The Shadow
RICHMOND, VA (VR) – The Virginia Department of Corrections’ (VADOC) Community Corrections Alternative Program (CCAP) has partnered with circuit court judges across the Commonwealth to address the increasing need for Substance Use Disorder (SUD) services by creating a new Recovery Court Pathway initiative.
Prior to this new pathway, recovery courts with limited local resources focused on outpatient treatment services. Now, with the Recovery Court Pathway initiative, these courts will be able to refer their participants for intensive residential SUD services as a continuum of care.
The CCAP Recovery Court Pathway program lasts 24 weeks, providing a wide variety of services, including SUD programs, cognitive programming, anger management programming, vocational skills training, and education. These services are available at all five CCAP facilities in Virginia: Appalachian CCAP, Brunswick CCAP, Chesterfield Women’s CCAP, Cold Springs CCAP, and Harrisonburg CCAP. Probation Officers provide regular participant progress reports to the court and video check-ins when requested.
After successful completion of their programming, probationers are returned to their designated recovery court to continue with supervision and outpatient services.
“Our CCAP programs continue to find innovative and strategic measures to help probationers and parolees as they successfully transition back into society and the Recovery Court Pathway showcases that innovation,” said VADOC Director Chad Dotson. “This new initiative also highlights our cooperation with Virginia’s Court System and the VADOC’s mission of providing effective supervision, which creates long-lasting public safety for Virginians.”
The VADOC’s CCAP is an alternative to incarceration, giving probationers and parolees the opportunity to engage in treatment, education, vocational training, and employment in a structured setting in order to promote long-lasting public safety. Learn more about the CCAP program on the VADOC website.
