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- Glendive Community
- Montana Department of Corrections
- Community, Counseling, & Correctional Services, Inc.
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- Community, Counseling, and Correctional Services, Inc. is a professional
team who promote public safety, preserve the rights of victims, fulfill
the mandates of the criminal justice system, and address the individual
needs of adults and juveniles.
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- Private, not-for-profit, 501-c(3) corporation.
- Incorporated in 1983.
- Headquartered in Butte, Montana.
- Governed by a non-compensated Board of Directors—many of whom are the
original board members.
- Providing services for local, state, and federal agencies since 1983.
- Providing correctional and other human service programs designed for
adults and juveniles.
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- CCCS purchased and renovated an old dilapidated hotel to its current
use as a community-based correctional facility.
- Began providing services in December 1983.
- Pre-release center for adult male offenders.
- 118-bed capacity.
- American Correctional Association (ACA) accredited since 1998.
- Contracts with the Montana Department of Corrections & Federal
Bureau of Prisons.
- 64.5 Employees.
- Estimated 2004-2005 Payroll and Benefits: $2.2 million.
- Estimated 2004-2005 Purchases of Goods and Services: $1.12 million.
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- CCCS purchased and renovated an old dilapidated hotel to its current
use as a community-based correctional facility.
- Began providing services in 1992.
- Pre-release center for adult female offenders.
- 54-bed capacity.
- ACA accredited since 1998.
- Contracts with the Montana Department of Corrections & Federal
Bureau of Prisons.
- 32 Employees.
- Estimated 2004-2005 Payroll and Benefits: $867,000.
- Estimated 2004-2005 Purchases of Goods and Services: $347,000.
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- Facility is located on a state-hospital campus, owned by the State of
Washington, leased to the Martin Hall Juvenile Detention Facility
Board, and sub-leased to CCCS.
- CCCS began operating facility in November 1998 under contract with a
9-county consortium in Eastern Washington.
- Detention facility for juveniles.
- Located in Medical Lake, Washington.
- 63-bed capacity.
- Contracts with several counties in Eastern Washington & Montana as
well as Immigration Service and several Native American Tribes in
Eastern Washington.
- 38 Employees.
- Estimated 2004-2005 Payroll and Benefits: $1.0 million.
- Estimated 2004-2005 Purchases of Goods and Services: $480,000.
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- Located on a state hospital campus, owned by the Montana Department of
Corrections and leased to CCCS.
- Began providing services in February 2002.
- 6-month modified therapeutic community for adult male and female, 4th
or subsequent DUI offenders.
- 140-bed capacity.
- Contracts with the Montana Department of Corrections.
- 61 Employees.
- Estimated 2004-2005 Payroll and Benefits: $1.95 million.
- Estimated 2004-2005 Purchases of Goods and Services: $654,000.
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- Facility owned and renovated by a group of private investors and
long-term leased to CCCS.
- Began providing services in August 2002.
- Transition center for adult male offenders in North Dakota.
- 63-bed capacity.
- Recently passed ACA standards compliance audit with 100% compliance
with mandatory standards and 99.5% compliance with non-mandatory
standards.
- Contracts with the North Dakota Department of Corrections &
Rehabilitation.
- 30 Employees.
- Estimated 2004-2005 Payroll and Benefits: $805,000.
- Estimated 2004-2005 Purchases of Goods and Services: $619,000.
- Future 88-bed expansion including work-release/re-entry facility for
cities of Mandan & Bismarck as well as Burleigh & Morton
Counties.
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- Designed, financed, constructed, and owned by CCCS. Largest project to-date supported by
the Rural Lending Program. $9.5 million facility. Construction amortized over 20 years.
- Began providing service in December 2002.
- Secure juvenile correctional (long-term)/detention (short-term)
facility.
- Located at Galen, Montana.
- 60-bed capacity.
- ACA accreditation since January 2004.
- Contracts with Federal Bureau of Prisons, U.S. Marshal’s Service, and
several counties in Montana as well as Native American Reservations in
Montana.
- 68 Employees.
- Estimated 2004-2005 Payroll and Benefits: $2.4 million.
- Estimated 2004-2005 Purchases of Goods and Services: $1.0 million.
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- Alternative Reporting Program
- Day reporting program for adult male & female offenders.
- 20-slot capacity.
- Serves as a continuum of care for those offenders exiting from a
pre-release program.
- Program also used by district and municipal courts as a diversion
program.
- Juvenile Accountability Programs
- Implemented in 1999 through JAIBG grant from Montana Board of Crime
Control.
- Non residential community programs for juveniles referred from
Butte-Silver Bow, Anaconda-Deer Lodge, Powell, Granite, and Beaverhead
Counties.
- Programs include: supervised
community service, anger management, character development, Moral
Reconation Therapy, shoplifting intervention, and positive mentors
program.
- Other Programs and Services
- Adult and juvenile transportation services; food service operations for
Butte-Silver Bow; urinalysis collection and testing; batterers’
intervention program; anger management program; addictions counseling.
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- CCCS purchased dilapidated building and infused $1.0 million in
renovations to its current use as an addictions treatment facility.
- Began providing service in March 1998.
- 60-day intensive addictions treatment program for adult male and female
offenders.
- Located in Butte, Montana.
- 42-bed capacity. Currently
operating at 39 beds with extensive, consistent waiting list of 100-150
offenders.
- Contracts with Montana Department of Corrections and Montana District
U.S. Probation Services.
- 27.5 Employees.
- Estimated 2004-2005 Payroll and Benefits: $618,000.
- Estimated 2004-2005 Purchases of Goods and Services: $272,500.
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- 40- to 60-bed, 60-day addictions treatment facility for adult female
offenders referred by the Montana Department of Corrections.
- Based on the successful Connections Corrections Program in Butte,
Montana developed by Community, Counseling, and Correctional Services,
Inc. (CCCS) in 1998.
- Based on a secure facility model whereby offender movement outside the
facility is limited and staff supervised.
- Based on current size of facility:
- Estimated 2004-2005 annual payroll & benefit payments of $389,000.
- Estimated 2004-2005 purchases of goods and services $382,000.
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- 24-hour staff coverage—including security/perimeter technicians.
- Physically secure facility.
- Internal and external camera systems.
- Alarmed doors and exits.
- Low staff to offender ratios.
- Secure—fenced—perimeter as necessary.
- Restricted public access.
- Regular and random security counts—felony escape charges are filed
against any client who leaves without authorization.
- Regular and random breathalyzer and urinalysis collection testing.
- Restricted offender movement.
- Only movement outside of the facility will be for medical or dental
visits and recreation activities.
- All movement outside the facility is staff controlled and supervised.
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- Comprehensive addictions treatment services based on the Minnesota Model.
- Individualized case planning with regular reviews and updates.
- 30-35 hours of group and individual programming and counseling each
week.
- 1 addictions counselor and counselor technician for every 10-15
offenders.
- Alcoholics Anonymous (AA).
- Case management and aftercare planning staff.
- Aftercare planning.
- Relapse prevention services based on Gorski Model.
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- Addictions education—including videos and lectures.
- Criminal thinking error identification with thinking logs and reports.
- Cognitive behavioral programming.
- Anger management.
- Parenting & relationship programming.
- Religious programming.
- Employment skill development.
- Specialized programming including—Big Book Study, women’s specific
groups, Native American specific programming.
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- Supervised recreation opportunities.
- Scheduled on-site visitation. All
visitation will be conducted inside the facility under direct staff
supervision.
- Programming provided by volunteer and other community
resources—religious, etc.
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- Major medical health insurance that includes prescription benefit and
term life insurance policy.
- Direct reimbursement dental program.
- Long-term disability insurance.
- 120 hours of annual leave during first year. Increases after 10 years based on
years of service.
- Educational reimbursement program.
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- Creates between 24 and 37 jobs.
- Infuses nearly $1 million into
local community.
- Provides much need addictions treatment services for adult male
offenders. There are currently
extensive waiting lists for similar type services for offenders.
- Increases public safety by providing programs and services necessary to
ensure offenders receive the treatment and tools necessary to transition
into the community.
- Upon program completion, offenders generally transition into one of five
pre-release programs geographically located throughout the state.
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- The program does not result in
offenders in the community looking for employment and competing with
community’s existing labor pool.
- The program does not negatively impact property values or the
neighboring community.
- Facility is staff, structurally, and technologically secure.
- Public safety is paramount. CCCS,
Inc. has a history of promoting public safety and working with the
community to address concerns and issues.
- The program does involve the local community. A program screening committee
consisting of representatives of the community—law enforcement,
business, local government, neighbors, etc.—will advise program
management on placement decisions.
- The program does not result in many clients staying in local community
upon program completion.
Historically, clients who complete similar programs transition
into the community through a pre-release center in Billings, Butte,
Great Falls, Helena, or Missoula.
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- Mike Thatcher, Chief Executive Officer, CCCS
- 406-782-0417 (phone)
- 406-782-6964 (fax)
- mthatcher@cccscorp.com
- Deb Dion, Program Coordinator, WATCh East
- 406-377-6001, ext. 27 (phone)
- 406-377-6004 (fax)
- ddion@cccscorp.com
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