Day treatment centers emphasize alcohol and drug abuse counseling, day to day accountability, drug testing and reporting, correctional case management; and individual and group counseling. Counseling services include parenting, domestic violence intervention, cognitive intervention, anger management, income management, education, employment/vocational. Community support/service networks and transitional/aftercare services are also provided.

Day Treatment Centers exist in:

La Crosse, Baraboo, Madison, and Wausau, Wisconsin.

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Correctional case management for offenders in the community. Customized treatment plans are designed to address the various living skills areas defined by assessment as needing assistance. Such areas could include job seeking skills, alcohol and other drug abuse issues, specific behavioral counseling i.e. parenting, domestic violence, sex offender issues, anger management, cognitive restructuring formats; vocational and educational linkages, and other community based referrals as necessary.
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Community reintegration services for persons returning from the Sand Ridge Secure Treatment Center under Chapter 980 Sexually Violent Persons Act.  Addresses housing needs, food, transportation, job placement, monitoring and linkage to probation and parole.  The original unit initially funded by the Department of Health and Family Services has recently been augmented by a statewide contract from the Department of Corrections for reentry services for the "high profile" sex offenders.  Both contracts draw heavily on our decades of experience with high risk, high profile persons in our residential formats.

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Supervised Transitional Living Programs (TLPs) serve offenders living in Wisconsin and Minnesota communities and promote responsible, pro-social lifestyle, financial independence and responsibility, gainful employment and independent living skills.

TLPs operate in these Wisconsin communities: Adams, Appleton, Ashland, Baraboo, Beaver Dam, Berlin, Beloit, Green Bay, Janesville, Jefferson, La Crosse, Lancaster, Madison, Mauston, Milwaukee, Montello, Portage, Prairie du Chien, Rice Lake, Richland Center, Sheboygan, Sparta, Sturgeon Bay, Waupaca, Wautoma, Whitehall, and Wisconsin Rapids. In these Minnesota communities: Minneapolis, St. Paul, Duluth, Hibbing, and Rochester.

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Comprehensive assessment and counseling services are provided to sex offenders, domestic violence offenders, individuals with post traumatic stress, and offenders with alcohol and drug abuse issues.

Clinical Services - Sex Offender Unit: Madison with satellite sites in Antigo and Appleton.

Clinical Services - Domestic Violence Unit: Madison with satellite sites in Appleton, Green Bay, La Crosse, Richland Center, and Wausau.

Clinical Services - AODA Unit: Appleton, Ashland, Beaver Dam, Green Bay, Jefferson, La Crosse, Madison, Manitowoc, Medford, Merrill, Milwaukee, Monroe, Peshtigo, Richland Center, Saukville, Sheboygan, Sparta, Stevens Point, Wautoma, Waukesha, Wausau and Whitehall and Wisconsin Rapids.

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Services address daily accountability interface, drug and alcohol testing, court reporting.

Appleton, Beloit, Green Bay, Hudson, Madison, Milwaukee,  Rhinelander, and Wausau.

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John C. Burke Correctional Center - Employment Support Services

Oakhill Correctional Institution - AODA Services

Oshkosh Correctional Institution - Outreach Support Services for inmates returning to the community

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Community treatment group services are offered throughout Wisconsin in the areas of:

• anger management
• cognitive intervention/corrective thinking
• alcohol and drug abuse denial-based and treatment-based groups
• alcohol and drug abuse relapse prevention groups
• domestic violence intervention services for perpetrators
• sex offender denial-based and treatment-based groups
• parenting issues and life skills

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Character-based educational, self-help and support programs for either incarcerated offenders or offenders in the community.  Goals include:  promoting responsible fatherhood and parenting, empowering fathers to assume emotional, moral, spiritual, psychological and financial responsibility for their children, and leaning skills to promote positive interaction with their children.

The Long Distance Dads program is institutional based; working with incarcerated offenders and emphasizes the need for succeeding generations not to follow in their fathers' footsteps.

The Father's Workshop Program is community-based and attempts to create a more positive relationship with their children for appropriate parenting situations.

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Serves youth who are adjudicated delinquent and are considered moderate/high-risk for out-of-home care, correctional  placements or are unable to remain in placement within the county.  Services include promoting healthy/crime free lifestyle, responsible decision making, competent skill development, preserving and improving family functioning and training for parents to improve their abilities to manage their youth in the home environment.  Collaboration with community stakeholders.  Location:  Forest County and La Crosse County.

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A continuum of offender sanctions and services designed to reduce jail overcrowding, increase community safety and reduce recidivism include:

Assessment and Screening - using jail classification system and risk/need assessment instruments to determine offender appropriateness of diversion program.

Case Management - supervision and monitoring of offenders through completion of diversion programs. Collateral contacts with offender accountability are stressed while maintaining extensive communication with criminal justice system personnel. Electronic monitoring added for the higher risk offender.

Day Reporting - emphasizing daily interface, accountability, drug and alcohol testing.

Justice Volunteer Program - combines offender case management and citizen volunteers that serve as mentors for problem solving and responsible living.

Treatment Groups - alcohol and drug, anger management, independent living skills to address the causal factors related to criminal behavior.

Community Service - offenders perform unpaid work at selected public and private non-profit sites. Both individual work hours and supervised crew hours are performed.

Repeat Driving Offenders - Intensive Supervision Program for repeat driving offenders with convictions for operating while intoxicated, operating after revocation, and operating after suspension. Pre-trial and post-adjudication supervision and services include screening/assessment, correctional case management, day report services, drug and alcohol testing, AODA relapse prevention groups, cognitive intervention/corrective thinking groups, offender participation in victim impact presentations, and pre/post testing for attitude and belief system changes.

• Marathon County and Portage County provide county alternative programming as named above.

• Milwaukee County Day Report Center provides case management and counseling services.

• Forest County Acute Protective Supervision Program serves juveniles.

• Iowa County - OWI pre-trial and post adjudication case management services for repeat driving offenders.

• La Crosse County Recovery Support Program serves Drug Court participants.

• Rock County Community RECAP Program serves non-violent offenders with substance abuse issues.

• Wood County Adult Drug Court Case Management Services serves repeat driving offenders.
  

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In collaboration with Marathon County, ACS is the recipient of a Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) Second Chance Act Mentoring Grant to develop a local Community Re-entry Program. The program

provides pre and post release community re-entry mentoring services for adult male and female correctional clients released from Wisconsin Department of Corrections adult institutions and the Marathon County Jail. The goal of the Community Re-entry Program is to assist correctional clients in overcoming the challenges and obstacles that often lead to recidivism and a return to incarceration.

Pre and Post Release Mentoring matches male and female adult ex-offenders with appropriate volunteer mentors who help participants develop an enhanced sense of self-worth along with specific skills and knowledge to increase their likelihood of successful community re-entry. The primary goal of the mentoring relationship is to prepare the offender prior to community release and then support him/her once released through the services of a Mentoring Specialist and CAse manager.

Mentors are needed! A one year commitment is required with training provided.

Contact marathonreentry@correctionalservices.org to become a volunteer Mentor.

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Risk/Need Assessment

Room and Board

Monitoring of client whereabouts in the community and enforcement of program rules and accountability

Documented sign-in/sign-out system and 24 hour awake on-duty staff supervision

Drug and alcohol testing and reporting

Correctional case management

Gradual reentry into the community via restriction and earned privileges

Health screening

Income Management/Education Counseling

Independent Living Skills

Employment/Vocational Counseling

Electronic Monitoring

Development of appropriate leisure time activities

Anger Management Group Counseling

Cognitive Intervention Group Counseling

Rational Emotive Therapy Counseling

Comprehensive individual and group counseling for sex offenders, domestic violence offenders, and individuals with alcohol and drug abuse difficulties

Creation of community support/service networks and Transitional/Aftercare services
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