CNN’s Special Series – Black in America: The Black Man focuses on a young man formerly incarcerated at San Quentin prison and his struggles to remain on the right track after returning home to Oakland. The City of Oakland's Measure Y program Project Choice and Measure Y grantee Volunteers of America is referenced in this story.  Below is information about Project Choice:

• Project Choice Program Description
• Project Choice Past Evaluations
• Best Practices in Re-Entry Services
• Project Choice Success Story
• Other City of Oakland, Measure Y Funded Re-Entry Programs

For more information about Project Choice, please contact Dan Simmons, Re-Entry & Violence Prevention Program Coordinator, at 510-238-4978 or dsimmons@oaklandnet.com.