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Cleveland Transition Center (Reentry)
The Cleveland Transition Center (CTC) is a residential, pilot program developed through a partnership between the City of Cleveland, the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction (ODRC), and Oriana House to meet the needs of Cleveland residents who are returning home from incarceration. CTC offers men and women the opportunity to develop new life skill strategies to better prepare them for community reintegration.
Who can participate
CTC clients participate through judicial release (early release granted by sentencing authority) or other mandatory participation requirement or, if they are a straight release (released from incarceration without any supervision requirements), they must agree to voluntarily participate. All clients must participate 35 hours per week in outside employment, education, life skills, and/or community service, while also assuming responsibility for daily in-house assignments.
All participants must meet the following criteria:
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Be a Cleveland resident upon incarceration;
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Able and willing to participate in program;
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Have no physical aggression disciplinary infractions on their institutional conduct report within last six months.
CTC is also available to previously incarcerated people who have been released within the last six months and are currently homeless.
Due to zoning restrictions, the following individuals are not eligible: offenders who are convicted of murder, rape, or any felony offense against a minor; and offenders adjudicated as a sexual predator or habitual sexual offenders who the court has determined are subject to community notification.
Services offered at CTC
To assist with reentry, clients are provided with a range of services, including case management, cognitive therapies, mental health services, substance abuse treatment, employment and housing assistance, parenting skills enhancement, and family support services. A daily regimen of structured activities helps clients develop a sense of responsibility and self-sufficiency; facilitates their ability to pay rent, restitution, and taxes; and provides opportunities to establish critical ties to family and community. While in residency, clients can receive visitors at the facility.
Drug & Alcohol Treatment
A Certified Chemical Dependency Counselor provides treatment in areas of disease concept education, sober support planning, triggers, defenses, and aftercare planning. Clients undergo random drug screens.
Cognitive Skills
Cognitive Skills class addresses the major thinking errors that lead to criminal behavior and ways to correct these errors. The class focuses on helping clients develop responsible and productive thinking patterns that lead to a more successful and productive life.
Education
Clients in need of educational assistance participate in a community program as established with their assigned caseworker.
Employment
All clients receive
employment readiness training and are screened for job skills and interests.
These services are provided by the City of Cleveland and Cuyahoga County’s
Workforce Development Employment Connection and the Providing Real Opportunities
for
Ex-offenders to Succeed (PROES) program. Based on job skills and interests,
other career training opportunities may also be available.
Release Planning
The number of days a client stays at CTC varies with each client. Prior to release, caseworkers work with clients to arrange for adequate living, employment, and treatment programs to assist with the clients’ successful transition back to their families and communities. Because one of the primary focuses of the program is to reduce homelessness, assistance with housing is a key component of the clients’ release plans; and rental deposit assistance is an incentive for those who successfully complete the program.
Home Confinement
Judicial release participants may earn the privilege of going on home confinement, dependent on the positive adjustment to the CTC program and approval from the court that granted the judicial release. If approved for home confinement there can be no special features on the home telephone (no call waiting, call forwarding, caller ID, etc.). Also, the sponsor must agree to all requirements for home confinement.
Referral Process
An Intake/Screener for Oriana House regularly visits identified Ohio prisons and homeless shelters to meet with potential clients and screen for eligibility. Formerly incarcerated individuals can self refer by calling an intake screener at 216-881-7882.
Contact information
for the Intake/Screener is:
Oriana House, Inc.
1829 East 55th Street
Cleveland, Ohio 44103
Attn: Intake/Screener
216-881-7882