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Women
4 Change
Executive Director: Virginia Dunstone |
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| Women 4 Change is an non-profit organization
dedicated to providing women in prison the information
and skills necessary to facilitate personal growth in
the areas of self, family, relationships, and society.
With this information women leaving prison will be able
live productive lives and therefore positively effect
society and reduce the recidivism rate. |
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| Women 4 Change seeks to educate women
in the "4" key areas of self, family, relationships, and
society by giving them the psychological strategies needed
to make healthy personal choices and alter negative behavioral
patterns. Additionally, the program serves the children
and families of incarcerated women by teaching women positive
behavioral skills and techniques for passing these skills
on to their families. |
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| Women 4 Change has worked with over 1,200
women at the Perryville facility in Goodyear, Arizona.
W4C has also completed a successful pilot program in California.
At present a ten-year study of released women who have
graduated from the LifeScripting program indicates a less
than 4% recidivism/return rate. (The national return rate
is 67.7% within three years.) The unprecedented success
of this program speaks not only of its value to the women
but of the women's need for life-changing information
that will positively affect their lives and therefore
the future of their children, their families and society.
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