Amity Foundation Hosts Treatment Communities of America (TCA)
On January 30th, 2023, Amity hosted representatives from the Treatment Communities of America (TCA) to tour campuses and become more familiar with Amity’s recent work and efforts. Amity faculty Danny Romero and Barry Lindstrom began with a presentation on who we are and what we do. This began with an overview of our campuses and initiatives along with a brief description of each, listed below:
• Amistad Secured Facility: 184 bed Residential Campus in Los Angeles, CA
• Vista Ranch: 60 bed Residential Campus in Vista, CA
• Circle Tree Ranch: 139 bed Residential Campus for men, women and families in Tucson, AZ
• Dragonfly: 39 bed Transitional Housing units for families in Tucson, AZ
• Beacon: 55 bed Transitional Housing for former lifers, Campus in Los Angeles
• La Entrada Secured Facility : 60 Custody to Community Transitional Reentry Program (CCTRP) Campus in Los Angeles, CA
• In-Prison services: Nearly 7,200 men and women served at full capacity annually at 18 California State Prison Based Projects
• In-Prison Youth Offender Program(s): 400 Youth Offenders (18-24) served in Valley State Prison, CA, Expand to Fire Camps, etc.
• Amity on Broadway: Over 2,200 served annually in the Specialized Treatment for Optimized Programming (STOP) Area 5- Subcontracted Programs/Housing serving prison released state parolees throughout Los Angeles County.
• Just In Reach: Jail project serving over 500 chronically homeless men and women in Los Angeles County
• Employment services: Six projects located throughout Southern California (DOR, WIOA)
• Third Party Administrator – LA County Measure J, CFCI, and ATI Initiatives
The presentation then went on to cover Amity’s recent collaborations including the Coalition for Responsible Community Development (CRCD), Los Angeles Regional Re-entry Partnership (LARRP), and Returning Home Well. The Coalition for Responsible Community Development is a partnership in Los Angeles County to provide affordable and permanent housing to former criminal justice involved men and women. November 2020 broke ground on two new housing sites in South Los Angeles. LARRP partners multiple reentry stakeholders and government agencies locally to welcome people home from incarceration. Returning Home Well is a first of its kind, Private/Public partnership with the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation Funding and Private Foundation Philanthropic Funding of Reentry. For more information on these initiatives and campuses, you can view our annual reports here.
The Treatment Communities of America (TCA) is a consortium of 600+ treatment/therapeutic communities throughout the country. These communities offer a variety of services ranging from primary care and residential treatment to education and outreach efforts. Amity has been involved with TCA’s efforts in continuing to spread access and awareness of a variety of criminal justice and healthcare issues that deeply affect the communities in which we operate. For more information on TCA and their mission, you can visit https://www.treatmentcommunitiesofamerica.org/. We would like to thank all of the representatives who joined us a few weeks ago and their continued partnership with Amity and our efforts.