Quality of life crimes, such as panhandling, solicitation, loitering with intent to buy or sell narcotics, and public consumption affect the vibrancy of our neighborhoods. Restorative Justice Community Action gives community members the opportunity to meet face-to-face with offenders who have committed these low-level legal offenses in their neighborhoods. The goal of these "Community Conferences" is to best repair the harm that was done to a particular community, to give ordinary citizens a voice in the justice process, and to re-integrate offenders back into the community in a restorative way.

This Committee is the result of intentional planning, engaging individual members, developing a common vision and shared philosophy of centralizing the safety of adult victims and their children, providing comprehensive services and coordinating a response to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking and child abuse. Members of the Mower County Collaborative Response team have conducted local and national trainings on Effective Collaboration based upon this group’s success.