Project New Attitudes

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Project New Attitudes

• Change is Possible

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Description

• Modified Therapeutic Community Model
• Nine week, three phase program staggered
• Twelve month aftercare

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Types of Participants

• Voluntary
• Court Ordered Released upon graduation
• Court Recommended
• Court Ordered County Sentenced and Court Ordered
• Court Ordered Probation w/out County Sentence

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Eligibility

• Central Division, Direct Supervision
• Bond
• Open Charges
• If sentenced directly to the program, some
  open charges are acceptable (Classification)

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Project New Attitudes

• Project New Attitudes brings the Therapeutic
  Community approach to the jail system modified to
  focus mainly on the life skills component of the
  model. The goal is to provide the tools missing
  for many who come in and out of jail to become
  more successful members of the community at large.

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Phase I Belonging-Participant will work on
understanding and developing social skills, and
becoming a responsible TC participant Focus
will include

• Program Rules
• TC Resources
• Communication
• Responsibility and Decision Making

• Orientation to TC
• Confrontation Theory
• Anger/Stress Management
• Changing Criminal Thinking

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Phase II Skill Building-The participant will
focus on building life skills. Focus will include

• Problem solving
• Higher Self Esteem
• Constructive criticism
• Positive attitude
• Identifying feelings

• Stress management
• Professional communication
• Self concept and work
• Support system development

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Phase III Re entry-This phase will prepare the
participant for graduation and entrance into
aftercare. Focus will include

• Interview skills
• Career goals
• Job search skills
• Resume development
• Getting and holding a job

• Money
• Budgeting
• Credit
• Discharge Planning

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Overlay Services

• Americorp
• Pinellas County Extension, University of Florida,
  Department of Labor (Job Start)(Gary Pleiss)

• Center for Conscious Living
• Physical Well Being (HIV, HEP C)
• PTEC
• 211, Social Services

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Aftercare - Resources

• Financial Resources for
• -Training
• - Housing
• -Transportation
• - Food
• -Financial Assistance

• Partnerships with
• -PTEC
• -PERC
• -Pinellas Cares/211
• -Social Services
• -Faith Based
• -Many Others..

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Typical Day The schedule varies each day in
Project New Attitudes depending on programming,
committee assigned time, and so forth. The
weekend schedule varies, but is much more scaled
back in terms of programming. PTEC administers
training classes from 800 am through noon, after
which much more free time is available into
Sunday. What follows is a typical day in the
program, taken from the actual schedule of
December 14, 2001. 300 am Wake Up 330
am Breakfast 330-700 am Breakfast clean up and
personal hygiene 700-800 am Lockdown and
Count 800-845 am Morning House Meeting for all
participants, Evening Review, Goal for the
Day 900-1000 am Morning Group Counselor
Wolfe for Phase I-Changing Criminal
Thinking Counselor Skinner for Phase II-Chapter
7 Anger Management Americorp Counselors for
Phase III Money Management 1000 1030
am Lunch 1030-1115 am Lunch clean up and
morning chores 1115-1215 pm Individual
appointment with counselors, voluntary computer
time, recreation yard, television determined by
deputy 1230-130 pm Afternoon Group
I Counselor McKirdy for Phase I Chapter 3
Criminal Lifestyles Counselor Bonifay for Phase
II Chapter 8 Communication awareness
skills Self Esteem Group for Phase III Grace
Koch, Georgine Higgenbotham 145-245 pm
Afternoon Group II Counselor Bonifay for Phase
I Chapter 2 Intro. and Orientation to Program
Modules Counselor McKirday for Phase II
Rational Emotive Therapy Self Esteem Group for
Phase III Grace Koch, Georgine
Higgenbotham 245-300 pm Daily Wrap up and
Evening Plan 300-400 pm Lock down and
count 400-430 Dinner 430-500 After Dinner
Clean Up 500-700 GED and Study Hall Low volume
program related conversations-Interviews, Journal
time, letter writing, reading, voluntary 12 step
meetings 700-915 Free time, television
programming and Rec Yard use to be determined by
deputy Mandatory PAR Group Last names S-Z
800-930pm 915-1015 Evening cleaning detail,
assignments determined by deputy 1030-1100
Bedtime preparation for those not already in
bed 1100 Lights out In bed, No conversation
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Unexpected Results

• Graduation
• PNA Tribune
• Informal Network
• Aftercare Meetings
• Orientation Presentation

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Court Presence

• Reconsiderations/Modifications
• Status Checks
• Program Testimony

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Project New Attitudes/Project Success

• Differences
• Collaboration

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Project New Attitudes

• Contact Information
• Michael Jalazo, Program Administrator
• Extension 37407, Direct
• 37409, Office
• mjalazo_at_pcsonet.com

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Project New Attitudes

• Jennifer Trivoli, Assistant Program
  Administrator/Clinical Supervisor/Training
  Coordinator
• Extension 37408
• jtrivoli_at_pcsonet.com

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Project New Attitudes

• Counselors
• Brigitte Skinner 46126
• Alicia Bonifay 46269
• Kerry Kushmick 46500
• Administrative Assistant
• Tracy Roberts 37409