Alternative Programming

Alternative Incarceration Centers     Probation Transition Program
Transitional Housing Program     Technical Violation Unit
Hartford Area Mediation Program     Community Court

 

Services:

  • Monitoring clients for the criminal justice system

  • Educating clients in a variety of life skills
  • Cognitive skills training and restructuring
  • Substance abuse counseling and education
  • Electronic monitoring
  • Case Management
  • Individual & group sessions
  • Dispute resolution
  • Aggression Replacement Therapy
  • Community Service
  • Anger Management
  • HIV/AIDS education
Alternative Incarceration Centers (AIC) Back to top
A program which monitors individuals referred by the criminal justice system to community supervision. It restricts the offender's freedom without incarceration to protect public safety and, at the same time, establishes positive ties between the community and the offender. Clients attend self-help groups, informational workshops, perform community service, and work with staff to effect positive change. The CPA, which created the state’s first AIC in 1986, now runs AIC programs in Hartford and Manchester. (1986)

Alternative Incarceration Centers — Contact Information

HARTFORD ALTERNATIVE INCARCERATION CENTER
119 Washington Street
Hartford, CT 06106
Tel: (860) 525-6691
Virge Lewis, Assistant Program Manager
vlewis@cpa-ct.org

MANCHESTER ALTERNATIVE INCARCERATION CENTER
31 Bent Road
Manchester, CT 06040
Tel: (860) 649-8338
Melanie McKenna, Program Manager
mmckenna@cpa-ct.org

 

Hartford Transitional Housing Program (HTH) Back to top

Thirty-three beds are available to men who are referred by Court Support Services Division to the Alternative Incarceration network with a stipulation of transitional housing for at least the first 30 days of their program commitment. Clients participate in day programming at the Hartford Alternative Incarceration Center. (1989)

HARTFORD TRANSITIONAL HOUSING PROGRAM
119 Washington Street
Hartford, CT 06106
Tel: (860) 525-6691
Virge Lewis, Assistant Program Manager
vlevis@cpa-ct.org

 

Hartford Area Mediation Program (HAMP) Back to top

Initiated in 1984 as a pro-bono contribution by Aetna Life & Casualty attorneys (management) and employees (volunteer mediators), the program chose the CPA as its permanent not-for-profit location. HAMP mediates in cases designated by the Superior Court and/or Community Court as eligible for out-of-court dispute resolution. Participation in the process is a voluntary option offered by the court and clients benefit by having their cases resolved in a way that provides personal satisfaction and/or restoration. If the clients or victims refuse to participate, the case is referred back to the court. (1993)

HARTFORD AREA MEDIATION PROGRAM
96 Wadsworth Street
Hartford, CT 06106
Tel: (860) 280-1184
Erini Orsaris, Program Manager
eorsaris@cpa-ct.org

 

Hartford Community Court Back to top
Community Service Program.  Upon receiving a citation from the police, this project requires offenders to give back to the neighborhoods in which their quality of life offenses occurred by providing case specific community service projects.  CPA staff works closely with the Judge, States Attorney, and Human Services Staff to insure that clients receive any assistance deemed necessary.  They must successfully complete community service prior to disposition of their case. (1998)

HARTFORD COMMUNITY COURT
80 Washington Street
Hartford, CT 06106
Tel: (860) 756-7960
Chris Mena, Program Manager
cmena@cpa-ct.org

 

Probation Transition Program (PTP) Back to top

Once funded by CSSD as the split sentence notification program, this program provides five staff who work in tandem with probation officers to insure that persons returning to the community from incarceration have no lapse in services, such as case management, substance abuse counseling and job development. (2004)

PROBATION TRANSITION PROGRAM
716 Windsor Street
Hartford, CT 06120
Tel: (860) 244-3675
Ron Gripp, Program Manager
rgripp@cpa-ct.org

 

Technical Violation Unit (TVU) Back to top

TECHNICAL VIOLATION UNIT — Funded by Court Support Services Division, this program provides intensive case management and supportive services to clients who have violated terms of probation, but have been committed to the program in lieu of incarceration. (2004)

TECHNICAL VIOLATION UNIT
716 Windsor Street
Hartford, CT 06120
Tel: (860) 244-3675
Ron Gripp, Program Manager
rgripp@cpa-ct.org