Meet the Board

Referral Services

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1. Alcohol/Drug Abuse treatment
2. Housing

THE CENTER FOR SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT AND REENTRY: is a non-for-profit organization established in 2005. The organization will assist the formerly incarcerated reentry into society, while helping remove the barriers that have impeded them and their families.

VISION:

CORE’s vision is to provide evidence- based practice service to the formerly incarcerated and their families. It is also Core’s vision, they will be able to provide for themselves and their families and become productive citizens.

NEED FOR THE PROJECT

According to 2005 Urban Institute report on Illinois formerly incarcerated, of the more than 33,000 returnees from prison that year, 73% returned to Cook County, 52% returned to Chicago, and 34% returned to 7 Chicago’s 77 neighborhoods: Austin, Humboldt Park, North Lawndale, Englewood, West Englewood, Auburn Gresham, and East Garfield.

teens These 7 neighborhoods have been identified as the city’s most distressed, having the highest city rates in vacant housing, renter-occupied housing, and female-headed households, and the highest numbers of families below the poverty level and serious crimes per 1,000 residents and the lowest number of high school graduates.

Specializing in Anger Management:

1.Certified Anger Management Trainer/Specialist

2.NBCC(National Board for Certified Counselors) approved

3.Approved by National Association of Social Workers

4.NAMA(National Anger Management Association) approved

5.Membership with Anger Management Institute:

Oak Brook, Il since 2009

6.Approved by the Circuit Court of Cook County

Pricing
1. Assessment....................$40.00 (per)
2. Anger Managment 8 week session...$40.00
3. Anger Managment 16 week session..$80.00
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SERVICES
PROVIDED:

1. Adult & Juvenile Anger Management Classes

2. Anger Management Groups or Indivdual sessions (8 and 16 week sessions available).

3. Identifying triggers that produce anger.

4. Development of coping skills to counter anger.

5. Helping indivduals to understand “What is good about anger” and helping them to turn anger into constructive and positive behavior.

6. Life Coaching.

7. Provide course completion certification.

8. Private and confidential services(unless approved by client).

*All classes are based on cognitive behavior therapy*

See Counselor for details

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Mission
To assist the formerly incarcerated in making a successful transition into society and to become productive law-biding citizens.

INTAKE PROCESS:

1.Assessment
2.Orientation
3.Documentation of process
4.Discharge Summary

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Program Goals

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Provide the formerly incarcerated with the necessary resources, support, and evidence-base services for a successfully re-entry.