Welcome to Anchorage Youth Court. Your sentencing
hearing is over and you have received a sentence. The
information you need to complete your sentence is
contained in this packet. If you have any questions about
your sentence or how to complete it, please contact the
Peer Navigator.

Your Peer Navigator

At AYC, the Peer Navigator will support you as you complete your sentence. Please stay in touch with them regularly and contact them with any questions, or if you face any financial barriers to completing classes or other activities.

Peer Navigator Cell Phone: 907-414-7904
AYC Main Office Phone: 907-274-5991

You are expected to contact the Peer Navigator every Monday to report the status of you sentence completion

What is Community Service?

Community service is unpaid work that creates positive change to the
environment and community. It is a way to pay back society for the harm an
individual has caused. Examples include shoveling driveways and picking up trash
from the local park. You are not limited to the recommended service sites; feel free
to find your own sites. The only requirements are that you are not being paid to
complete the work and the activities are not your typical house chores. Places like
nonprofits, churches, schools, and parks are always in need of assistance from
community members.

What are suspended hours?

AYC sentences may include suspended community work service
hours. The judges may choose to suspend hours for a variety of
reasons. Suspended community work service hours do not have
to be completed. They are deducted from the total number of
community work service hours. For example, if the judges order
20 community work service hours but suspend 5 of the hours,
the person sentenced only has to complete 15 hours.

​Optional Sentences

​AYC sentences may include optional items. In most instances, the
sentence gives the person sentenced the choice of serving the
whole amount of community work service hours ordered or
serving a lesser number of hours and attending an optional class,
program, or counseling/therapy. For example, a sentence may
offer the option to have 6 community work service hours
suspended (that is, deducted) for taking a 3-4 hour online class.
Whether to do the full number of community work service hours,
or take the class and do fewer community work service hours, is
up to the person sentenced.

Family and asset building hours​

If you were sentenced to family work service and/or asset building hours​, use this link to access more specific instructions for your sentence (Pre-teen Court only). If you are unsure if this applies to you, please call (907) 274-5986 and ask for the case coordinator, or email the case coordinator at ​coordinator@anchoragyouthcourt.org.

Pre-teen Court & ASD Middle school

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Virtual Classes

Our youth judges may recommend or order you to take online classes. You may also be offered the option to have hours suspended from your sentence upon completion of one or more of the classes below.

RESPECT AND RESOLVE CLASS 
Cost: $60
Hours to Complete: 1-2 hours
Use the control number ANC-RR to enroll.
​You do not have to complete it all in one sitting. Once completed, you will receive a certificate of completion. Please email the certificate to the case coordinator. Talk to the case coordinator if you have any questions.

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R&R Class

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LIFE SKILLS CLASS 
Cost: $44.95
Hours to Complete: 10 hours
Talk to the Case Coordinator to get your AYC Code and enroll!

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CONFLICT-WISE CLASS 
Cost: $60
Hours to Complete: 3-4 hours
Use code ANC-CWJV ​to enroll.
You do not have to complete it all in one sitting. Once completed, you will receive a certificate of completion. Please email the certificate to the case coordinator. Talk to the case coordinator if you have any questions.

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CW Class

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​ANGER MANAGEMENT
Cost: $35
​Hours to Complete: 4 hours
Talk to the Case Coordinator to get your AYC Code and enroll!

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THC 101 
Cost: $60
Hours to Complete: 3-4 hours
Use control number ANC-MJJV ​to enroll.
You do not have to complete it all in one sitting. Once completed, you will receive a certificate of completion. Please email the certificate to the case coordinator. Talk to the case coordinator if you have any questions

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THC 101

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ANTI-SHOPLIFTING
Cost: $55
Hours to Complete: 3.5-4.5 hours
Talk to the Case Coordinator to get your AYC Code and enroll!

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Suggested Community Work Service Sites

The following list gives contact information for in-person community service sites that have worked with AYC in the past. However, you are not limited to sites on this list. Contact the Case Coordinator if you have questions about whether an organization counts as a Community Work Service Site. 
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Please make sure that an adult supervisor signs off on your logged hours of community service.

AYC Classes

By taking this course and completing the AYC Bar Exam, you will earn 25
hours of community service. You do not have to join AYC as a member to receive
community service credit. We really hope you will join, it is a fabulous
organization! The Spring class will happen on April 1st, 8th, and 15th from 10AM-
2PM at West High School. The AYC Bar Exam will happen on April 22 and will start at 10AM.

The Summer class will take place from July 19th-21st from 8:30am to 3pm at
the Snowden Training Center in Downtown Anchorage.

You do NOT have to pay the $35 registration fee. You may register for the
AYC Law Class on the AYC website (anchorageyouthcourt.org) under the Join
AYC link at the top of the page. These classes will be in person.

Upcoming Service Opportunities

Looking for ways to get involved with volunteer work in the community? United Way might have the perfect opportunity for you. Check out their volunteer needs at:  Needs | Be The Change 907 ​

The Anchorage Public Library is offering a series of Teen Life Skills Classes on a wide range of topics, including CPR and first aid, job interviewing, bike repair, and personal finance. Anyone going into grades 7-12 is welcome to attend. You can see the schedule of these workshops by clicking on this link: Teen Life Skills Series - Anchorage Public Library (anchoragelibrary.org)
 
For every hour you spend in these workshops, we will credit you for two hours of community work service. Please make sure to bring your community work service log to each workshop to have an adult sign off on the hours you complete. Put a star next to these hours, so I know to credit you double! Your community work service log is located in your sentencing packet. I am also attaching a PDF of the log to this email. Note: You do NOT need to tell anyone at the workshop that you are completing community work service as part of your sentence. You can simply say that you are looking to get community work service hours for an organization that you are involved in😊
 

Youth and Parent Surveys

Please complete the following surveys and submit your responses to coordinator@anchorageyouthcourt.org. Each survey counts as 1 hour of Community Work Service. Thank you!

Parent Survey

Defendant Survey​

Essay Assignment

A judge may have ordered you to complete an essay as part of your sentence. You can find the directions for the essay assignment here. If you have difficulty completing your essay for any reason, please contact the Case Coordinator.

NOTE: If you are completing a sentence as part of a long-term suspension, your essay assignment looks a little different. Please scroll down to see the ASD Long-Term Suspension Essay Assignment. Thank you!

Logging Your Hours

Make sure to keep track of all of your Community Work Service and Virtual Personal Development Hours. Have a supervising adult sign off on all the hours you complete. Send the Log Sheet to the Case Coordinator to show that you have completed your hours.

Log Sheet

Other Opportunities for You