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Center for Community Transitions - Charlotte NC
Center for Women Resident Shares Story of Overcoming Obstacles
Carita Jacobs is completing the last few months of her prison sentence at CCT’s residential work release dorm. Her path hasn’t been an easy one. However, as you’ll see in her interview with WSOC’s Glenn Counts, her personal commitment to overcome the odds and be back with her family has kept her going. Read the…
Fair Hiring Process
The hiring process has many steps, from completing an application to phone interviews and criminal background checks, with human resources (HR) doing much of the vetting. Our executive director, who spent over 20 years working in HR, shares why working with nonprofit agencies like CCT can help ensure people with criminal records are not overlooked….
The Charlotte Observer Articles Shine Spotlight on CCT, Incarceration & Reentry
Reporter Devna Bose writes about marginalized people, underrepresented communities, racism and social justice for The Charlotte Observer. She and photographer Khadejeh Nikouyeh spent time recently at the Center for Community Transitions and Center for Women, interviewing and meeting with residents, Executive Director Patrice Funderburg and Program Director Delilah Montalvo. Their efforts culminated in two in-depth,…
CCT Launches Second Chance Fund Campaign
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 incarceration to reentry is the Center for Community Transitions, where she spent two years living at the Center for Women and taking employment readiness classes…
Pretty (and confident) in Pink: First shoe purchase gives Center for Women resident a self-image boost
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 them. But for 34-year-old Erica, a recent visit to Rack Room Shoes was a milestone experience: It was her first time choosing a pair of…
CCT’s Patrice Funderburg Celebrated as “Unsung Hero” in 40 Over 40 Award
“Building People, Not Prisons” isn’t just the Center for Community Transitions tagline. It’s how Executive Director Patrice Funderburg models her path to leading transformative change within the Charlotte community — lowering recidivism, improving access and opportunities to sustainable employment, and disrupting the generational cycle of poverty to prison. The Charlotte Ledger recognized Patrice among “local…
Center for Women: Residents Vaccinated, Ready to Work, Preparing for Reentry
More than a year after the pandemic hit, residents serving out the final years of their sentences through our Center of Women program are finally seeing the light at the end of the dark COVID tunnel. “The ladies have gone through some challenging times with not being able to work, no visitation, no home visits…
CCT Talks Second Chance Employment, Changing Criminal Justice Narratives with Queen City Nerve
Most of the criminal justice conversations in our community are about policing and law enforcement, not on reentry, transition and reducing recidivism. But all of these topics are connected because issues with police result in pathways to incarceration. In March, Executive Director Patrice Funderburg sat down with Queen City Nerve Editor Ryan Pitkin to talk…
Patrice Funderburg Talks Fair Chance Hiring, Bojangles Partnership on Levelset Podcast
The successful second chance partnership between the Center for Community Transitions and Bojangles was one of the highlights of Fair Chance Conversations, a Levelset podcast featuring Executive Director Patrice Funderburg. Levelset works with companies, such as Bojangles, to minimize barriers to attracting and retaining high-quality talent. Team members Matt Joyce, Alex Love and Salomon Moreno-Rosa…
CCT Welcomes Patrick Diamond as Interim Development Director
Patrick Diamond, a longtime and active member of Charlotte’s business, nonprofit and arts communities, has joined the Center for Community Transitions team as interim development director. For the next six months, he’ll focus on major gifts to raise $1 million for our agency through foundations, corporations, individuals and the faith community. Part of Patrick’s efforts…