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Foreword The National Directory (second edition) was initially compiled in November 1992. The data were based on a 1991 survey of juvenile and adult restitution and community service programs conducted by the Restitution Education, Specialized Training, and Technical Assistance (RESTTA) Project, with support from the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP). In 1995, respondents to the 1991 survey were invited to submit updated information pertaining to their programs. This edition of the Directory includes descriptions of more than 500 individual programs updated through 1996. Although an attempt was made to reach all of the 550 programs that responded to the 1991 survey, not all could be reached. Programs for which no new data were received are not represented in this edition. However, updated information is still welcome, and the Directory's new electronic format allows for ad hoc addition of program information online and continued routine updating in the future. In order to make the Directory as beneficial as possible to the field, we are including information for both juvenile and adult program respondents. Hard copies of the Directory are available on a fee-for-service basis through the Juvenile Justice Clearinghouse. It is important to note that in addition to individual program descriptions, the 1991 survey collected statistical data along various dimensions of restitution and community service program development, organization, and operation. These data have not been updated and are included in the Directory's introductory section for their historical and baseline value for research purposes. This information reveals, dramatically, how OJJDP's support of this previously undeveloped area of juvenile justice system sanctioning gave rise to rapid nationwide growth of restitution and community service programs. We hope that the information contained in the Directory will prove valuable to the practitioner field, that practitioners who have access to Internet will routinely update their information online, and that those who do not have access will routinely provide updated information to the Juvenile Justice Clearinghouse. We also hope that you will inform us of other restitution and community service programs that should be represented in this publication. Shay Bilchik
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