The Center for Community Transitions strengthens our community by helping people with criminal records find a healthier and more productive way of living. Our work provides employment and transitions services; supports alternatives to incarceration; and restores and strengthens family bonds
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Center for Women Weeks Away From Opening!!
We are almost there! If everything goes as planned, 20 residents will be moving into their new residence by the end of August and 10 more women will join them by the end of October. Each will receive transition services from the Center for Community Transitions bridging the gap between incarceration and home.
We are so excited about being in a new residence and having enough space for the residents to eat a meal together, have space to exercise, meet privately with case managers and counselors, host educational sessions, recovery meetings and have a study library. The picture above shows the renovation of the building that was originally on the site. The new dormitory (not pictured) sits in front of the administration building and has 15 bedrooms, a laundry, large bathroom, day rooms for relaxing, a large dining room and a large kitchen.
Twenty two years ago, the Center for Community Transitions started a pilot project with the North Carolina Department of Correction to allow women to serve the end of their sentences close to their home and families. Today we are still here having proven that this is a way to reduce recidivism, rebuild families, create a safer community and build people not prisons.
We are awaiting the next chapter of our journey in our new building. Come join us on our journey.
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Belinda Blake Volunteers as Intern & Volunteer Coordinator
We welcome Belinda Blake as a new volunteer to the Center. She will be recruiting, training, and placing interns & volunteers in one of our three programs. She has been a volunteer in many arenas and we are pleased she has come to the Center to help us out. Belinda is completing her Associates of Arts Psychology degree from CPCC and will enter Queens in the fall 2011 as a student in Psychology. She will be in our offices on Mondays and Thursday. She can be reached by email at bblake@centerforcommunitytransitions.org or by phone at 704-374-0762.
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Mecklenburg Sentencing Services Moves to County Assessment Center
In April, Mecklenburg Sentencing Services became a county program. Mecklenburg County is on the verge of creating a process that will better utilize criminal justice resources to jail the most dangerous and provide community alternatives to those who are the least likely to reoffend. MSS will be a key player in that process. The Center for Community Transitions is sad to see them leave our organization, but are reassured that the work they do will continue and will come to serve a bigger role in the community. We wish our employees Danny Trapp, Colleen Cranford and Wendy Kauffman the best in their new role with the county.
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