Circuit Rider Community Services

In 2021-2022, Circuit Rider's environmental crews employed 37 young adults and carried out over 48 projects, lasting from one day to multiple months per project, in the following areas: - Fire Fuels Management for defensible space creation and roadside clearing - Watershed and stream restorations projects, including invasive plant removal; native species planting and monitoring - Stream maintenance services to improve native habitat and flood conveyance - Municipal tree planting in parks and schools - Vegetated bioswale and Low Impact Development structure maintenance - Native plant ecological landscaping - Growing organic fruits and vegetables and donating to the food bank

SonomaWORKS: All SonomaWORKS clients have school aged children who are either at home or learning remotely. Due to Covid, the County did not require welfare-to-work clients to participate in SonomaWORKS which meant fewer participants actively engaging in the program.Our FY 21-22 numbers are:Job Search Services (JSS) 4 referrals received- 50% attended- 50% who attended gained employment- Community Service (CSV) 0 referrals received

Vista Juvenile 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 curriculum, structured to assist juvenile offenders to develop ethical values that reduce the likelihood of re-arrest. The evidence-based curricula utilized by Circuit Rider's mulit-faceted program is recognized by the Sonoma County Upstream Investments portfolio program. - 100% of participants completed 10 weeks of art and the post-measure skillstreaming checklist - 100% of these participants reported an increase in beginning social skills - 100% reported a increase in skills dealing with feelings - 100% reported an increase in skills for dealing with aggression - 100% reported an increase in skills for dealing with stress - 100% reported an increase in planning skills

Provided over 250 rides to low income seniors in Santa Rosa and Windsor.Circuit Rider provided mental health counseling for over 30 elementary and high school students, to increase social skills and deals with local emergencies including wildfires, floods and COVID-19.