SOP_NUMBER: 107.13-att-1
TITLE: Program and Treatment Completion Certificate
DIVISION: Unknown
TOPIC_AREA: 107 Policy-Counseling/Risk Reduction
WORD_COUNT: 451
POWERDMS_URL: https://public.powerdms.com/GADOC/documents/184340
URL: https://gps.press/sop-data/107.13-att-1/

SUMMARY:
This document describes the Georgia Department of Corrections Program and Treatment Completion Certificate, which is issued to eligible offenders to document their educational, vocational, treatment, and personal development achievements during incarceration. The certificate is intended to support successful reentry into society and assist with job searches. Eligibility requires a Mental Health Level 3 or below, no conviction of a serious violent crime as defined by O.C.G.A. 17-10-6.1, and no additional crimes committed during current incarceration.

KEY_TOPICS: program completion certificate, treatment completion, reentry, job search, vocational education, academic education, GED, vocational training, offender achievements, release paperwork, risk reduction, counseling, personal development, work history

ATTACHMENTS:
  1. Program and Treatment Completion Certificate
     URL: https://gps.press/sop-data/107.13-att-1/

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### **Eligibility Criteria**
####  Mental Health Level 3 or

_**below**_
####  No conviction of a Serious

_**Violent Crime as defined by**_
_**O.C.G.A. 17-10-6.1**_
####  No conviction of additional

_**crime(s) committed during**_
_**current incarceration**_


**Mary Pickford**



**Definition:**


**Program** **and** **Treatment**


**Completion** **Certificate:** An


official printout issued to


offenders under the rules and


regulations of the Board of


Corrections. The certificate shall


symbolize an offender’s


achievements towards successful


reentry into society.


## **_Georgia Department of_** **_Corrections_** **_Program and Treatment_** **_Completion Certificate_**

# Your path to Reentry!




How will it benefit your job search?



**Part I: Needs Assessed Programs and**
**Treatment Completed.** This section will list
all assessed and referred mandated programs
identified by a GDC approved assessment and
completed by the offender.


**Part II: Needs Assessed Programs and**
**Treatment Not completed.** Activities in this
section have not been completed for one of the
following reasons: Withdrawn from Program
or Released Prior to Completion.


**Part III: Academic Education Classes** .
Activities in this section reflect any academic
educational programs completed or enrolled in
during the current incarceration. _**Unless**_
_**completed within a GDC facility all GED**_
_**and/or**_ _**High**_ _**school**_ _**information**_ _**is**_
_**self-reported**_ . If an offender self-reported a
GED and/or High School Diploma or higher
education, this section will display it as
Self-reported GED/High school diploma or any
higher education. Otherwise, it will show any
academic programs enrolled in by an offender
during the current incarceration and show its
current status as of date of certificate.


**Part IV: Vocational and Work History.**
This section includes any job skills, work
details, On-the-Job Training, Outside
Employment, and Vocational Education
participation. Vocational Education classes
follow the Department of Technical and Adult
Education outlines. Program availability differs
depending on location.


**Part V: Personal Development and**
**Special Programs.** This section includes
programming completed by the offender which
is beyond those required / identified through
an assessment in which the offenders believe
will enhance their overall development and
reentry. Special programs include but are not
limited to Veterans Dorm, Faith and Character
Dorm, New Orleans Baptist Theological
Seminary, and In-house Transitional Centers.








# Delivery and Issuance

#### • Program and Treatment Completion Certificate will be printed on approved stationery only. • The offender will be provided an original Program and Treatment Completion Certificate along with all other release paperwork and items. • Offenders may request copies of the Program and Treatment Certificate at any GDC facility. This copy can be printed on regular paper and notarized. The certificate copied on regular paper and notarized by any valid notary GDC personnel will be treated as a valid copy. • All requests for duplicate Certificates utilizing the official paper must be made at Corrections Central Office in Forsyth, GA. Offender must pay fees, if applicable, prior to receiving the certificate.