CSF „Garstyčios grūdas" since 2003 is implementing prisoner’s psychosocial rehabilitation and reintegration into society and labor market activities. CSF „Garstyčios grūdas“ has unique psychosocial rehabilitation centre for prisoners that are drug/alcohol addicts. Center „Oasis“is situated in Alytus correction house 5th sector. Prison-ers voluntarily chose to enter the psychosocial and vocational
program for 1,5-3,5years, until they finish their sentence. Center at the time works with 35-56 prisoners that has drug/alcohol or crim-inal behavior addictions. Center has joinery workshop, where prisoners gain vocational training. Goals:
• To help prisoners and returning prisoners to integrate into the labor market, by reaching to avoid their social exclusion.
• To help prisoners and returning prisoners to become a full – fledged members of society. Social rehabilitation – individual and group motivation on purpose to form or restore social and self-sufficing skills
• Personal needs assessment
• Social worker individual consultation
• Psychologist individual consultation
• Virtual program „Prisoners integration into society“
2. Vocational rehabilitation – personal training for work and employment opportunities enlargement
• Computer literacy training
• Law literacy training
• English language training
• Mentor individual counseling
• Mentor practical group session
• Work therapy
• Recruitment consultant individual counseling
• Joiner profession theoretical and practical training
3. Practical training (practical job skills training) in the workplace
Since 2004 Charity and support fund "Garstyčios grūdas" in psychosocial integration and reinte-gration field has successfully integrated into society 56 prisoners that were drug/alcohol addicts. 35 of these prisoners were young people, which is 62% (18-29m.).
