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Causes: Crime & Law, Inmate Support
Mission: To provide a structured and systematic process to re-integrate ex-offenders into the community and provide services to their families, specifically to work with persons on parole, probation, bail and those released from correctional facilities.
Programs: The department of correction's residential program is a "halfway house" program which offers housing, transportation, job preparation and empolyment, drug and alcohol treatment and education, mental health treatment and referral for incarcerated or discharged inmates. Services are provided in a safe and secure living environment on a seven day-per-week, 24 house-per-day basis. The individuals participate in either inpatient substance abuse programs or other programs that enable them to work during the day and return in the evening. During the fiscal year ending june 30, 2017, a total of 251 individuals were served in this program.
the transitional housing program is a 38 bed facility that houses offenders as an alternative to incarceration while awaiting a bed in a substance abuse treatment program. Clients reside in a locked-door facility while attending the community based intensive treatment alternative program or until admitted to an in-patient treatment program. During the fiscal year ending june 30, 2017, a total of 145 clients were served in this program.
the men's transitional housing and regional transportation unit program provides individuals from probation and the court system with housing and transportation services. Included in the program are community service assignments and required participation in various types of classes which focus on behavioral therapy, relapse prevention, educational preparedness, life skills and job readiness. Also, transportation services are available to the participants in the program to meet various appointment obligations. During the course of the fiscal year ending june 30, 2017, a total of 330 individuals were served in the various components of this program.
other program services include additional programs to assist individuals with chemical dependency as well as programs that assist formerly incarcerated individuals with achieving successful probation sentences and transforming back into society.