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Press Release
For Immediate Release:
September 9, 2003
Contact:
Christina Deibel or Linda Weyandt, (330) 535-8116
Cliff Skeen CBCF for Women Receives National Accreditation
The Cliff Skeen Community Based Correctional Facility (CBCF) for Women was awarded its accreditation by the American Correctional Association (ACA). The Cliff Skeen CBCF is managed by Oriana House, Inc., and governed by the Summit County Judicial Corrections Board. Oriana House is a private, nonprofit, community corrections and chemical dependency treatment agency based in Summit County. The 60-bed facility provides a highly-structured and secure community sanction for female, felony offenders and offers chemical dependency treatment, academic assessments and opportunities, community service, and employment training which are all imperative to the rehabilitation of offenders. Research shows that carefully screened offenders can be diverted from prison to controlled community supervision settings without compromising the safety of the community and with significantly higher success rates. Offenders sentenced to CBCFs usually complete the program in four to six months and are involved in a multi-tiered treatment plan. There are four phases of programming and offenders are given more responsibilities as they progress through the phases. The accreditation process involved a two-day, on-site visit by ACA auditors who reviewed 244 standards, met with Oriana House staff, and interviewed offenders in the CBCF program. Oriana House received a 100% on the mandatory standards and 99.5% on the non-mandatory standards. Bernie Rochford, executive vice president of Oriana House, said the audit results confirm that Oriana House is operating and providing programming above the national standards. "The auditors were very complimentary of Oriana House staff and how professionally we conduct business. They also believe that clients are given the opportunity to better themselves," Rochford said. Rochford noted that the CBCF also received high marks in a recent state-wide study of CBCFs in Ohio conducted by the University of Cincinnati where CBCF programs managed by Oriana House ranked third in treatment effectiveness. The Cliff Skeen CBCF for Women opened in 2001 and is located at 941 Sherman Street in Akron. Other facilities/programs operated by Oriana House that are accredited by ACA include: the Summit County CBCF, Home Incarceration, Day Reporting, Residential Institutional Probation, Terrence Mann Residential Center, Residential Correctional Center, Oriana House Community Corrections and Treatment Center in Cleveland, and the CROSSWAEH CBCF in Tiffin, Ohio.
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