Formed in February 2004, The Restorative Justice Project of the Midcoast provides mentoring for adult and juvenile offenders, as well as an innovative process for dealing with behavior issues in the schools. The focus on offender accountability, including the impact of the offense on the victim and community, has resulted in significantly decreased recidivism, healing of victims, and transformed lives - rarities within the traditional criminal justice system.

We have four program areas in need of volunteer assistance and mentoring. The Community Resolution Team (CRT) provides juvenile offenders with an alternative to arrest, adjudication, jail and probation; the Community Rentry Program assists inmates from the Waldo County jail in more successfully transitioning back into the community; Court Deferred Dispositions provide individuals facing potential jail time the opportunity to address their crime through a community conference process and the Restorative School Practices which works with schools to change the school climate with regard to behavioral issues resulting in detentions and suspensions.