Volunteer in Center for Community Alternatives

Through a statewide network of direct services, advocacy and organizing, and by supporting the leadership of directly-impacted people, we advance civil and human rights for all New Yorkers.

The Center for Community Alternatives was founded in 1981 with the belief that the solution to crime rests in communities, not imprisonment. Our mission is to promote reintegrative justice and a reduced reliance on incarceration through advocacy, services, and public policy development in pursuit of civil and human rights. Recognizing the devastating impact of incarceration on low-income communities and communities of color, CCA was one of the first community-based alternative-to-incarceration programs in the State of New York. Since then, CCA has grown into a statewide organization widely recognized for its principled stance on criminal justice reform, and for its high-impact programs for justice-involved youth and adults.