COVID-19 UPDATE: A message to clients, volunteers, staff and board:
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As a response to the COVID - 19 and the recommended social distancing guidelines:
  • All police pre-charge and court diversion cases will be suspended until May 29th, 2020.    Note: We will continue to accept referrals from the police and crown.
  • All Teen Parenting Discussion Groups in Carleton Place and Smiths Falls are suspended, and will be rescheduled at a later date. 
  • All Restorative Families programming is suspended until further notice

The office is closed until further notice. However, staff will continue to reply to phone messages, emails, and continue to work from home. 

Court Diversion: If you are a client and have a case before the court, please refer to the following link for information about the Ontario Court of Justice (OCJ).

COVID-19 Pandemic Planning – Scheduling of Criminal Matters in the Ontario Court of Justice (March 20, 2020)
 
Summary of Ontario Court of Justice (OCJ) Pandemic Planning: It was announced today that OCJ matters until May 29, 2020 will be adjourned.
 
All family trials, criminal trials including matters under the Youth Criminal Justice Act, and preliminary inquiries between Friday March 20, 2020 and Friday May 29, 2020 are suspended, subject to a judge seized with a continuing matter ordering otherwise.  This applies to both in-custody and out-of-custody accused.
 
Thank you and take care everyone,

Joellen McHard, Executive Director
Lanark County Community Justice

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30 in 30 Fundraising Campaign
​We did it! 

With your generosity and support $30,000 was raised in 30 days which allows LCCJ to move forward with our core program(s) for the next year. We live in an amazing community - one that supports and appreciates the programs run by the many not for profit groups in our community. 

Times remain tough for organizations such as ours - but what has been proven in the last 30 days is that we pull together - our community partners stepped up and helped in any way they could and the response from individuals was nothing short of amazing. We will take the next year to build a solid donor base, ensure sustainable fundraising activities and explore options such as shared services with other small not for profits and will continue to work with our supportive community partners. 

Please stay tuned as we keep you abreast of efforts as we move forward - we thank you for all you have done…