These programs improve outcomes for defendants of crime to ensure community safety, increase court appearances, reduce new criminal charges, and safely reduce the jail population.

• Community Service Program began in November 2023, is for youth and adults sentenced to community service or seeking to reduce court fines and fees. Through this program, youth and adults sentenced to perform community service as a part of their participation in the Missoula County Attorney’s Calibrate program, Youth Court, and Justice Court’s ROAD Court.  The program is an alternative sanction to incarceration. Staff develop volunteer opportunities with local non-profit agencies, provide worksite information to participants, monitor progress, and report successes and challenges to the referring agency.
• Pretrial Assistance to Support Success (PASS) supports misdemeanor pretrial defendants in the City of Missoula Municipal Court by reducing failures to appear, case processing time, new arrests, and incarceration rates. Support includes reminders about court dates, assistance with compliance with pretrial conditions of release, and guidance with accessing community programs and services, including housing, behavioral health care services, job services, and substance use treatment. 
• Public Safety Assessment Program uses an evidence-based nine-factor tool to assess and predict whether a defendant will engage in new criminal activity, commit a new violent crime, or fail to appear in court if released before trial and provide recommendations to the judge.