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“A new recovery center in Brooklyn is taking a different approach to helping people heal from violence, trauma, and the impact of the criminal legal system.
“City Council members joined staff from the Center for Community Alternatives (CCA) on Tuesday [December 16] for a ribbon-cutting in Downtown Brooklyn, officially opening a first-of-its-kind Trauma Recovery Center.
“The center is designed to support people harmed by the criminal legal system and mass incarceration, as well as survivors of violence and abuse, as they work to rebuild their lives.
“Supported by $1.2 million from the New York City Council, the Trauma Recovery Center offers free, confidential services, including therapy, crisis response, and help with housing and legal needs. …
Most of us have been through trauma and violence well before we become addicted.
“Among those at the opening was Carole Eady-Porcher [Leading with Conviction™ 2015], once a participant in CCA’s programs and now the organization’s Board Secretary. ‘I, too, became a victim of the disease and trauma,’ Porcher said.
“Porcher came to New York from South Carolina after high school, trying to escape the trauma of childhood abuse. Twelve years of drug use and repeated incarceration followed, as she struggled to break what she describes as a painful and familiar cycle.
“‘Incarceration became a cycle that is almost impossible to escape,’ she said. She eventually entered CCA’s Crossroads program for women, where she found support that focused on healing her trauma, not just punishing her past.
“At Crossroads, Porcher said her motivation was simple and powerful. ‘I just wanted to get my life together and take care of my children,’ she said. With treatment, therapy, and community support, she began to stabilize her life and rebuild her relationships.
“‘CCA treatment is built on the premise that most of us have been through trauma and violence well before we become addicted,’ Porcher said. Today she’s a homeowner, a college graduate, and a city employee, living proof of the power of hope and CCA.”
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