The Sheriff's Department contracts with the local technical college to provide adult basic education, English as a second language, life skills training, and high school completion opportunities. Volunteer tutors are provided by nonprofit community agencies. The Sheriff's Department also contracts with the technical college to provide career education, vocational assessment, and job-seeking skills for inmates. Community volunteers provide information to inmates on 12-step and education groups that focus on any addictive or compulsive behaviors. A local treatment center provides individual and group services weekly. Mental health services are provided to inmates by a local treatment center as well. Services include, but are not limited to, screening, assessment and evaluation, case management, crisis intervention, and consultation. The jail has a chaplaincy program that includes opportunities for Sunday worship services and individual spiritual counseling. Local church groups provide various volunteer services and materials donations. In December 1995, the Employment Education Project became operational. It has three educational components: life and work planning, employability skills, and corrective thinking. Each project module consists of six 2-hour sessions that are offered monthly.