FALL RIVER, MA — The Children’s Advocacy Center of Bristol County, a program of Justice Resource Institute, has received a $250,000 grant from the Bristol County Savings Bank to help create a new agency site to carry out their mission.
Michelle Loranger, Executive Director of the Children's Advocacy Center of Bristol County wrote this op-ed about why earmarks sometimes make sense. Read the full article in Commonwealth Magazine on earmarks for the Children's Advocacy Center of Bristol County.
JRI, a provider of trauma-informed care to children and families in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut, has named Clinton resident Kerry-Ann Williams, M.D. to the position of medical director of children’s residential programming in Massachusetts.
The Boston Business Journal named Bisser Dokov as CFO of the Year in the Nonprofit Category. Bisser was honored at a luncheon at the Seaport Hotel on July 24th.
The Boston Business Journal named Bisser Dokov as CFO of the Year in the Nonprofit Category. Bisser was honored at a luncheon at the Seaport Hotel on July 24th.
Nearly two dozen Meadowridge Academy students were honored at an awards ceremony held June 18 at the Swansea campus.
Most of the academy’s 34 students, as well as parents, were present for the event, which celebrated academic, athletic and other achievements at the therapeutic residential school. In addition to classroom instruction, the academy provides psychological and emotional support and life skills training for youths, grades 6 through 12.
Andy Pond, our President and CEO, testified at the State House on Beacon Hill in favor of a bill, put forward by the Providers Council that would provide student loan assistance to our workforce.
Here is his testimony:
Testimony of Andy Pond
President and CEO of Justice Resource Institute
To the Joint Committee on Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities
Senator Chang-Diaz and Representative Khan, Co-Chairs
May 28th, 2019
Edwin came to us as a non-U.S. citizen from Honduras in Spring 2018. He did not speak English, and was very anxious to re-acclimate to a new environment of different culture, norms and language. For quite some time, he refused to accept these new norms because he feared he would forget where he came from. He did not tell others when he needed things or if he felt sick- even in his native language. He did not want to attend school and claimed he only came to America to “work and send money home.”
May is mental health awareness month, a good time to take stock of our children’s well-being, and also to reflect on what we can do better to help them adapt to challenges they may be experiencing.
Read the full op-ed, written by Tara Sagor, Director of Training and Trauma Response for JRI.
When Alicia’s father, who lived several states away, learned that he had a 7-year-old daughter in a group home, he was immediately interested in bringing her home to live with him, but did not realize that Alicia’s DCF custody would create a great deal of legal and logistical challenges. The clinical staff at Little Heroes Home recognized the potential significance of this permanency relationship, and pushed hard to support regular passes on the weekends that Dad was able to fly up, as well as advocating that DCF appeal an initial denial of the inter-state compact.
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Rachel has been a part of the JRI team since January, 2000. For over 20 years, Rachel has been working in the field of human services assisting families with accessing and navigating services. Rachel received her Bachelors degree in psychology and Masters Degree in Public Administration from Bridgewater State University. She was promoted in July 2005 to Family Networks Program Director where she closely worked with the Department of Children Families for 10 years ensuring that children and families received the highest quality of individualized services ranging from community based through residential care. Rachel is very dedicated to helping the individuals she works with and is committed to improving the lives of children and families. Rachel’s passion for creative service programming inspires her in her role as JRI Service Navigator.
