CIRCUIT RIDER COMMUNITY SERVICES

IN FY2024-25, CIRCUIT RIDER'S ENVIRONMENTAL CREWS EMPLOYED 18 YOUNG ADULTS AND CARRIED OUT OVER 24 PROJECTS, LASTING FROM ONE DAY TO MULTIPLE MONTHS PER PROJECT, IN THE FOLLOWING AREAS:- FIRE FUELS MANAGEMENT FOR DEFENSIBLE SPACE CREATION AND ROADSIDE CLEARING/EGRESS- WATERSHED AND STREAM RESTORATIONS PROJECTS, INCLUDING INVASIVE PLANT REMOVAL, NATIVE SPECIES PLANTING, AND PROJECT MONITORING- STREAM MAINTENANCE SERVICES TO IMPROVE NATIVE HABITAT AND FLOOD CONVEYANCE- VEGETATED BIOSWALE AND LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT STRUCTURE MAINTENANCE- NATIVE PLANT ECOLOGICAL LANDSCAPINGMANY CIRCUIT RIDER CREW MEMBERS WENT ON TO CONTINUE THEIR EDUCATION AT LOCAL COLLEGES AND SEVERAL OBTAINED EMPLOYMENT WITH PARTNER AGENCIES INCLUDING SONOMA COUNTY WATER AGENCY, CITY OF SANTA ROSA, CITY OF HEALDSBURG AND TOWN OF WIDSOR.CIRCUIT RIDER PROVIDES YEAR ROUND JOB TRAINING TO YOUNG ADULTS THROUGH PROJECTS THAT BENEFIT THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE COMMUNITY.

VISTA ACADEMY: JUVENILE JUSTICE ALTERNATIVE TO DETENTION PROGRAM:CIRCUIT RIDER OPERATES SONOMA COUNTY'S FIRST AND ONLY ALTERNATIVE TO DETENTION EVENING REPORTING CENTER FOR COURT-ORDERED YOUTH. THESE YOUTH PARTICIPATE IN NUMEROUS EVIDENCE-BASED, PRO-SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES INCLUDING THE ART (AGGRESSION REPLACEMENT TRAINING)CURRICULUM, STRUCTURED TO ASSIST JUVENILE OFFENDERS TO DEVELOP ETHICAL VALUES AND GAIN SKILLS THAT REDUCE THE LIKELIHOOD OF RE-ARREST AND RECIDIVISM. THE EVIDENCE-BASED CURRICULA UTILIZED BY CIRCUIT RIDER'S MULTI-FACETED AND TRAUMA-INFORMED PROGRAM IS RECOGNIZED BY THE SONOMA COUNTY UPSTREAM INVESTMENTS PORTFOLIO INITIATIVE.100% OF PARTICIPANTS COMPLETED 10 WEEKS OF ART AND THE POST-MEASURE "SKILLSTREAMING CHECKLIST"100% OF THESE PARTICIPANTS REPORTED AN INCREASE IN BEGINNING SOCIAL SKILLS100% REPORTED AN INCREASE IN SKILLS DEALING WITH FEELINGS100% REPORTED AN INCREASE IN SKILLS FOR DEALING WITH AGGRESSION100% REPORTED AN INCREASE IN SKILLS FOR DEALING WITH STRESS100% REPORTED AN INCREASE IN PLANNING SKILLS