Youth practice circle monthly and learn from community leaders on subjects around trauma and resilience, the criminal legal system, and other subjects identified by youth. At the end of the program, youth share their learnings and a project where they used restorative practices. Last year youth focused projects on the criminal legal system, schools, medical field, and family conflict.”

“Adult programcommunity conferencing and circles: rjca creates a forum in which people impacted by crime meet with offenders who commit the crimes to discuss the impact and determine restitution. It is through these community forums that rjca achieves its primary objectives of effectively addressing misdemeanor and low-level felonies which helps prevent further crime and community deterioration while repairing the harm caused by criminal behavior. Rjca also provides opportunities for community-building by creating relationships within neighborhoods allowing people to work together to reinforce norms of acceptable behavior. As referred participants (offenders) recognize the impact of their behavior, they receive support and often connect with the community in positive ways. The continued impact of social change and covid still affected the number of cases in fy23. 105 adult offenders enrolled in rjca, a 42.7% decrease from last year. 95 cases were conferenced (90.5% attendance rate), and 92 successfully completed the program who were conferenced (87.6% success rate). Referred participants completed 175 hours of community service, gave 57 apology/gratitude letters, and donated 225 and 1 bags/items of in-kind donations in the communities that were affected. They also completed 510 hours of personal development activities such as working on education (ged), employment, artistic reflections, and personal goals. This year, 193 community member participations by 51 volunteers who met primarily on zoom with rjca staff facilitators. These community members provided 579 hours of volunteer time. Rjca began a pilot with hennepin county probation for community circles of support and accountability. Once circle began in fy23 that included 2 circle keepers (rjca staff), 2 community members, and the participants probation officer who meet as often as is needed. As we have learned since fy23, the average number of sessions held is 3. The process is to establish a sense of trust and belonging for the participant to develop action steps toward their goals of moving off of probation.”

“Youth programcommunity conferencing and circles: rjca creates a forum in which people impacted by crimes meet with those who commit the crimes to discuss the impact and determine restitution. In fy23, the youth community conference cases remained about the same. This year, 56 youth offenders enrolled and conferenced, and 49 successfully completed the program (87.5% success rate). Referred participants completed 85 hours of community service and gave 27 apologies in communities that were affected. They also completed 279 hours of personal development activities such as working with a tutor, creating a graduation plan, attending anger management classes or writing reflection essays. In fy23, 24 volunteers completed 44 community member participations and 22 trained volunteer facilitations (msw interns). Along with the referred youth, 57 family members and supporters met face-to-face with community members at the conferences held. (family members and volunteers are counted during year of conference. Cases are evaluated when closed during fy 23). The youth restorative justice disposition program successfully completed 16 cases of 25 enrolled (64%) with 6 community circle keepers and 5 staff persons. In fy22, 35 youth were enrolled, 22 successfully completed (62.8%). 17 community circle keepers and 5 staff circle keepers held 180 circles with youth and their support system, including family members, friends, mentors and assigned po.”

“Restorative practices 7,000 0 0 interpreting 1,050 0 0 program service subcontractor 95,276 2,649 0 total 103,326 2,649 0”