Center for Positive Change to host largest graduating class ever

July 7, 2017

SOLANO COUNTY – The Probation Department's Center for Positive Change (CPC) will host a summer completion ceremony to honor 83 high-risk offender clients who have successfully completed the CPC program. Everyone is welcome to attend the ceremony on July 25 at 4 p.m. at the Solano County Events Center, 601 Texas Street in Fairfield.

"This is the largest graduating class we’ve ever had," says Christopher Hansen, Chief Probation Officer for Solano County.  “Every single one of these graduates has worked hard to change their lives for the better – and for that they will be celebrated.”

The CPC opened in April 2013 as a result of the implementation of Assembly Bill 109 (AB109), which made fundamental changes to California’s correctional system.  AB109 changed the sentencing and supervision of people convicted of felony offenses and amended a number of statutes concerning definitions of felonies, where sentences are served, and how defendants are supervised.

Designed as a one-stop-shop, the CPC provides comprehensive rehabilitation services designed to reduce recidivism.  The goal of the CPC is to assist and provide services to offenders returning from the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) and our County jail facilities, and moderate to high risk offenders who are under the jurisdiction of the Probation Department.

The CPC graduated 37 individuals in 2015 and 45 in 2016.

This event is free to the public.  For more information and to RSVP please contact Nicole Bryant at (707) 553-5253 or [email protected].