Community Service Program

Service Assignments

To the fullest extent possible, service assignments will be sought that provide age appropriate, meaningful work opportunities for the participants. By providing the opportunity to have the juveniles interact with others, gaining a sense of satisfaction and accomplishment from the service they perform, the potential benefits of the assignment are maximized.

The majority of the juveniles supervised by the JPO and the Youth Commission Program are placed into the Community Service Program. The exceptions are those individuals who are determined to be physically or mentally incapable of participating. Since the Community Service Program strictly follows the rules and guidelines of Child Labor Law, those juveniles under the age of 14 are excluded from the Program as well.

Jobs & Projects

The juveniles in the Community Service Program do a variety of jobs and projects. However, most of these jobs and projects can generally fall under the category of manual labor and general maintenance. Things like cleaning, washing vehicles, simple landscaping and the like can basically describe the type of work that the juveniles in the program perform. 

Again since the JPO strictly follows the rules and guidelines of Child Labor, the type of work and that the juveniles are allowed to perform is closely monitored. The work must be age appropriate as the amount of hours that is permitted during the school year and the summer must be within the bounds of Child Labor. When an independent community service site is signed on, a copy of the Child Labor Law Abstract is provided to that site.

History

Since the Program's inception in 1998, the program has grown by leaps and bounds. To date, nearly 103,967 hours of community service has been completed. The following is a breakdown of community service hours completed:

Community Service Hours (Juvenile Probation)

Beginning in 2016, local district magistrates began assigning community service hours. Here is a breakdown of those hours completed:

Community Service Hours (Magistrates)

During the summer months, the JPO will take juveniles to the County owned parks to perform various tasks including picking up litter, simple landscaping, and even some simple carpentry and construction work. The JPO will also take juveniles to other various sites under contract with the JPO during the summer months to perform community service. These sites could be boroughs and townships, parks throughout the County, the Fayette County Fairgrounds, etc