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How a Center for Women Resident Beat the Odds

By Center for Community Transitions | April 4, 2023

Here’s a snapshot of our LifeWorks! Program Director Sherina (right), and one of our former Center for Women residents, Shaheedah, out and about in the Charlotte community. Shaheedah is now…

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CCT Launches Second Chance Fund Campaign

By Center for Community Transitions | July 14, 2021

In 2009, Ebony began a 10-year prison sentence for drug trafficking. Today, she’s a college graduate and owns a thriving transportation business. At the heart of Ebony’s successful journey from…

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Pretty (and confident) in Pink: First shoe purchase gives Center for Women resident a self-image boost

By Center for Community Transitions | June 15, 2021

For most of us, shopping for shoes is a mundane activity. We walk into a store, browse the aisles for a few pairs we like, try them on and buy…

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Friday Feels: Center for Women resident virtually attends daughter’s graduation

By Center for Community Transitions | February 3, 2020

One of our Center for Women (CFW) residents got to experience something extraordinary today – her daughter’s Navy graduation. She watched the ceremony via live stream, something she wouldn’t have been…

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Holiday thank you message from LifeWorks! client

By Center for Community Transitions | December 23, 2019

This Christmas, our staff received a heartfelt note from James, a LifeWorks! and FIT program client who credits CCT for helping him become a “more successful person.” To continue to…

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FIT Program Client Spotlight: Meet Robert

By Center for Community Transitions | December 12, 2019

Robert was 60 years old when he was released from prison in Goldsboro on June 5, 2018. He had $94 to his name; three days later, he was down to…

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LifeWorks! Employee Spotlight: Meet Traletta

By Center for Community Transitions | December 11, 2019

When Traletta got out of prison, she had no savings, job or employment prospects. What she did have was a criminal record and an uphill battle to convince employers she…

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Families Doing Time: Client spotlight

By Center for Community Transitions | December 9, 2019

*Liz has lived with family the last 5 years under difficult circumstances: her husband and the father of her children is incarcerated. This year, she was ready to venture on…

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Kevin Walsh: From LifeWorks! intern to program director

By Center for Community Transitions | October 17, 2019
LifeWorks! Program Director Kevin Walsh and NC Attorney General Josh Stein

Kevin Walsh is the epitome of a second chance success story. A decade ago, following his release from prison, he had mandated weekly visits with a federal probation officer. Today,…

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Families Doing Time brings holiday cheer to clients with incarcerated loved ones

By Center for Community Transitions | January 14, 2019

CCT’s Families Doing Time program made sure their clients had some holiday cheer this Christmas. The program serves children and families who have an incarcerated loved one. Many of the…

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