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

Children’s Friend and Family Services, a division of JRI providing children’s mental health, youth mentoring, teen parenting and juvenile court services to families north of Boston, is celebrating its 180th anniversary this May.  To celebrate its anniversary and Children’s Mental Health Week (May 3-9), Children’s Friend will be hosting the following special local events:

JRI, a provider of trauma-informed care to children and families in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut, has named Matt George to the position of Director of Residential Budgets and Fiscal Reporting.   In this new role, George will be responsible for JRI’s external reporting as well as budget support for residential programs operated by the agency.

Congratulations to Cameron Smith for receiving the 2017 Volunteer Of The Year award from JRI.  Cameron has been a volunteer with Children's Friend and Family Services, a division of JRI, for over five years.

Congratulations to Jasmin Choi for receiving JRI's Intern Of The Year award!

The Standard Times recently published an article featuring JRI foster parents. The article explains the need for foster parents in southeastern Massachusetts, which "is another affect of our opioid epidemic", according to Rob Costa, program director for our Comprehensive Foster Care program.

JRI Health, a division of JRI that provides services to LGBTQ+ youth as well as people living with HIV and AIDS, today announced it has been awarded a five-year, $1.75 million CDC grant to expand HIV prevention services in Boston and Lowell. JRI Health’s Hook Up to Health initiative was developed to reduce the health disparities among gay young men and transgender women of color.