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CACJ says restorative-justice programs save taxpayers about $400,000 a year
Summary
A CACJ presenter told the council the nonprofit’s five restorative-justice programs reduce costs by roughly $400,000 annually and described program components including pretrial supervision and community conferencing.
A representative for CACJ described the nonprofit’s five restorative-justice programs and told the council the work reduces costs for the city. "Our programs save taxpayers over $400,000 per year," the presenter said.
The presenter summarized CACJ’s work as pretrial supervision, a youth aid panel, a youth counseling pilot, mediation and community conferencing, and characterized restorative justice as a system that focuses on rehabilitation and reconciliation rather than punishment. The speaker asked the council to consider the organization’s budget request in that context and said those services aim to heal rather than punish.
The presentation occurred at the start of the meeting; council members did not take a vote on funding during the session and deferred budget decisions to the broader budget review schedule. Staff said the comment matrix and fuller budget documentation will be available by November 25 for follow-up and that capital items will be reviewed at later hearings.
