Prison-Based Therapeutic Communities
Changing lives . . . Building community
Center Point has provided specialized treatment services for criminal justice populations since its inception. The agency's considerable experience in applying Therapeutic Community (TC) treatment concepts in community-based criminal justice and prison-based programs has provided a solid foundation for the recent expansion of services within correctional settings.
Under a contract awarded in June 1998 by the California Department of Corrections (CDC), Center Point implemented its first in-custody project: a TC treatment program for 200 inmates at the California State Prison at Solano, in Northern California. The new Transitions program applies Center Point's TC concepts to an in-custody treatment environment. The six to twelve month, prison-based program is followed-up with an additional six to nine months of community-based treatment in the communities into which participants are eventually paroled. The agency has been very successful in establishing TC values and concepts at CSP-Solano, with 86% of participants entering community-based services following release.
In 1999, in a second round of funding, Center Point was selected by CDC to operate in-custody TC programs at two additional sites: the California Rehabilitation Center (CRC) at Norco, in Southern California, and the Northern California Women's Facility (NCWF) in Stockton.
The CRC project is a 263-bed program for civil addicts. The 200-bed project at NCWF has a unique two-track structure: a TC track that serves 100 women, and a cognitive skills training component for 100 women with shorter terms of commitment. Program concurrence provides an opportunity to directly compare two distinct approaches to treatment.
Recently, Center Point has again expanded its in-custody services with the March 2000 award of two additional 200-bed TC projects: a second program at CSP-Solano and a program at the California Institute for Men at Chino, in Riverside County.
As a complement to its in-custody programs, the agency has recently implemented two residential programs also funded by CDC:
Family Foundations, an innovative 75-bed community corrections program in San Diego that serves as an alternative to incarceration for pregnant and/or parenting women who are non-violent and have not been sentenced to prison before; and
Fair Oaks, a large 31-bed facility for men and women near Sacramento. Like Center Point's other residential programs in San Rafael, the Fair Oaks facility will accommodate criminal justice referrals.
Outpatient services are also available.
Center Point's four projects in Southern California have firmly established the agency's statewide presence.
Taking our TC philosophy into criminal justice settings across the State represents an expansive step in Center Point's mission to provide effective rehabilitative services for a critical population with special needs.
Under a contract awarded in June 1998 by the California Department of Corrections (CDC), Center Point implemented its first in-custody project: a TC treatment program for 200 inmates at the California State Prison at Solano, in Northern California. The new Transitions program applies Center Point's TC concepts to an in-custody treatment environment. The six to twelve month, prison-based program is followed-up with an additional six to nine months of community-based treatment in the communities into which participants are eventually paroled. The agency has been very successful in establishing TC values and concepts at CSP-Solano, with 86% of participants entering community-based services following release.
In 1999, in a second round of funding, Center Point was selected by CDC to operate in-custody TC programs at two additional sites: the California Rehabilitation Center (CRC) at Norco, in Southern California, and the Northern California Women's Facility (NCWF) in Stockton.
The CRC project is a 263-bed program for civil addicts. The 200-bed project at NCWF has a unique two-track structure: a TC track that serves 100 women, and a cognitive skills training component for 100 women with shorter terms of commitment. Program concurrence provides an opportunity to directly compare two distinct approaches to treatment.
Recently, Center Point has again expanded its in-custody services with the March 2000 award of two additional 200-bed TC projects: a second program at CSP-Solano and a program at the California Institute for Men at Chino, in Riverside County.
As a complement to its in-custody programs, the agency has recently implemented two residential programs also funded by CDC:
Family Foundations, an innovative 75-bed community corrections program in San Diego that serves as an alternative to incarceration for pregnant and/or parenting women who are non-violent and have not been sentenced to prison before; and
Fair Oaks, a large 31-bed facility for men and women near Sacramento. Like Center Point's other residential programs in San Rafael, the Fair Oaks facility will accommodate criminal justice referrals.
Outpatient services are also available.
Center Point's four projects in Southern California have firmly established the agency's statewide presence.
Taking our TC philosophy into criminal justice settings across the State represents an expansive step in Center Point's mission to provide effective rehabilitative services for a critical population with special needs.
