The primary emphasis of TCCPC is on the development of gainful employment and productive, responsible lifestyles by the residents. The expectation is that the residents will apply the skills they learn at the center to life outside. A stratified random sample of residents admitted to TCCPC from July 1, 1988, through July 1, 1991, and discharged prior to September 30, 1991, was the basis for this study. Data collected from files included basic demographic and legal data. Follow-up data were collected using the State-computerized Law Enforcement Information Network system. The findings show that failure to complete the program successfully is statistically related to future rearrest. Time at risk to recidivate and program termination type were the strongest factors related to recidivism; and race, time in the program, and successful employment search were, in turn, related to successful termination. Although two-way cross tabulations suggest that nonwhite clients, all else being equal, were almost twice as likely to be rearrested as whites, the impact of race was mitigated by program completion. Similarly, those receiving a negative termination were more than twice as likely to be rearrested than those terminating positively. Successful program completion is thus necessary for the program to have a significant impact on rearrest, and there is some indication that nonwhites are less likely to complete the program successfully. 9 tables and 1 figure