Pre-Trial Services Release On Recognizance (ROR) Program – screens offenders in local and county courts; researches background information to determine whether the individual is a good risk for release and makes a recommendation to the court. During 2007, 1,213 arrestees were released (ROR) on their own recognizance. The warrant to release population* was 3%. When examining the average length of stay for this population (31.7 days), these 1,213 releases represented a savings of approximately $7.5 million.
       * The number of releases per year divided by the number of warrants issued for failure to appear.
 

Bail Expediting Program – screens persons detained at the jail (males and females) who are being held on bails of $5,000 or less and free of pending warrants. The program conducts interviews to establish name, relationship and phone numbers of all possible sureties and coordinates the expenditures posting of bail and/or bond. During 2007, there were 398 individuals released through the efforts of this program. These releases resulted in an estimate savings of 4,299 jail days representing $902,000 in savings for Westchester County.
 

Monitored Release Program (MRP) – screens clients at the jail (males and females) following their first court appearance after arraignment and intensely monitors program participants by daily phone calls and weekly face-to-face visits with Pre-Trial staff. During 2007, the number of releases to the Monitored Release Program totaled 542, saving approximately 17,213 jail days thus representing a savings to the County of $3,424,764.
 

Young Offender Program– The Young Offender Program is a 60 to 90 days intensive interdisciplinary program focused on preparing young offenders to successfully re-enter the community.  The program provides a structure environment for males 19-24 years old at the Westchester County Department of Correction by using behavior modification, role modeling, counseling and group interaction to reinforce self discipline, personal responsibility, thinking through consequences and problem solving. The Young Offender Program consists of the following components: education, individual counseling, group counseling, substance abuse education, spiritual awareness, preparation for employment and individual discharge planning. Each participant advances through four levels of competency from orientation to aftercare. An outreach worker is assigned upon release.
 

Department of Probation – Community Service Program
This is an alternative sentencing program that targets jail-bound felony and misdemeanor offenders referred by probation officers, defense attorneys and prosecuting attorneys prior to sentencing. Program participants are sentenced to community service hours. During 2007, 198 individuals participated in the Community Service Program generating $5.7 million in savings to the County.
 

Direct Treatment Alternatives to Incarceration (DTATI) Program – This program links all-day treatment services with specialized on-site probation supervision for alcohol and drug dependent probationers. The DTATI Program utilizes 3 sites: Yonkers, Greenburgh and Ossining. This is a collaborative program including the Department of Probation, St. John’s Riverside Hospital and Phelps Memorial Hospital Center. During 2007, the DTATI Program had 228 new program admissions that generated savings to Westchester County of approximately $7,049,700.
 

Department of Community Mental Health – Treatment Alternatives for Safer Communities (TASC) – screens offenders with mental health and drug or alcohol problems and diverts them into an appropriate treatment program where their progress is monitored and reported to the District Attorney, the Courts, and, when appropriate, the Probation Department. During 2007, there were 3,590 individuals admitted to TASC representing a savings to Westchester County of more than $22 million.