Community Return to Custody Program (CRCF)

ComCor’s Community Return to Custody Facility (CRCF) program is a treatment-rich program — designed for male and female offenders — that was developed and implemented in partnership with the Colorado Department of Corrections Division of Adult Parole, Community Corrections and Youthful Offender System (APCCYOS). It provides services structured to address the individual needs of parolees who were unsuccessful in transitioning into the community by committing a technical violation of their parole pursuant to Senate Bill 252.

ComCor’s first CRCF program for female offenders was implemented July 1, 2004 to address the specific needs of female nonviolent offenders (Class V and Class VI felons only). The program includes an intensive assessment and vocational skills process and a full range of programs designed to address the individual offender’s previous failure in community placement while on parole.

The CRCF is housed at ComCor’s Transition facility and is under the supervision of the Transition Facility Manager. ComCor’s CRCF program complies with Colorado Department of Corrections “Colorado Community Return to Custody Facility Standards” and all applicable CDOC Administrative Regulations. The program also complies with the American Correctional Association’s “Adult Community Residential Standards,” as revised.

Individuals in this program are under the jurisdiction of the Colorado Department of Corrections, Division of Adult Parole, Community Corrections and Youthful Offender System and the Colorado Board of Parole.

Eligibility for placement in ComCor’s CRCF program is based on criteria established by the Colorado Department of Corrections, Division of Adult Parole, Community Corrections and Youthful Offender System.

ComCor’s CRCF program accepts male and female Class V and Class VI felons whose current convictions are nonviolent by statute, who have committed a technical parole violation, and whom the State Board of Parole would have otherwise returned to prison. The program’s guidelines for acceptance are pursuant to the guidelines established under Senate Bill 03-252.

Parolees are referred to ComCor’s CRCF program based on established Colorado Department of Corrections administrative regulations and guidelines and in accordance with Senate Bill 03-252.

ComCor’s CRCF program is a highly sophisticated two-phase model that works to stabilize, treat and redirect offenders based on their individualized parole violation behaviors. At the heart of ComCor’s CRCF program model is an intensive 45-day Phase I where offenders receive a minimum of 240 hours of treatment and skill-building curriculum. During Phase I, offenders receive evidence-based clinical interventions appropriate for this population, including the Strategies for Self-Improvement and Change, male and female curriculum. Treatment responsiveness is a primary goal of ComCor’s CRCF program. A major emphasis during Phase I is the delivery of a structured pre-vocational and pre-employment skills component that prepares each CRCF program participant vocationally to return to home jurisdiction upon successful completion of ComCor’s program. A sex-offender treatment component also exists for appropriately identified male offenders with previous history of sex offenses. During Phase I offenders have no unsupervised access to the community.

During Phase II ComCor’s CRCF program focuses program participants on employment and earning access back to the community. This phase is based on a highly structured correctional and treatment model that includes offender monitoring, employment and curfew requirements. An aftercare plan is developed for the offender. The offender funds and self-pay program has been designed to allow offenders to save up to $1,000 for use upon successful completion of the CRCF program while still paying restitution and contributing toward the CRCF program per diem, offsetting CDOC’s costs for the program. The goal of this savings requirement is to better prepare offenders for successful reintegration into their home jurisdiction. During Phase II offenders can “earn” community access through compliance with treatment and correctional expectations.

ComCor’s CRCF program provides services for nonviolent offenders in a secure setting within the Colorado Springs community. The program model was designed with managing public safety risk as the top priority consistent with ComCor’s mission statement. Offenders have no unsupervised access to the community during the initial phase of the program (Phase I). Correctional and treatment services specifically address the failure of nonviolent parolees and include limited performance-based access to the community upon completion of the initial phase of treatment.

Individuals participating in ComCor’s CRCF program are assigned a case manager, and a thorough assessment process is conducted utilizing the state’s Standardized Offender Assessment-Revised assessment battery. A vocational needs screen is conducted on each individual to determine if a more thorough vocational assessment needs to be done. A mental health screen is also conducted on each program participant at the time of admission to identify any immediate mental health issues that need to be addressed.

The case manager collaborates with ComCor’s mental health staff, treatment staff and vocational staff to develop an individualized community access and risk management plan for each offender, outlining the program outcomes and behavioral expectations for the individual. This access and risk management (ARM) plan is based on each individual’s unique criminogenic needs and risk factors.

Each program participant has an individualized treatment plan developed under the supervision of ComCor’s Substance Abuse Treatment Program Coordinator and in accordance with established Alcohol and Drug Abuse Division (ADAD) guidelines.

Individuals are required to participate in treatment groups and life skills classes, including vocational classes, while they are at ComCor. Each offender in the CRCF program is monitored for alcohol and drug use, utilizing a well-established system of substance abuse testing. After earning community access privileges, program participants are required to be accountable 24 hours per day, seven days per week, through ComCor’s established system of accountability monitoring. Program participants are required to meet regularly with their assigned CRCF case manager to discuss progress toward objectives identified in their individualized access and risk management plan and to address problems that may be impinging on the individual’s reintegration within the community.

Individuals are required to maintain employment while in certain phases of the CRCF program and are responsible for paying restitution, court-ordered costs, child support and other legal obligations along with their program room and board fees. Each participant develops an individualized budget with their case manager that is used to track employment and financial obligations while in the program.

Senior Program Manager
Jarle C. Wood
719.260.8002

Transition Facility
3808 North Nevada Avenue
Colorado Springs, CO 80907
719.636.5200
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ComCor Women’s Facility
3844 North Nevada Avenue
Colorado Springs, CO 80907
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Phone: 719.473.3033
Fax: 719.473.3037