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College and Community Fellowship
The mission of the College and Community Fellowship (CCF) is to eliminate individual and social barriers to higher education, economic security, and civic participation for formerly incarcerated women and their families. CCF guides women seeking to reclaim their lives after criminal conviction through the stages of higher education while promoting their leadership, self-advocacy, artistic expression, civic participation and long term economic security.
Quick Facts:
- Focus of initiative/program:
- Education
- Mentoring
- Year Established:
- 2000
- Lead agency/organization name:
- College and Community Fellowship
- Population served by initiative/program:
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- Returning from local detention facilities
- Returning from local jails
- Returning from prison
- Not under community corrections supervision
- Under community corrections supervision (parole or probation)
- Adults
- Women
- People convicted of a violent offense
- People convicted of a non-violent offense
- Sex offenders
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College and Community Fellowship
Contact:
Leslie CampbellRecruitment Coordinator
College and Community Fellowship
Phone: 6463807777
475 Riverside Drive Suite 1626
New York, New York 10115
info@collegeandcommunity.org
www.collegeandcommunity.org/
College and Community Fellowship
Initiatives and Programs
- Focus of initiative/program:
- Education
- Mentoring
- Lead agency/organization name:
- College and Community Fellowship
- Funding sources for initiative/program:
- Private foundation, state and city
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- X
- X
- X
- X
Funding
Partners in the reentry initiative/program
| Informal Agreement | Formal Agreement (e.g., a written contract or an MOU) with this partner. |
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| Education and training providers (e.g., local public school officials, vocational instructors): |
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| Institutional corrections (e.g., DOC, jail, prison): |
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| Law enforcement agencies (e.g., police, sheriff's office): |
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| Members of the community (e.g., people who have been incarcerated, their families or neighbors): |
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Participants
- Population served by initiative/program:
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- Returning from local detention facilities
- Returning from local jails
- Returning from prison
- Not under community corrections supervision
- Under community corrections supervision (parole or probation)
- Adults
- Women
- People convicted of a violent offense
- People convicted of a non-violent offense
- Sex offenders
- Total number of people who have participated in initiative/program to date:
- 300
- Total number of people currently participating in initiative/program:
- 200
- Total number of people who can be served at one time:
- 200
Data Collection
- Does your organization collect demographic data on participants?
- Yes
- If "yes", what kind of data? And what results has this data yielded?
- Gender, ethnicity, country of origin, neighborhood (NYC). N/A
- Does your organization collect data about the process of your initiative/program?
- Yes
- Does your organization measure and/or track the outcome of participation?
- Yes
- If "yes", what kind of data? And what results has this data yielded?
- Job placement, recidivism, and post-program income. 60% of our graduates go on to work in the human services field. Our program yields a 2% recidivism rate. Our graduates experience a significant jump in income from the start of the program to post-graduation.
Activities
- What, if any, activities does your initiative/program include for people while they are incarcerated and how do these activities differ from those offered to the general population?
- Staff conduct information sessions in correctional facilities.
- What activities does your organization engage in post-release and how do these activities differ from those offered to the general population?
- Academic counseling, mentoring, tutoring, financial assistance, community building, peer to peer support, and leadership development.
- How are people placed into your program?
- Referral