Hampshire Sheriff's Office
Community Corrections Center
(Northampton, MA)

Community Improvement Associates (CIA) is contracted with the Hampshire County Sheriff's Office in Massachusetts to deliver substance abuse services in a community corrections setting. CIA is a non-profit organization that employs "What Works" programming into their treatment regimen.

This program serves probationers, parolees and county inmates. The population is both male and female and they are treated separately.

CIA uses curricula that follow evidence-based practice philosophy. CIA facilitators are experts in cognitive behavioral therapy. CIA utilizes curricula that help to mitigate dynamic need factors determined by the LSI-R to reduce future recidivism.

Sexual Offender Treatment Program
(Keene, NH)

CIA contracts with CIASO to deliver sexual offender treatment programming throughout New Hampshire. Referrals are made from the Department of Corrections, Probation and Parole division. A candidate for the program is first evaluated using a variety of instruments, STATIC-99, LSI-R, ASI, sexual offender interview and sexual offender's needs and progress scale. These instruments are then compiled into a diagnostic summary. Monthly evaluations are then developed and forwarded to the referral source.

The various assessment instruments include an evaluation of the risk of sexual offending (STATIC-99), risk of recidivism and needs assessment (LSI-R), substance abuse assessment (ASI), self report (sexual offender interview) and a needs and progress assessment to determine course of action and develop a measure of improvement.

Groups are held using a combination of media and therapeutic interventions. Each participant receives a workbook and must consistently participate in the program.

Learn and Earn Program
(Greenfield Massachusetts)

The Learn and Earn Program (LEP) serves adolescent substance abusers who are either on probation or in DYS custody. These youths tend to be disenfranchised and have difficulty finding providers with the skill set necessary to reach them.

Each adolescent is assessed using a biopsychosocial instrument and then has a treatment plan developed. He or she is then placed in the LEP and may be referred for psychiatric services or individual services. The LEP is a sixteen session program that allows participants to earn up to five points per session. Participants must acquire a total of fifty-five points over sixteen sessions in order to be eligible to graduate. Other criteria for graduation include remaining substance-free (monitored by random urine analysis) and trouble-free; the latter is verified through probation input and the receipt of information concerning the participant's interactions with parents, guardians, school systems and other relevant stake holders.