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Core Programs

Job Readiness Program is a limitless system to assist with all facets of the job search and connects women ex-offenders with employers.

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  • Skills assessment and development

  • Vocational training and certification

  • Job training and placement

  • Assistance with job searches

  • Help filling out applications

  • Preparing resumes

  • Interviewing skills development

  • Job interview appearance readiness

Counseling Program is very intensive and administered by licensed and highly trained
clinical professionals with the expertise to effectively handle gender-specific issues. 

  • Intensive one-on-one case analysis

  • Substance abuse counseling

  • Mental health counseling

  • Individual and group counseling

  • Domestic and intimate partner violence counseling

  • Sexual violence counseling

Educational Program allows women ex-offenders the opportunity to complete secondary education, take advantage of continuing education courses or enroll in college-level degree programs.       

  • Computer training 

  • GED preparation and testing

  • Adult basic education

  • College prep courses and college degree programs

  • Scholarships and grants

  • Distance learning

Recidivism Reduction Program encompasses a wide array of cognitive and behavioral strategies to help women ex-offenders stay the course. 

  • Risks and needs assessment

  • Identify individual triggers

  • Target the appropriate intervention

  • Instill positive reinforcement and positive self-image

Human Trafficking Elimination Program addresses and aims to eradicate a growing problem for at-risk women, their families and law enforcement. 

  • Access to support services to help keep victims safe

  • Assist victims with police reports and reporting traffickers

  • Emergency shelter for women escaping trafficking

  • Resources for family members to help locate loved one suspected of being in a sex trafficking ring

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Gang Violence Prevention Program is a comprehensively designed model to steer young females and teen girls away from gang activity. 

  • Character-building counseling

  • Gang diversion strategies

  • Identify and address key risk factors for why girls join gangs 

  • Offer assistance for getting out of gangs

  • Provide resources to parents and teachers on how to manage disruptive youth

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Restoring Hope To Justice-Involved Women

Women offenders have special needs that often are not addressed during incarceration. As a result, transitioning from incarceration can be challenging and even impossible for many.

 

In 2021, there were roughly 228 women who returned to the Triangle area from state prison and in 2022, that number increased slightly to 232 (NC DPS - Office of Research & Planning, 2023). Also in 2022, there were more than 800 women serving their sentences on community probation throughout the Triangle area. Of both parolees and probationers, more than 80% were mothers of minor children and had the primary responsibility for their care prior to and following incarceration. Ex-incarcerated women are more likely than their male peers to experience higher levels of poverty, homelessness and abuse following a jail or prison term--making the post-prison transition much more difficult.

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Research suggests that focusing on the differences between female and male conduits to criminality as well as applying gender-specific interventions, results in more positive outcomes. In the end, the application of specialized practices in criminal justice reform equals greater success for women ex-offenders when attempting to re-establish new pathways to society. It is also proven that the implementation of community-based, gender-responsive practices contributes to lower rates of female recidivism which in turn benefits justice-involved women, their families, the community and society as a whole.

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