Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction Halfway Houses - Crossroads Center for Change
Regions
Address
(Administrative Office)
244 W. 5th St.
Mansfield, OH 44903
Phone
(419) 525-1540
Fax
(419) 525-4187
Program/Contacts
Lynne Spencer - Intake and Executive Director
Admission/Rejection Criteria
Admissions
- Adult male offender willing to participate in AOD treatment/education
- Hard to place considered on case by case basis;
only admit 25% from outside catchment area
(catchment area: Ashland, Crawford, Huron, Knox, Lorain, Marion, Morrow, Richland, Seneca)
Rejections:
- Considered to be a potential threat to staff, residents or the Community Residential Programs Arsonists; sex offenders; disabilities beyond the resources available by this agency
- Severe retardation; acute psychosis
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Program Overview
- Approximately a 6 month program
- Criminal Thinking errors/Cognitive Restructuring
therapy – five times weekly for a total of ten hours
per week.
- Relapse Prevention – twice weekly for a total of
four hours.
- Aftercare Group – twice weekly for a total of
four hours.
- Drug and Alcohol Education – three times per
week for a total of six hours.
- Mental Health Group – once weekly for two hours.
- Loss/Bereavement Group – once weekly for two
hours.
- Domestic Violence/Men’s Work – once weekly for
two hours.
- Job Readiness – three times weekly until
employment is secured.
- Budget/Finance – Once weekly after employment
and maintained until discharge.
- Recreation – three times weekly for a total of
six hours.
- Community Service – offered at least three times
a week, either at the Boy Scout Camp, Meals on
Wheels, Litter and Recycling, Richland County
Fairgrounds and various internal areas of work such
as lawn care, and daily maintenance of the facility.
Community Service runs from two to eight hours.
- ODADAS certified.