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Neighborhood Justice Program

VOLUNTEER AND SUPPORT RESTORATIVE JUSTICE

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Are you interested in being a part of the Neighborhood Justice Program?
Join our volunteer team! Neighborhood Justice volunteers are essential to the success of the program. Our volunteers serve as panelists. They are community members trained in restorative justice, cultural competency, effective communication, facilitation, and problem solving skills. The District Attorney’s Office strives to create a diverse group of volunteer panelists throughout the County of Santa Cruz who are from different diverse socioeconomic, cultural, gender, age, and professional backgrounds.

Requirements to become a volunteer panelist:

  • Complete the application
  • Pass a background check (Immigrant status will not be checked)
  • Two-year time commitment (1 year if student)
  • Attend 17+ hours of Panelist Training (training dates and times to be announced)

Commitment as a volunteer panelist:

  • Attend monthly volunteer meeting (Currently held on the last Thursday of the month from 5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.)
  • Participate as an observer in a minimum of two Neighborhood Justice Conferences
  • Participate as a panelist in Neighborhood Justice Conferences approximately once every 2 months
  • Participate in at least 4 of 8 additional trainings a year

** Volunteer panelists monthly time commitment is between 2-3 hrs. a month*

We are accepting applications until May 8, 2025 (or until positions are filled)


Volunteers receive extensive training and all volunteers must be able to attend the following training dates:

Tuesday May 26th | 5:30–8:30 pm - In person

Thursday May 28th | 5:30–8:30 pm - Zoom

Tuesday June 2nd | 5:30–8:30 pm - Zoom 

Thursday June 4th | 5:30–8:30 pm - Zoom

Saturday, June 6th | 10:00 am–4:00 pm - In person

For questions about the Neighborhood Justice Program, please email njp@santacruzcountyca.gov

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Justice & Legal Services
Other

Age Minimum (with Adult): 18+, Minimum Age:18+

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Volunteers needed through 5/15/2026
Santa Cruz, CA, 95060
Danitza Torres

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1740 17th Ave
Santa Cruz, CA 95062
Phone: 831-427-5070
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