Center for Alternatives in Community Justice

Ken Wilkinson was one of the founding members of CACJ.  Upon his death in 1993, a restricted fund was established in his name by colleagues and friends in the PSU Department of Rural Sociology, CACJ board members, and family. It is used for two primary purposes:

CACJ presents awards to individuals who have demonstrated a commitment for outstanding contributions in alternatives to incarceration.
      Previous recipients include:

• Ronald Horner, Magisterial District Judge
• Gerald Wilson, Centre County Warden, deceased
• Barbara Seibel, former director of  CACJ
• Marie Hamilton, CACJ founding board member and former Executive Director of Centre Peace
  

Up to one hundred dollars is spent on an offender reentering the community for “shoe money”: money to be used for a specific item to help him/her reintegrate. Recipients are asked to repay CACJ when able.

Funding

Centre County Government has provided support to CACJ since 1979.

 
CACJ has been fortunate to have been a member agency of the Centre County United Way since l981.

Financial support from churches, groups, individuals and state and local government are critical for the operation of CACJ’s programs. Donate Now