Thank you Senator Gillibrand and Senator Schumer for advocating for workforce development opportunities for New Yorkers returning to Central New York following incarceration. Access to quality jobs is paramount to public safety and in everyone’s best interest. We are honored by your support of CCA’s Congressionally Directed Spending Request for FY’25.
Center for Community Alternatives
Public Policy Offices
Syracuse, NY 1,830 followers
CCA is a leader in the field of community-based alternatives to incarceration.
About us
Center for Community Alternatives (CCA) supports and builds power with people across New York State who have been affected by mass incarceration, criminalization and community disinvestment. Through a statewide network of direct services, advocacy and organizing, and by supporting the leadership of directly-impacted people, we advance civil and human rights for all New Yorkers. CCA works to build a world where everyone has what they need to thrive.
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https://communityalternatives.org/
External link for Center for Community Alternatives
- Industry
- Public Policy Offices
- Company size
- 51-200 employees
- Headquarters
- Syracuse, NY
- Type
- Nonprofit
- Founded
- 1981
- Specialties
- Sentencing Advocacy and Mitgation, Alternative-to-Incarceration and Reentry, Policy and Research, Juvenile Justice, and Substance Abuse and Recovery
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115 East Jefferson Street
Syracuse, NY 13202, US
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25 Chapel Street, 7th Floor
Brooklyn, NY 11201, US
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228 Plymouth Avenue S.
Rochester, NY 14608, US
Employees at Center for Community Alternatives
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Lawrence S Brown, Jr.
Vietnam Veteran focusing on Public Health, Addiction Medicine, and Numismatics
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Bonnie Catone
Former Director of Communications at the Treatment Research Institute
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Sarah Townsend
MBA, Accounting and Finance
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Laurel R
Director of Youth Services at Center for Community Alternatives
Updates
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CCA is hiring! Click here to see all of our open positions: https://bit.ly/CCAcareer
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Join CCA on June 17th for a free virtual event highlighting our work across New York State as well as our recent advocacy and organizing wins. RSVP here: https://bit.ly/CCAJune17
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Center for Community Alternatives reposted this
“Theory’s cool, but theory with no practice is [worthless].” -Fred Hampton ~ April 27, 1989. Abolitionist. Reformer. Proletarian. Organizer. Advocate. Civil Rights Protector 🌍🏛️⚖️✨
ROCHESTER NY - come out to support the community on May 18 #CleanSlateNY
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May 2: Join CCA and Data Collaborative for Justice at John Jay for "Mass Incarceration & the Need for Sentencing Reform," a forum featuring formerly incarcerated leaders, lawmakers, and researchers discussing legislative opportunities to advance justice and safety and address decades of draconian sentencing laws. Register here: https://lnkd.in/eQDVCMsz
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"You won���t see bars on the cover. People are writing themselves into new identities. We wanted to create a space for that." CCA is proud to collaborate with Patrick Berry and Syracuse University to make Project Mend - a journal that celebrates the work of incarcerated and formerly incarcerated people and their families - a reality.
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CUNITY #CleanSlate Day was a success! Thanks to all who attended this past Saturday and to the CUNITY Committee and CUNY Law Anti-Racist Task Force for inviting CCA to participate.
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CCA is hiring! Click here to see all of our open positions: https://bit.ly/CCAcareer
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Center for Community Alternatives reposted this
📣 UPCOMING EVENT: How can New York continue on a common sense, data-driven path away from the mass incarceration era? Join us and Center for Community Alternatives on May 2nd at John Jay College (CUNY) for in-depth discussions with expert panelists on how legislation can advance justice and safety amidst decades of draconian sentencing laws. ⬇ Register now for in-person or live stream https://lnkd.in/d2h8UpGh
Mass Incarceration and the Need for Sentencing Reform - Data Collaborative for Justice
https://datacollaborativeforjustice.org
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CCA is hiring! Click here to see all of our open positions: https://bit.ly/CCAcareer
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