Center for Community Alternatives

Center for Community Alternatives (CCA), was founded in 1981 and is a community-based alternatives to incarceration and policy advocacy to reduce reliance on incarceration. The company provides direct services to communities in New York City, Syracuse and Rochester, engaging approximately 2,500 youth and adults annually who would otherwise be incarcerated. The great majority of its participants are African-American or Latino/a and come from poor or low-income communities. They are headquartered in Syracuse, New York.