The Children’s Advocacy Center of Bristol County (CAC), a non-profit organization that has helped 4,600 children and their families who have experienced the trauma of sexual abuse, severe physical abuse or have witnessed violence, today celebrated its 10-year anniversary at an event attended by many state and local service agencies as well as elected officials and members of the law enforcement community.

Thirty Boston area graduates, who have overcome homelessness to receive their high school diploma, were honored on June 19th at Boston Public Library in a graduation celebration hosted by YouthHarbors.

The Children’s Advocacy Center of Bristol County, a private, non-profit agency, provides services to children and intellectually disabled adults who have been victims of severe physical abuse, witness to violence or sexual abuse. Over 90% of all cases fall into the latter category.

Our mission is to equip parents with tools, practical strategies, and connections to other families and their communities to foster healthy parenting and guide them through the first years of the parenting journey.

Shawn Power, who was recently promoted to Senior Revenue Manager, is featured in this business profile in the Metrowest Daily News.

Bay Cove Academy is a small, therapeutic day school located in Brookline, Massachusetts serving adolescents, ages 12-22.  Approved by the Massachusetts Department of Education and nationally recognized by the US Department of Labor for its Career Development Program, the school provides a highly structured, learning environment for teens whose educational and social needs exceed those which traditional public and private schools can accommodate.

JRI was featured in this article from the Cape Cod Times about the effects of substance abuse on children.

David Emerson, founder and director of yoga services at the Trauma Center at JRI, is quoted in this article.  

“The yoga forms may look similar to your average yoga studio, if you just looked at the class. But the way we’re interacting with the forms is quite different,” David Emerson, founder and director of yoga services for the Trauma Center at the Justice Resource Institute in Massachusetts, told Healthline.

My Life My Choice, a program of JRI, honored those who fought for exploited children at their 7th Annual Turn On The Light event at The Seaport on May 10th.

Join us to learn about ways to help your child:

• Feel safe and secure in relationships
• Build skills for regulating strong emotions
• Develop a healthy, positive sense of self and identity

Six-week, free parent group for eligible caregivers of children who have experienced trauma

Facilitated by MBHC/TC Assistant Clinical Director Julie Thayer, PsyD and MBHC Staff Clinician Katryn Little, LICSW, and held at MBHC, 380 Massachusetts Ave., Acton, MA