Specifications include, but are not limited to: provide Family Therapy and Counseling for Male and Female Offenders for the Bridge Programs on Oahu. The Bridge Program provides transitional opportunities from institutional living to community work and re-socialization furloughs. Specialized services are needed to address the identified problem areas of the offenders as they transition back into the community. The Laumaka Bridge Program is a 64-bed facility for male offenders at the Laumaka Work Furlough Center, Oahu Community Correctional Center. The Olomana Bridge Program is a 15-bed facility at the Olomana Housing Unit, Women’s Community Correctional Center.; 1. Provide family therapy and educational services (family systems dynamics, dysfunctional families, healthy families, domestic violence, anger/stress management, family conflict, psychopathology, substance abuse, and antisocial behaviors etc.) for all Bridge participants.; 2. Assist family members to identify and address issues which may contribute to difficulties during the recovery process such as abandonment and neglect, abuse, inappropriate or ineffective communications, marital and sibling issues, grief and loss issues, unresolved family or individual issues.; 3. Family integration and support is addressed individually and in-group sessions to assist in providing the appropriate support for inmates when they are released in the community and/or parole.; 4. Delivery of services by the Service Provider will be conducted on PSD property and/or at a designated location approved by the SAPM, Monday through Friday, at hours (possibly including evening and weekend hours) coordinated with PSD staff.; 5. Monitor inmates’ compliance with their family treatment plan. Communicate regularly with the Bridge program supervisor to coordinate the inmate’s treatment activities with other treatment objectives and interventions. Provide monthly group and individual notes to Bridge supervisor.
