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OFFENDER SERVICES While under Piedmont Court Services' supervision, offenders may receive many services including those listed below: Random drug/alcohol testing Outpatient drug and/or alcohol treatment with licensed clinical counselors Substance abuse education Community Service assignment Visits to Lunenburg Correctional Center arranged Visits to the Virginia Correctional Center for Women arranged Department of Rehabilitative Services referrals Referral to local Community Services Boards for monitoring of medication, evaluation, and counseling Referral to the Department of Social Services Classes for continuing education (GED, Literacy) Shoplifter’s alternative program Substance abuse screenings and assessments Job placement referrals Emergency services (food, clothing, medical) Treatment Planning Assessment and psychological evaluation Counseling videotapes Counseling in domestic relations Counseling in parenting Counseling in anger control Inpatient drug and/or alcohol treatment Short-term detox/Residential treatment-counseling, independent living skills FY06-07 ACCOMPLISHMENTS In FY06-07, Piedmont Court Services supervised offenders who paid a total of $50,844.83 in restitution. Offenders in FY06-07, performed 32,593 hours of community service. This number of hours, based on the $5.15 minimum wage rate is equivalent to $167,853.95. in taxpayer dollars. PLACEMENTS/RECIDIVISM RATE From the inception of Piedmont Court Services in October 1983 to June 30, 2007, 1,796 of the 13,450 offenders supervised by Piedmont Court Services were placed under our supervision on more than one occasion. The percentage of those repeat offenders supervised by Piedmont Court Services totaled 13.35% of all probationers placed under our supervision during the past 24 years.