Court Ordered/lawyer Recommended Community Service Guidelines
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1COURT ORDERED/LAWYER RECOMMENDED COMMUNITY SERVICE
GUIDELINES
FBHFH)
Thank you for turning to Fort Bend Habitat for Humanity (
to fulfill your Court Ordered/Lawyer Recommended Community
Service responsibility. We are happy to help you fulfill your committed hours, and look forward to working with you.
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reserves the right to deny ANY individual in need of court ordered/lawyer recommended community service hours the ability to
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volunteer with the organization based on the nature, type and/or specifics of their offense.
will not be a party before the specific
Court which orders the service, there is no jurisdiction over the organization and the Courts cannot order FBH to allow an individual to
volunteer with our organization. Individuals will be judged solely by their offense(s) and not by any other means, including, but not limited
to: age, race, religion, sexual orientation, or disability.
We want this volunteer experience to be rewarding. In so doing, there are certain guidelines we maintain as a way to stay organized and
ensure a positive working relationship.
The following guidelines must be met:
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Written Documentation: You must provide
with a copy of your court order. In the event no court order is available a letter from
your attorney with the following details: hours required, court ordering the service and deadline, will be accepted.
Forms: You must complete and sign a waiver. If you are 16 or 17 year old you must have a parent/guardian also sign your waiver.
Provide Identification: Please bring a state-issued photo ID, driver’s license or a valid school issued photo ID with you of which a
photocopy will be taken.
Schedule Volunteer Opportunities: All volunteer opportunities can be found on our volunteer website
or by calling our Volunteer Services Director at 713-403-0708 option 4. You must
sign up or call in advance for the days you would like to volunteer. Please allow yourself plenty of time to complete your required hours
before your due date. We have limited space and want all of our volunteers to have meaningful work when they volunteer with us. With
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this in mind, if you just show up at the ReStore, office or the construction site without scheduling in advance, you will be asked to leave.
Sign In on the Office/Work-Site Sign-in Sheet: Aside from tracking your hours personally and having them signed by a staff member,
we ask that all of our volunteers sign in & out on our general volunteer sign-in sheet. Both the office and our construction site have a sign
in sheet for volunteers to use when they arrive.
Work Registered Hours: Volunteers who are registered to work have until 4pm the evening before to cancel a scheduled date. This can
be done through the Volunteer Calendar
or by calling our Volunteer Services
Director at 713-403-0708 option 4. After the second date that you are scheduled and do not show up, you will be removed from future
volunteer dates and turned away from the construction site.
Record Your Hours: You are responsible for tracking your hours. If the organization you are doing community service for does not
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provide you with a sheet to record your hours, you will be required to use a
tracking sheet to record the date, the time you arrive,
the time you leave, and a staff signature.
FBHFH will not accept a volunteer for community service credit who is ‘being charged, pleading guilty to or having been found guilty of
certain serious offenses. Examples of unacceptable and acceptable offenses are:
ACCEPTABLE OFFENSES
ACCEPTABLE OFFENSES
UNACCEPTABLE OFFENSES
UNACCEPTABLE OFFENSES
Minor Traffic Violations
Minor Drug Violations
Burglary
Kidnapping
Contempt of Court
Alcohol Violations
Theft
Arson
Perjury
Drug Possession
Robbery/Armed Robbery
Sexual Abuse/ Assault
Child Support
Truancy
Assault/Aggravated Assault
Rape
License, Tag and Registration
Violation of Probation (only for
Battery
Drug Sale Offenses
Violations
offenses we accept)
Fulfilling community service hours with FBHFH is a privilege and this privilege may be revoked at any time if the staff feels the volunteer
is not meeting expectations, if he/she is not productive, or if he/she is disruptive to our partner families, volunteers or staff in any way that
prohibits us from accomplishing our daily activities or negatively impacts the accomplishments of the organization’s mission.
Many individuals have volunteered with Fort Bend Habitat for Humanity and most leave feeling they received more than they gave! We
hope you find your experience with Habitat worthwhile. You are welcome to return after your required hours are complete.
I HAVE READ AND UNDERSTAND THE ABOVE RULES/REGULATIONS.
Y
. S
,
OUR SIGNATURE INDICATES ACCEPTANCE OF THESE TERMS
HOULD YOU BE UNABLE TO FOLLOW THESE GUIDELINES
YOU WILL BE
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ASKED TO FIND AN ALTERNATIVE LOCATION TO COMPLETE YOUR HOURS
Print Name: _________________________________ Signature: _______________________________________ Date: ___________
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