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The Center for Community Alternatives (CCA) is a leader in the field of community-based alternatives to incarceration. Our mission is to promote reintegrative justice and a reduced reliance on incarceration through advocacy, services and public policy development in pursuit of civil and human rights.
CCA serves people in trouble: youth at risk; families in crisis; people struggling to address drug and alcohol problems and HIV and AIDS; and people who have been involved in the criminal justice system who are seeking community reintegration and productive, law-abiding lives. CCA endeavors to address these issues by emphasizing personal empowerment, self-respect and concern for one's community.
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Those opposed to the recently enacted drug law reform have seized upon a small, but important aspect of the legislation — conditional sealing — as a way to create the misperception that drug law reform will diminish public safety. Click here for an explanation of how conditional sealing can actually enhance public safety and foster New York State's commitment to reentry and reintegration.
The Central New York Business Journal highlighted CCA's work in community reintegration and its reentry programs for people who are returning from prisons and jails. CCA's programs focus on civic restoration services, employment readiness, testing for National Work Readiness Credential, placement, education exploration, self-empowerment, treatment readiness and referrals, and a recovery community and drop-in center. Click here to read the full article.
2009 Rockefeller Drug Law Reform Bill (Parts AAA, O, J, L and SS as part of entire Budget Bill)
The Rockefeller Drug Laws prevent people who would benefit from treatment from accessing treatment. Carole Eady, now a CCA Board member, was allowed to enter CCA's Crossroads treatment program, but only after extraordinary efforts to get around the difficult drug laws. Click here to watch and hear Carole tell part of her own story.