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The program shall include components for providing access to counseling, substance abuse testing and treatment, remedial education, and career and occupational assessment; providing assistance in securing and maintaining employment; ensuring compliance with terms and conditions of probation or parole; ensuring restitution and performance of community service; payment of fines, if any, and costs of court; and providing other programs that will assist the probationer or parolee in returning to society as a productive citizen. The Department shall perform risk and needs assessments to establish a case plan for each probationer or parolee determining the appropriate program components and program duration for that probationer or parolee.\n\t\tUpon completion of the program, the probationer or parolee shall be released from confinement and remain on probation or parole for a period of one year or for such other longer period as may be specified by the sentencing court or Parole Board. As a condition of such probation or parole following the community corrections alternative component, a probationer’s or parolee’s successful participation in employment, career and technical education, or other educational or treatment programs may be required.\n\t\tProbation officers assigned to the program shall be authorized by the judges of the circuit court of the county or city in which the position is assigned. Any officer so appointed shall have the same powers and duties as specified in \u00a7 53.1-145, and such appointment shall be valid in any judicial circuit in the Commonwealth.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":211971,"text":"The Department is authorized to establish and maintain a system of residential community corrections alternative facilities for probationers and parolees whose identified risks and needs cannot be addressed by conventional probation or parole supervision and who are committed to the Department under \u00a7 19.2-316.4. The program shall include components for providing access to counseling, substance abuse testing and treatment, remedial education, and career and occupational assessment; providing assistance in securing and maintaining employment; ensuring compliance with terms and conditions of probation or parole; ensuring restitution and performance of community service; payment of fines, if any, and costs of court; and providing other programs that will assist the probationer or parolee in returning to society as a productive citizen. The Department shall perform risk and needs assessments to establish a case plan for each probationer or parolee determining the appropriate program components and program duration for that probationer or parolee.\n\t\tUpon completion of the program, the probationer or parolee shall be released from confinement and remain on probation or parole for a period of one year or for such other longer period as may be specified by the sentencing court or Parole Board. 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This law was first created in 2019. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 618<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.<\/p>","references":[{"id":76761,"section_number":"19.2-316.4","catch_line":"Eligibility for participation in community corrections alternative program; evaluation; sentencing; withdrawal or removal from program; payment of costs","order_by":null,"url":"\/19.2-316.4\/"},{"id":83752,"section_number":"53.1-10","catch_line":"Powers and duties of Director","order_by":null,"url":"\/53.1-10\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":76761,"section_number":"19.2-316.4","catch_line":"Eligibility for participation in community corrections alternative program; evaluation; sentencing; withdrawal or removal from program; payment of costs","order_by":null,"url":"\/19.2-316.4\/"},{"id":63884,"section_number":"53.1-145","catch_line":"Powers and duties of probation and parole officers","order_by":null,"url":"\/53.1-145\/"}],"permalink":{"id":238277,"object_type":"law","relational_id":57856,"identifier":"53.1-67.9","token":"53.1\/2\/9\/53.1-67.9","url":"\/53.1-67.9\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/53.1-67.9\/","token":"53.1\/2\/9\/53.1-67.9","dublin_core":{"Title":"Establishment of community corrections alternative program; supervision upon completion","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 53.1-67.9","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The Department<\/span> is authorized to establish and maintain a system of residential community corrections alternative facilities for probationers and parolees whose identified risks and needs cannot be addressed by conventional probation or parole<\/span> supervision and who are committed to the Department<\/span> under \u00a7 19.2-316.4<\/a>. The program shall include components for providing access to counseling, substance abuse testing and treatment, remedial education, and career and occupational assessment; providing assistance in securing and maintaining employment; ensuring compliance with terms and conditions of probation or parole<\/span>; ensuring restitution<\/span> and performance of community service<\/span>; payment of fines, if any, and costs of court<\/span>; and providing other programs that will assist the probationer or parolee in returning to society as a productive citizen. The Department<\/span> shall perform risk and needs assessments to establish a case plan for each probationer or parolee determining the appropriate program components and program duration for that probationer or parolee.\n\t\tUpon completion of the program, the probationer or parolee shall be released from confinement and remain on probation or parole<\/span> for a period of one year or for such other longer period as may be specified by the sentencing court<\/span> or Parole<\/span> Board<\/span>. As a condition of such probation or parole<\/span> following the community corrections alternative component, a probationer’s or parolee’s successful participation in employment, career and technical education, or other educational or treatment programs may be required.\n\t\tProbation officers<\/span> assigned to the program shall be authorized by the judges<\/span> of the circuit<\/span> court<\/span> of the county or city in which the position is assigned. Any officer so appointed shall have the same powers and duties as specified in \u00a7 53.1-145<\/a>, and such appointment shall be valid in any judicial circuit<\/span> in the Commonwealth.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nESTABLISHMENT OF COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS ALTERNATIVE PROGRAM; SUPERVISION UPON\nCOMPLETION (\u00a7 53.1-67.9)\n\nThe Department is authorized to establish and maintain a system of residential\ncommunity corrections alternative facilities for probationers and parolees whose\nidentified risks and needs cannot be addressed by conventional probation or\nparole supervision and who are committed to the Department under \u00a7 19.2-316.4.\nThe program shall include components for providing access to counseling,\nsubstance abuse testing and treatment, remedial education, and career and\noccupational assessment; providing assistance in securing and maintaining\nemployment; ensuring compliance with terms and conditions of probation or\nparole; ensuring restitution and performance of community service; payment of\nfines, if any, and costs of court; and providing other programs that will assist\nthe probationer or parolee in returning to society as a productive citizen. The\nDepartment shall perform risk and needs assessments to establish a case plan for\neach probationer or parolee determining the appropriate program components and\nprogram duration for that probationer or parolee.\n\t\tUpon completion of the program, the probationer or parolee shall be released\nfrom confinement and remain on probation or parole for a period of one year or\nfor such other longer period as may be specified by the sentencing court or\nParole Board. As a condition of such probation or parole following the community\ncorrections alternative component, a probationer’s or parolee’s\nsuccessful participation in employment, career and technical education, or other\neducational or treatment programs may be required.\n\t\tProbation officers assigned to the program shall be authorized by the judges\nof the circuit court of the county or city in which the position is assigned.\nAny officer so appointed shall have the same powers and duties as specified in\n\u00a7 53.1-145, and such appointment shall be valid in any judicial circuit in the\nCommonwealth.\n\nHISTORY: 2019, c. 618.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}