Consistent with House Bill 490, the Mason Municipal Court has developed a program of community controlled sanctions called community service. Used mainly by the Judge to limit the number of criminal offenders placed in jail to serve a sentence, community service utilizes the offender's available free time to provide services for several non-profit organizations. Community service allows the offender to maintain his regular employment and still provide for those dependant on the offender for their support. This also reduces the burden on the taxpayers by not creating a situation where the offender may have to rely on public assistance if a jail sentence forces the offender's regular employer to terminate the offender for not being able to report for work.

Taxpayers also benefit from the new community control sanctions because incarceration can be expensive to the community and can create a situation where another offender, who may not meet the requirements for community service, may be released due to jail overcrowding.

Another situation where people are ordered to provide community service are those offenders who are placed in a Pre-trial Diversion program. This program allows the offender to complete court ordered drug screens, which they reimburse the Probation Department for, and a predetermined number of community service hours. If the offender completes the requirements of the program, they can have their original charges dismissed and, after the amount of time required by law, can have the dismissal expunged from their record.

Mason Municipal Court

COMMUNITY SERVICE PROVIDERS

You have been ordered to complete community service as a part of your sentence in this Court. Community Service allows you to give something back to the community. A list of sites which may accept community service workers is provided. You should contact them to see if they are accepting community service workers at this time.

WARREN COUNTY

American Red Cross Big Brothers and Sisters of Warren Co.

121 E. Mulberry St 42 E. Mulberry St.

Lebanon, Ohio Lebanon, Ohio

513-932-0162 513-932-3966

Contact; Mary Donahue Contact; Constance Wells-Smith

Interfaith Hospitality Network Leukemia Lymphomas Society

118 N. Cherry St. 9435 Waterstone Blvd. Suite 190

Lebanon, Ohio Cincinnati, Ohio

513-934-5250 513-583-8900

Contact; Jody Roy Contact; Marlene Bubash

United Way Mason Public Library

20 N. Mechanic St. 200 Reading Rd.

Lebanon, Ohio Mason, Ohio

513-932-3987 513-398-2711

Contact; Jerri Langworthy Contact; Mindy Holmes

Mason City Parks Department

6000 Mason Montgomery Rd

Mason, Ohio

513-398-3056

Contact; Michael Hacker

BUTLER COUNTY

Salvation Army New Life Mission

235 Ludlow St. Fourth & Henry St.

Hamilton, Ohio Hamilton,Ohio

513-863-1445 513-896-9800

Contact; Jan Kortum Contact; Larry Gaines

St. Raphael Social Service Center MetroParks

233 Dayton St. 2200 Hancock Ave.

Hamilton, Ohio Hamilton, Ohio

513-603-8200 513-867-5835

Contact; Al McCant Contact; Dave Murphy

Shared Food Harvest Hueston Woods State Park

5901 Dixie Hwy 6301 Park Office Rd.

Fairfield, Ohio College Corner, Ohio

513-874-114 513-523-2504

Contact; Tina Osso Contact; Donna Westover

Feed the Hungry Project P.A.W.S. Animal Adoption

834 Yankee Rd. 2790 Cincinnati-Dayton Rd.

Middletown, Ohio Middletown, Ohio

513-423-539 513-424-2351

Contact; Etta Carver Contact; Peggy Lands

HAMILTON COUNTY

Vineyard Christian Fellowship Free Store Food Bank

1391 E. Crescentville Rd. 112 E. Liberty St.

Cincinnati, Ohio Cincinnati, Ohio

513-671-422 513-482-7532

Contact; Chuck Manchini Contact; Diana Wright

Winton Woods Park Salvation Army (Mt Healthy)

1400 Springdale Rd. 8059 Hamilton Ave.

Cincinnati, Ohio Cincinnati, Ohio

513-825-8599 Ext. 110 513- 931-7669

Contact; Jim Griebler Contact; Lisa

American Red Cross Stepping Stones Center

10870 Kenwood Rd. 5650 Given Rd.

Cincinnati, Ohio 45242 Cincinnati, Ohio 45243

513-792-4014 513-831-4660 Ext. 40

Contact; Judy Smithson Contact; Jennifer Reid