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Specialized Treatment for Optimized Programming

Specialized Treatment for Optimized Programming (STOP)

STOP contractors provide comprehensive, evidence-based programming and services to parolees in their first year of release during their transition into the community in order to support a successful reentry.

STOP services include, but are not limited to:

  • Substance Use Disorder Treatment
  • Detoxification Services
  • Assistance with Enrollment to Health Care Services
  • General Health Education Services
  • Motivational Incentives
  • Anger Management
  • Criminal Thinking
  • Life Skills Programs
  • Community and Family Reunification Services
  • Employment and Educational Services, and Referrals
  • Individual, Family, and Group Counseling
  • Faith-Based Services
  • Recovery and Reentry Housing
  • Emergency Housing Services

Locations

STOP community-based services are available in most counties throughout the state of California.  Parolees in counties lacking STOP service locations may be considered for placement in another county.

STOP is administered from six regional placement offices.

  • Campbell
  • Fresno
  • Los Angeles
  • Sacramento
  • San Bernardino
  • San Diego

Program Length

Services are up to 180 days, with the possibility of up to an additional 185 days, based on assessed need.

Eligibility / Enrollment

All parolees subject to the jurisdiction of DAPO are eligible to participate. Priority is given to parolees who are within their first year of release and who have demonstrated a moderate-to-high risk to re-offend, as identified by their CSRA score, and have a medium to high need, as identified by the COMPAS reentry assessment tool.

Enrollment requires a referral by the individual’s parole agent via a CDCR Form 1502, Activity Report. Parolees may self-refer to a STOP facility but the parole agent will be contacted to verify referral.

Transitional Housing Program (THP)

Long Term Offender Reentry Recovery (LTORR) Program

The LTORR Program is a residential program that provides housing, meals, support services and resources, programming, and supervision in a safe, clean, drug-free environment. The program offers services that focus on Long-Term Offenders (LTOs) needs such as employment, job search and placement training, stress management, victim awareness, computer supported literacy, and life skills. Substance abuse education and a 52-week certified domestic violence program is provided to applicable parolees. The program provides peer-driven support, assistance, and guidance to newly released LTOs to assist parolees with successful reintegration into their communities.

Locations

Transitional Housing Program (THP) services are located in the following counties:

  • Alameda
  • Fresno
  • Monterey
  • Sacramento
  • San Diego

Program Length

Up to 180 days with the possibility of an additional 185 days, based on assessed need.

Eligibility / Enrollment

All parolees subject to the jurisdiction of DAPO are eligible for placement in the THP. The participant population served under the THP includes, but not limited to:

  • LTOs granted release from prison will be given first priority;
  • Participants on active parole who have been referred by DAPO who have a need for transitional housing and/or reintegration services (acceptance on a case-by-case basis);
  • PC Section 290 registrants;
  • Serious and violent offenders (e.g. PC Sections 1192.7 and 667.5); and
  • Additional referrals deemed appropriate by DRP.
  • CDCR will consider placement under the following circumstances on a case-by-case basis:
  • Parolees designated high notoriety;
  • Parolees required to register pursuant to PC Section 457.1 (Arson);
  • Parolees in custody pending local misdemeanor charges that could result in county jail time;
  • Parolees who are identified as members or affiliates of CDCR STG I; and
  • Parolees classified as EOP.
  • Enrollment requires a referral by parolee’s parole via a CDCR Form 1502, Activity Report.

Outpatient and Drop-In Programs

Outpatient and drop-in programs for parolees provide support in employment assistance and placement, relationships, Cognitive Behavioral Therapies, education, housing and vocational training.

Caltrans Parolee Work Crew Program

The Caltrans Parolee Work Crew Program provides transitional employment through litter abatement services for the Department of Transportation (Caltrans). This program is a partnership between Caltrans, CDCR, the Butte County Office of Education (BCOE), San Bernardino Community College District (SBCCD), and the City of Oakland Golden State Works (GSW). The BCOE and SBCCD Day Reporting Centers (DRCs) work with DAPO.

Parolees are assessed for job readiness to legally and physically work on transitional work crews that require manual labor. Eligible parolees who have completed most of their Individual Treatment Plan are placed on a work crew for up to 90 working days. The GSW program provides life skills education, employment preparation, transitional employment, permanent job placement, appropriate case management, and employment retention services. Each parolee that completes the first five-day portion of life skills education is also placed into transitional employment on a work crew for up to 90 working days. Parolees work four days a week on the work crew; on the fifth day, focus on employment and job placement services. Job referral and retention services continue for up to 12 months.

Locations

The Caltrans Parolee Work Crew has six locations statewide. The BCOE works with four DRCs in the following counties:

BCOE works with four DRCs.

  • Fresno
  • Los Angeles
  • Sacramento
  • Stockton
  • SBCCD works in San Bernardino County. 
  • GSW works through the City of Oakland in Alameda County.

Program Length

The Caltrans Parolee Work Crew Program lengths vary, up to one year.

Eligibility / Enrollment

Parolees attending a BCOE and SBCCD DRCs who have completed a job readiness assessment, and legally and physically able to work on transitional job sites may be referred for enrollment by your parole agent via CDCR Form 1502, Activity Report.

In the GSW program, parolees complete an evidence-based employment assessment to determine eligibility and must also be referred by your parole agent via a CDCR Form 1502 Activity Report. Parolees in GSW who have a history of either PC Section 457.1 (arson) or PC Section 290 (sex offense) may be excluded on a case-by-case basis.

Daily Reporting Centers / Community-Based Coalition (CBC)

Community-Based Coalition (CBCs) provides a comprehensive service delivery program designed to address the assessed needs of parolee participants in a Day Reporting Center (DRC) format. The CBCs offer an array of services designed to increase the success of at-risk parolees discharging from prison. CBCs are non-residential program with limited transitional housing available.

DRCs offer a “one-stop shop” comprehensive service delivery program designed to address the assessed needs of parolee participants. DRCs are non-residential programs with limited transitional housing available.

Services provided include:

  • Individual and Group Counseling
  • Batterer’s Violence Program
  • Anger Management
  • Parenting and Family Reintegration
  • Cognitive and Life Skills Training
  • Education / GED Preparation
  • Budgeting and Money Management
  • Employment Services
  • Substance Use Disorder Education
  • Criminal Thinking

Locations

CBC & DRC programs are offered by CDCR in the following counties:

  • Alameda
  • Butte (2 locations)
  • Contra Costa
  • El Dorado
  • Fresno
  • Imperial
  • Kern
  • Los Angeles (4)
  • Monterey
  • Orange
  • Placer (2 locations)
  • Riverside
  • Sacramento
  • San Bernardino
  • San Diego
  • San Joaquin
  • Santa Barbara
  • Santa Clara
  • San Francisco
  • Shasta
  • Solano
  • Tehama
  • Yolo (2 locations)

Program Length

  • CBC Programs: Up to one year.
  • DRC Programs: Up to 180 days with the possibility of up to an additional 185 days, based on assessed need.

CBC & DRC Programs

All parolees subject to the jurisdiction of DAPO are eligible to participate. Parolees should have an identified COMPAS need. Referral by parolee’s parole agent via CDCR Form 1502, Activity Report.