Community Services
Vista Academy
In partnership with Sonoma County Juvenile Probation, Circuit Rider operates The Vista Academy, an Alternative to Detention Evening Reporting Center for court-ordered youth. Evening Reporting Centers are designed to keep youth busy during specific hours that if not structured, might lead additional criminal activity.
Youth attending the Vista Academy Program participate in numerous pro-social development opportunities structured to assist juvenile offenders to develop ethical values that reduce the likelihood of re-arrest. Vista Academy delivers positive youth development, prosocial approach and trauma informed care to up to 16 participants.
Youth attending the Vista Academy Program continue to attend school, live at home, and attend their required court hearings.
Circuit Rider provides a number of mentoring and social service learning activities for at-risk youth as well as social services for adults and seniors. We remain committed to these diverse and proven programs and proud of the impact they have had in our community.
Aggression Replacement Training (ART)
In partnership with Sonoma County Juvenile Probation, Circuit Rider offers 10-week sessions of Aggression Replacement Training® (ART) throughout each year. ART is a research-based, cognitive-behavioral approach for working with youth. Circuit Rider’s staff are trained and certified in providing ART.
ART features three coordinated and integrated components:
Social Skills Training—Teaches participants what to do, helping them replace antisocial behaviors with positive alternatives.
Anger Control—Teaches participants what not to do, helping them respond to anger in a nonaggressive manner and rethink anger-provoking situations.
Moral Reasoning—Helps raise participants' level of fairness, justice, and concern for the needs and rights of others.
Windsor Wheels Rides for Seniors
In partnership with Sonoma County Area Agency on Aging and the Town of Windsor, Circuit Rider provides rides for local homebound seniors- at no cost to them- in Windsor and a small portion of North Santa Rosa, thanks to our volunteer drivers. Rides are provided for medical and social/recreational appointments, and food shopping.
The mission of the Windsor Wheels program is to reduce isolation and increase overall wellness in our senior population.
We are currently recruiting for Volunteer Drivers!
For more information please contact Karina Zappa, Windsor Wheels Coordinator: 707-838-6641, ext. 244, or by email at [email protected].