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Over 350 women participated in a Step by Step workshop in 2006-2007. Of these, 237 were able to complete a workshop (68%). This is a high rate, since many women are mandated out of our programs because they are discharged, sent to court, sent to another facility or have a conflicting program.

More than 4,000 women have participated in our programming.

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Ongoing Collaboration

Ongoing collaborations with area colleges including Buffalo State, Nazareth, Brockport, Roberts Wesleyan and MCC are helping us strengthen our programming and evaluation. We acquire many of our interns from these colleges.

Table 1: Recidivism Rates of NYS Women Compared to Step by Step Participants

Step by Step Study

The Department of Corrections in Albany, New York analyzed the rate of recidivism of women who had participated in Step by Step interventions as compared to women statewide. The results demonstrate after 24 and 36 months, Step by Step’s participants have lower recidivism rates than incarcerated women in New York State (one-third less after 3 years). 

Consultation & Conferences :

 

1998        Annual Women’s Health Fair at Maguire Air Force Base, New Jersey

                 “Healthy Choices for Women: A Balancing Act”

                 Keynote Speaker:  Margaret Mayk

 

2001        23^rd Annual Symposium on Social Work w/ Groups, Dayton, Ohio

                 “Yo no hablo Español: Facilitating a Group in Another Language”

                 Presenter: Patricia Merle

 

2001        Women’s Resistance: From Victimization to Criminalization, Ottawa, Canada

                 “Celebrating Our Stories: Workshops for Women in Prison”

                 Presenter: Patricia Merle

 

2004        134^th Congress of Corrections, Chicago, Illinois

                 “The Power of the Strength-based Approach in Working with Women in Prison”

                 Presenters: Margaret Mayk and Josephine Powers

 

2006        3^rd Annual WE LEARN Literacy Education Conference, New Haven, Conn.     

“What Can Get in the Way of Learning?”

                 Presenters: Kathleen Dieter and Judy Emerson

 

2007        San Francisco State University Public Research Institute, San Francisco, Cal.

                 “The Effects of Step by Step Workshops on Incarcerated Women”

                 Presenters: Margaret Mayk and Patricia Merle

2007        University of Rochester Spring Research Institute, Rochester, NY

“A Randomized Control Trial to Test the Efficacy of “The Tree Survived the Winter”: A Strength-Based Group Work-Shop To Help Incarcerated Women Name and Overcome Their Lifetime History of Adverse Events”

Presenters: Margaret Mayk and Patricia Merle

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