The Community Juvenile Arbitration Program is a state-wide effort between which entities?

• A. A district court program for all offenses
• B. State-wide effort between DJJ and SC's solicitors and one sheriff's department, for first-time offenders
• C. A private mediation
• D. A school-based arbitration club

Answer: (B)

This program is a state-wide collaboration among the Department of Juvenile Justice, South Carolina’s solicitors (the prosecutors), and a sheriff’s department, designed specifically for first-time juvenile offenders. The idea is to handle qualifying cases outside the formal juvenile court process through an arbitration setup run with involvement from DJJ for supervision, prosecutors to provide legal oversight and accountability, and law enforcement support from the sheriff’s department. This focuses on quick, supervised resolutions that aim to rehabilitate and divert first-time offenders from the full court system.

It isn’t a district court program for all offenses, nor private mediation, nor a school-based club, which is why the other options don’t fit.