One Step Further Incorporated

Gate city coalition ("gcc") - gcc is an antiviolence initiative designed to utilize the cure violence health model developed by the university of chicago to address the acts of violence in greensboro, north carolina. The target populations are individuals at high risk of involvement in shootings and killings. In order to be served by the program, prospective clients must meet certain criteria. Program objectives include community mobilization, public education, and improvement in law enforcement relationships, outreach services, and victim advocacy. (free service)

Guilford county teen court program ("gtc") - this program provides hearings for youth offenders ages 6 to 17 years old who are referred by sros or juvenile court. Referred youth may be first offenders or youth who have not participated in teen court before. Charges addressed by teen court are class i-iii misdemeanors. Youth are sentenced by a peer jury and given mandatory sanctions such as self-enrichment programs, educational seminars, community service work, and jury duties. Other sanctions include letters of apology, curfews, research papers, and drug assessments. Offenders who do not successfully fulfill their contracts are sent to juvenile court for stricter sanctions and/or probationary supervision. (free service)

Community offender resource program ("corp") - this program provides adult offenders released from jail, adult offenders waiting for their court date, or cases referred for deferred prosecution a structured program to address their needs while they await trial. Services include anger management instruction, adult life skills/parenting skills, and attitude orientation/values clarification instruction. Referrals are received from the district attorney's office, the public defenders' office, private attorneys, probation, and judges. (free service)

Junior/senior life skills program ("jsls") - this program provides classes for at-risk, undisciplined, or delinquent juveniles ages 8 to 17. Curriculum topics include conflict resolution, anger management, peer pressure, decision making, health and wellness, goal setting, and job readiness. Referrals are received from teen court, juvenile court counselors, school resource officers, school personnel, and the community. (free service)

Adult mediation services ("ams") - this program provides mediation sessions for adult parties who have disputes and are willing to participate in the mediation process. Staff and trained volunteer mediators facilitate each mediation session. Referrals come from the criminal justice system and community self-referrals. The program also provides medicaid mediation services for union and anson counties. (clerk of court fee for court-referred cases)

Community service-restitution program ("csr") - this program provides 7 to 16 year-old youth opportunities to work at human service and non-profit agencies to fulfill court-ordered community service and victim restitution sanctions. One step further pays the victims. Program staff monitors client performance and submits reports to juvenile court counselors. Referrals come from the juvenile court system. (free service)

Family factor program ("ff") - this program utilizes current lgbtq support services, family therapy community providers, and trained facilitators to improve family relationships and provide support and guidance to lgbtq youth and their families. The program is conducted in 10-week (20 hours) blocks throughout the year. The program serves lgbtq youth ages 12-24 and their family and/or care providers. Referrals are accepted from schools, juvenile court officials, school resource officers, foster care providers, pflag, youth safe, triad health project, dss, the guardian ad litem office, gsas (gay student alliances), youth focus-act together, community agencies, and self referrals. (free service)

Teen traffic program description ("ttd") - the guilford teen traffic diversion pilot program provides the opportunity for 16-18 year olds charged with traffic offences to be diverted from adult court while addressing potential causes for the offense and increasing public safety. The required sanction for program completion and dismissal of charges is satisfactory completion of the alive at 25 4-hour or 8-hour class.