The Office of Restorative Practices (ORP) was created in 2024. The office was created to promote the use of restorative practices across multiple disciplines, including:

• Pretrial diversion programs
• Delinquency, criminal justice, child welfare, and education systems
• Community violence prevention practices

Restorative Practices Advisory Committees

Every county, Tribal nation or jurisdiction in Minnesota may establish a Restorative Practices Advisory Committees (RPAC) to promote, develop, expand and maintain restorative practices criteria and processes for their communities. Download the fact sheet on RPAC.

Committees are made of up of community members and justice system partners. To receive ORP grant funding, an RPAC is required. 

What does an RPAC do?

Restorative Practices Advisory Committees:

• Promote the creation, expansion and maintenance of restorative practices within communities, local justice systems, schools, family courts, child protection systems, detention facilities and other areas. 
• Use restorative practices in decision-making and come to a consensus when developing, expanding, and maintaining restorative practices criteria and referral processes. 
• Review proposals for community initiatives and create proposals for grant funding. 
• Recruit, train and incentivize participation of committee members reflecting equitable representation of restorative initiatives, ethnicities, system partners, victims of crime and justice impacted individuals.  
• May request grant funds to help with a per diem for community members, parents, youth and justice-impacted people participating in the committee.
• Provide restorative practices training for all committee members annually.
• Meet regularly to maintain and expand the usage of restorative practices.  
• Notify the Office of Restorative Practices (ORP) when the committee will meet and come to consensus on funding initiatives.

Would you like funding to do restorative work in your area?

Visit ORP Restorative Practices Advisory Committees and meetings to find a committee in your area or learn how to start one.

The Restorative Practices Advisory Committee Planning Grant Program is an initiative from the Office of Restorative Practices. It aims to fund the creation of the statutorily required Restorative Practices Advisory Committees.

Proposals will be accepted through February 10, 2025, at noon.

Learn about the Restorative Practices Advisory Committee Planning Grant

The Restorative Practices Initiative Grant Program is an initiative from the Office of Restorative Practices. It aims to promote initiatives statewide that create new restorative practice programs or currently have programs in place.

Proposals were accepted through Dec. 6, 2024, at 4 p.m.

Learn about the Restorative Practices Grant Initiatives Grant Program

Rebecca Rabb
Interim Office of Restorative Practices Director and Deputy Director for External Relations
rebecca.rabb@state.mn.us