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Causes: Crime & Law, Prison Alternatives
Mission: Our mission is to conceive and develop effective interventions, which will enable individuals to avoid unnecessary levels of incarceration, enhance community safety and provide a setting that facilitates treatment and the reduction of recidivism.
Programs: Residential services programming consisted of a total of 308 beds for offenders returning to the community from prison, of which 85 beds are in certified halfway houses in madison, la crosse, appleton, and green bay, and 229 beds are transitional living programs (tlps) in adams, appleton, ashland, baraboo, beaver dam, berlin, beloit, dane county, janesville, jefferson, green bay, la crosse, lancaster, portage, prairie du chien, mauston, milwaukee, merrill, montello, richland center, rice lake, sheboygan, sparta, sturgeon bay, waupaca, wautoma, whitehall, and wisconsin rapids in wisconsin and duluth, hibbing, minneapolis, rochester, and saint paul in minnesota.
non-residential services for offenders include day treatment centers, day report centers, outpatient counseling, electronic monitoring, owi intensive supervision, drug treatment courts, high-risk offender supervision, assessment and screening, community service work crews, justice volunteer programs, juvenile delinquent supervision, re-entry mentoring, cognitive intervention, and employment support and counseling services in correctional institutions.
fatherhood programs are character-based educational, self-help, and support programs for either incarcerated offenders or offenders in the community. The goals of these programs include promoting responsible fatherhood and parenting; empowering fathers to assume emotional, moral, spiritual, psychological, and financial responsibility for their children; and learning skills to promote positive interaction with their children.