Mission Statement
Correctional Transition Services, Inc. (CTSI) is a
non-profit organization dedicated to providing unique and proven
community-based programming for individuals transitioning from the
criminal justice system back into their communities. CTSI believes
without reservation that all individuals possess the ability to make
positive life changes. Based upon this belief, CTSI provides chemical
dependency treatment, cognitive re-structuring intervention and life
skill services while encouraging change by inspiring personal
responsibility and accountability.
Core Values
Accountability:
We insist on the highest standards of
accountability and transparency from our clients and ourselves. We
accept responsibility and hold ourselves accountable to each other, our
clients, our volunteers, our contributors, and our community.
Program Integrity:
We commit to providing the best
assistance to our clients as we can. We manage our programs honestly and
directly, accept responsibility for our actions, and follow through on
commitments and promises.
Respect:
We recognize the inherent dignity in every
human being, and we honor that in ourselves and in our clients as the
most solid basis for mutual trust, cooperation, and progress in our
lives.
Belief in Human Resilience:
We believe that all individuals
possess the ability to make positive life changes and contribute to the
good of their community.
Client Focused:
The success of our clients defines our
success. We put the good of our clients first and are committed to their
long term recovery.
CTSI’S ‘Day One’ of our clients new way of thinking and behaving
The ‘Day One’ Program utilizes as its program foundation, principles of
sound programming identified through the most exhaustive collection of
research in correctional programming most commonly known as "What
Works". Our program is behavior based and..
Focuses on current factors that influence behavior
Is action oriented
Our clients behavior is appropriately reinforced
Located in North Minneapolis with easy access by bus and interstate,
CTSI offers intervention and re-entry services by providing
comprehensive "best practices" programming and acts as a conduit to
community resources that facilitate positive outcomes.
C.T.S.I.-Working to make people, families, and our community, stronger,
healthier, and safer.
Correctional Transition Services provides re-entry training to
ex-offenders making the transition back to everyday life. Focusing
on life skills, chemical dependency treatment, and general behavioral
counseling, CTSI helps ex-offenders prepare themselves for re-entry back
into society. CTSI Counselors provide hands-on treatment of chemical
dependency, lifeskills, and general transition issues for ex-offenders
facing re-entry.
Challenges are what make life interesting; overcoming them is what
makes life meaningful.
-Joshua J. Marine