Newark Community Collaborative Board (CCB)


Board Description

The NCCB is a community collaborative board of community residents, consumers, researchers and service providers, and government representatives working together to build a safer and healthier city through the implementation of a comprehensive community based health program that fosters advocacy of health and community reentry issues at the government level.

Vision

The vision of the NCCB is to build a community where vulnerable individuals are empowered to freely exercise their civic rights and advocate for equitable opportunities for all.

Mission

The mission of the Newark CCB is to advocate for and empower individuals with a history of substance use issues who are transitioning from incarceration into Newark’s communities through community engagement, critical thinking, and civic participation.

The NCCB will accomplish this mission through the following goals and objectives:

Goal 1: To advocate for the rights and needs of individuals transitioning from incarceration to Newark’s communities by engaging the community at large and in civic action.

Objectives:
a) To disseminate findings to the community, government, and potential funding agencies.
b) To advocate at the community and government level for the needs and rights of individuals with a history of substance use who are transitioning from incarceration to Newark’s communities.

Goal 2: To develop, implement, and evaluate Community Wise, a manualized community-based health intervention that strengthens community capacity while reducing substance use, related health risk behaviors, and recidivism among individuals transitioning from incarceration to Newark’s communities.

Objectives:
a) To participate in training that will inform the Community Wise manual development.
b) To meet regularly and collaboratively to develop the Community Wise manual.
c) To obtain continuing funding and implement and evaluate Community Wise.
d) To obtain community funding and support for the adoption of the Community Wise manual in the community.
e) To implement Community Wise throughout the City of Newark.

Members of the board have been working together since September 2010 to develop and test Community Wise’s manual. The first Community Wise pilot groups were held at the North Jersey Community Research Initiative (NJCRI) in November, 2011 and the second cohort of groups began September, 2012.

The Newark CCB consists of the following Board Members: