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At the 2012 MANDI Awards, WCS was featured in this interesting video profile.
WCS Video on YouTube
WCS is featured in NHTSA PUBLICATION!
Our SCRAM Program is featured in a national research study.
Take a look at the publication!WCS BEGINS EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICES (EBP) COMMITTEE
WCS is committed to implementing Evidence- Based Practices (EBP) in all programming.
Learn More!View the WCS "Celebrating 100 Years" Report!
The report looks at WCS' service to the community over the last century and today.
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Individuals who participate in WCS programs come from different walks of life but have one thing in common – they ALL have experienced some kind of significant adversity.
Most have been involved, or are at risk of becoming involved, in the criminal justice system. Some have been expelled from school. Some have been in prison. Others live with mental illness, addictions, or both. These serious challenges may seem insurmountable, but WCS programs help individuals FIND and STAY ON a path to their own personal success.
At WCS, experienced and dedicated staff members use nationally recognized best practices, research-based strategies, and proven curriculums, to ensure that participants can:
find freedom from addiction
Addiction can affect anyone, no matter their age, race, or socioeconomic status. A variety of WCS programs work with individuals on their journey to recovery.
- Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse (AODA) Treatment Services
- Central Intake Unit
- Recovery Support Coordination Unit
Secure Continuous Remote Alcohol Monitoring (SCRAM)
Justice Thurgood Marshall House
Drug Testing and Reporting Services
be accountable for their actions
For many individuals, taking responsibility for past offenses and being held accountable for their actions are key parts of changing their behavior and the preventing future offenses. Through monitoring, testing and/or intensive case management, several WCS programs help individuals move beyond their past situations and on to healthier, more productive lives.
Intoxicated Driver Intervention Programs
- Kenosha
- Milwaukee
- Sheboygan
- Waukesha
Secure Continuous Remote Alcohol Monitoring (SCRAM)
Waukesha Adult Community Service Options
Waukesha Alcohol Treatment Court
Waukesha Intensive Tracking & Aftercare
Waukesha Pretrial Supervision Program
Drug Testing and Reporting Services
Project Excel – Intensive Day Treatment Program
realize economic independence
Finding a job these days is difficult, but for those with a troubled or criminal past, finding employment is especially challenging. For these individuals, WCS programs provide job training, job placement, driver’s license recovery and other targeted services that help remove barriers to employment and increase each participant’s skills and earning potential.
Waukesha Re-entry Employment Services
Center for Driver’s License Recovery & Employability (CDLRE)
Employment & Training Services
move beyond a criminal past
Those returning to their families and communities after incarceration face tremendous social, emotional and economic challenges. WCS programs work with men and women during this transitional time to make sure they have the tools and critical support they need to leave their past behind and move on to healthy, crime-free lives.
- Opening Avenues to Re-entry Success (OARS)
- Outpatient Competency Restoration Program (OCRP)
Justice Thurgood Marshall House
achieve success despite adversity
Adversity is the common thread for all who participate in WCS programs. Just learning to live with the adversity is trtue success for many participants. For others, success means overcoming the adversity and finding a whole new way of life.
- Opening Avenues to Re-entry Success (OARS)
- Outpatient Competency Restoration Program (OCRP)
Mental Health Outpatient Clinic
- Community Support Program (CSP)
- Intensive Targeted Case Management Program (ITCM)
Milwaukee Excel High School (MEHS)
- Mental Health Treatment
become positive members of the community
Often, the trajectory for those involved, or at risk of becoming involved, in the criminal justice system, is a downward spiral. Several WCS programs are dedicated to keeping these individuals away from negative influences and guiding them on a path to becoming positive, contributing members of the community.
Intensive Targeted Case Management Program (ITCM)
Mediation & Restorative Justice Center
- Agree to Succeed-Truancy Mediation
- Kick Conflict
- Teen Court
- Victim Offender Conferencing - Youth & Adults
- Youth Accountability Panel