Correction Services operates an office in Bolivar, Missouri, one of three it runs across the southwest part of the state. The organization works chiefly with people facing court requirements after a substance-related driving offense, delivering the state’s traffic offender program along with assessments, counseling, and monitoring. It has been in operation since 1984, and its counselors are certified in substance use work.
The State’s Traffic Offender Program
Missouri requires drivers arrested for an alcohol or drug related traffic offense to complete a program before their driving privilege can be restored, and Correction Services is a certified provider of it. Everyone begins with a screening, in which a qualified counselor uses standardized testing to determine which level of the program fits. The least demanding level is a 10-hour education class spread over at least two sessions. Above that sits a weekend program of roughly 40 hours running Friday through Sunday at the office. The two highest levels move into genuine outpatient counseling, one running 50 hours across five weeks and the other 75 hours over a minimum of 90 days, so what starts as an education requirement becomes treatment for people whose screening points that way.
Other Services and Getting Seen
Beyond the traffic offender program, Correction Services provides individualized counseling for people coming voluntarily as well as those sent by a court, substance use assessments, and drug testing. It prepares pre-sentence investigation reports for attorneys and courts, covering personal history, background, and a substance use assessment, and it handles probation supervision and electronic monitoring. A victim impact panel, an educational session on the consequences of impaired and distracted driving, runs monthly. The Bolivar office works by appointment, while the organization as a whole schedules across all seven days of the week, including evenings and weekends. Financial help is available to Missouri residents for the higher program levels, with what someone pays set according to income and number of dependents.
