5225 Corrections and Rehabilitation
Program Descriptions

45 - ADULT EDUCATION, VOCATION, AND OFFENDER PROGRAMS

The objective of the Division of Education, Vocations, and Offender Programs is to contribute to public safety by designing and operating programs that enable offenders to successfully reenter society by addressing the deficits that led them to criminal behavior. It also ensures that departmental educational and vocational programs provide inmates with an opportunity for self-improvement through acquiring life skills and career training. It develops other evidence-based programming options for the correctional setting, such as Cognitive Behavioral Skills.

The primary objective of the Division of Addiction and Recovery Services is to plan, develop, implement and monitor addiction and recovery services within the California Department of Corrections. The program's goal is to reduce recidivism and relapse and to promote pro-social behavior and successful reintegration of the offender. By achieving this goal, the Division promotes the protection of public safety.

The Division serves as the central point for substance abuse treatment and recovery programs development and coordination. It is the primary unit in the Department responsible to develop a departmental standard for evidence-based substance abuse treatment and recovery programs to ensure that offenders housed within the Department's facilities, and those supervised within the community receive consistent, quality programs likely to impact the drug use and crime continuum. These programs include, but are not limited to, the In-Custody Substance Abuse Programs, the Drug Treatment Furloughs, the Female Offender Treatment Employment Program, the Parolee Substance Abuse Program, the Mandatory Residential Aftercare Programs (SB 1453 and MCOP), the Parolee Services Network, and the Community-Based In-Custody Drug Treatment Program.