PARCA
Technology Improving Community Supervision
Empowering justice-involved individuals and supervision agencies with digital tools that promote accountability, connection, and successful reentry.
Percentage of JIP with SUD¹
Rates of Recidivism – 12 Months²
Rates of Recidivism Within 3 Years²
Rates of Recidivism Within 5 Years²
Recidivism Related to SUD³
See How PARCA Supports Successful Reentry
Enables DoCs to manage, track and support goals of the Justice-Involved Person (JIP) for a successful reentry when transitioning from incarceration into the community
Provides the JIP with awareness, easy access and connection to local resources such as: substance use disorder treatment, healthcare, housing services, employment opportunities and many others
Helps address the systemic inequities that often prevent JIPs from experiencing a successful reentry into the community
About PARCA
Probation And Reentry Coach Application (PARCA) was developed by Q2i and our academic partners—experts in the Criminal Justice system, Substance Use Disorder Treatment and Mobile Technology.
Dr Faye Taxman
Dr Bengisu Tulu
Dr Steven Shoptaw
Dr Nick Richardson
PARCA was born from a National Institute of Health funded study: “PARCA (a digital tool) to improve Justice and Health” Grant number 4R42DA056255-02
A Smarter Way to Deliver a Reward-Based Care System
100% Cloud, Ready-to-Go
Start using Reentry Coach to support your program in minutes – easily setup and manage your department and JIPs.
Modern User Interface
The Reentry Coach dashboard and JIP app interface is intuitive and easy to navigate for an unequalled user experience.
Turnkey Design
Designed by academic and industry professionals to be plug and play for both the DoC and JIP.
Flexible and Scalable
Reentry Coach can be used as a stand-alone program management solution or easily integrated with third-party systems.
Safe and Secure
Built and deployed on AWS GovCloud to meet government compliance mandates for hosting sensitive data.
Using PARCA the DoC team can:
Calculate, manage and deliver incentives
View and track JIP selected goals for a successful reintegration
View and track steps to accomplish goals
Upload JIP case plan and/or other helpful documents
Provide information on localized support services to the JIP
Manage calendars and appointments
Send/Receive secure messages
Using PARCA the Justice-Involved Person (JIP) can:
View, manage and redeem incentives
Set goals and complete tasks
Use step by step guide to complete goals
Log and track progress
View case plan
Find local support services and access educational material
View appointment and event calendar and receive reminders
Send/Receive secure messages
Keep personal journal to reflect on reintegration process
PARCA in the News
15 May, 2025
24 Feb, 2025
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“It’s helpful just for the fact that everything will be in at one spot.”
Client
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“I mean, it does have good resources. I have accomplished one of my goals, the housing goal. Yeah. So it’s been very helpful.”
Client
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“I did look at the stuff for employment, and it seems they have the phone number right there for several agencies. And that was nice to not have to go hunt that down. It was like right there.”
Client
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“I would say that it was pretty good. It helped me stay focused. And it was kind of like a reminder to get things done. It was like move as you go, like self-paced.”
Client
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“It’s not a normal routine, this is just something we’re trying to figure out so if we don’t get a notification or something we’re not going to remember to go on there and log on and see what they’re saying.”
Case Manager
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“I will look at their emojis on how they were feeling or whatever and when some of them were like sad or not happy or whatever I will respond and ask what’s wrong or is there anything I can do?”
Officer
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“Having everything with probation centralized and knowing it’s right in the app is needed because we have a lot of meetings with our counselor and officer to keep track of.”
Client
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“I did look at the stuff for employment, and it seems they have the phone number right there for several agencies. And that was nice to not have to go hunt that down. It was like right there.”
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References
1 – Bronson, J, et al. Drug Use, Dependence, and Abuse Among State Prisoners and Jail Inmates, 2007-2009. Office of Justice Programs. Washington, DC: Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2017. NCJ 250546.
2 – Durose, M.R., et al. Recidivism of Prisoners Released in 30 States in 2005: Patterns from 2005 to 2010. Office of Justice Programs. Washington, DC: Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2014. NCJ 244205.
3 – 30.3% recidivism related to SUD within 3 years for those released with any offense; 41.2% recidivism related to SUD within 3 years for those released with a drug offense.
Langan PA, Levin D. Recidivism of Prisoners Released in 1994. Office of Justice Programs. Washington, DC: Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2002. NCJ 193427.