Not to mention a good way to put more families on unemployment or welfare. I think the community service needs to be things that are currently unpaid jobs, otherwise you run the risk of hurting a family for everyone helped. I think they could do community service at food pantry's and other volunteer organizations. Even more than community service, I think that they should be in job training or parenting classes. Even they have a drug problem, mandatory out patient programs, even if it's NA or AA.