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• The Healing Powers of Nature, Mindfulness, and Creative Expression! 
  Our teams include many expressive therapists, horticultural therapists, and individuals who strive to bring mindfulness, nature, and creativity into the work we do.  From our Therapeutic Garden in Salem to our "SEED" Programming that encompasses "Specialized Ecotherapies for Emotional Development" our belief is that nature is a healer and an ongoing resource for our youth and families if we can help them to discover it. 

We are excited to announce that Building Communities of Care: A Comprehensive Model for Trauma-Informed Youth Capacity Building and Behavior Management in Residential Services has been published in Residential Treatment for Children and Youth.

We'd like to give special thanks and recognition to the JRI employees who authored this article: Stacey Forrest, Robert Gervais, Kayla A. Lord, Lia Martin, and Kari Beserra. Congratulations!

The Children’s Advocacy Center of Bristol County, a program of JRI that serves children, and individuals with intellectual disabilities, who have been victims or witness to violence, concluded today a two-day training session at the Venus de Milo in Swansea for youth organizations serving children impacted by substance use in their homes.

JRI, a provider of trauma-informed care to children and families in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut, has partnered with the Global Trauma Project (GTP), a Kenya-based NGO dedicated to reducing the impacts of trauma and stress in low-resource communities.

WBUR published this piece on Vogue Hour at Boston GLASS, a program of JRI. 

Read or Listen to the article.

JRI, a provider of trauma-informed care to children and families in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut, has promoted Meredith Rapoza, of Dighton, to division director of permanency and latency services. In this new role, she will oversee four JRI programs, including three therapeutic intensive group homes and a residential school.

The Trump administration’s misguided policy of separating children from parents when those parents are detained due to illegal border crossing may have just been reversed, but the trauma these children will endure could easily last a lifetime.

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The Youth Trauma Program located at the Fernandes Center for Children & Families of Saint Anne’s Hospital in Fall River became a program of JRI, a nonprofit provider of trauma-informed care to children and families in Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut on July 1.

Watch the WBZ 4 CBS Boston segment on the YouthHarbors Graduation.