AVAILABLE RESOURCES/PROGRAMS

The Division of Adult Parole Operations realizes the importance various program participation may have on successful reintegration efforts.  Available community programs are the result of collaborative efforts with other state, county and private entities to provided needed services.  Availability of the programs is noted in this link:

 

Below are brief descriptions the programs currently available at various locations throughout the state.

Residential Multi-Service Center (RMSC) - The RMSC program was established as part of the Preventing Parolee Crime Program (PPCP) as mandated by Penal Code Section 3068. The RMSC program’s primary goal is to reduce parolee failures and their subsequent return to prison by providing a variety of services to homeless parolees and those in at-risk living environments.  The RMSC program offers a variety of services to male and female parolees that include housing, drug counseling, literacy training, job preparation, and anger management classes, as well as individual and group counseling. The program offers a minimum of six months, and on a case-by-case basis, a maximum of one year of residence with participation in a 90-day aftercare program.  Parolees are considered ineligible if they have backgrounds of extreme violence, arson, sex offenses (Penal Code Section 290 Registrants), or are in need of medical detoxification. 

Computerized Literacy Learning Centers (CLLC) - The CLLC is currently operating 21 labs and is available to 78 parole units throughout all four parole regions.  This program began as part of the Preventing Parolee Failure Program.  It was codified in Penal Code Sections 3068 and 3070 on September 15, 1998, and renamed the Preventing Parolee Crime Program (PPCP).

The CLLC is a computer-assisted instructional program designed to increase the literacy skills of parolees, resulting in increased parolee employability and parolee success.  The CLLCs goal is to raise the literacy skills a minimum of two grade levels and/or up to sixth grade level for 40 percent of the participants.  The program’s computer curriculum focuses on basic proficiency in reading, writing, and computational skills.  Each program site’s goal is to provide 800 hours of classroom instruction to parolee participants each month, which equates to 192,000 hours of instruction per year.  The primary educational focus is to:

• Identify the reading level and deficits of the parolees enrolled in the program.
• Provide a “user friendly” training methodology.
• Offer participants the opportunity, if appropriate, to progress to a GED.
• Provide life skills training.
• Provide employment competency training