In March of 2022, the CAC of Bristol County welcomed Chief, a nationally accredited service dog to our team. Chief was purchased by the Bristol County District Attorney’s Office, and was trained by NEADS World Class Service Dogs, a nonprofit in Princeton, MA. Chief is named after a fallen U.S. soldier who fought in Iraq. He passed the Assistance Dogs International Public Access/Safety Test and is available to join children who request his presence in an interview due to his calm temperament and friendly approach.

Chief was featured in the media:

Art Club is open to everyone.  We hope you will join us.

Boston GLASS employees, Merecedes and Henny, are featured in this WBUR article about how ballroom culture offers freedom for queer and trans POC.

Boston GLASS is a program of JRI.

Kareem Berry, who was formerly incarcerated, worked with STRIVE Boston's job readiness program and is now a full-time employee at Brigham & Women's Hospital.

Read the story in the Boston Globe.

Greetings from Chicago.

Melanie Burke, Division Director at JRI met Guy in 2012 when he moved into the Rediscovery Group home where he resided for two and a half years. In 2015 when he turned 22, he aged out of DCF care and he remained connected to both Rediscovery and Mell over the years. Mell was an approved permanency/lifelong connection when he transitioned out of care.

Guy came into care at 2 years old, resided in a myriad of placements and despite many struggles over the years always maintained his goal of serving his country.

JRI’s YOUnity program recently reinstated its partnership with the RAYS program in Gloucester, which is designed for kids who may have been successful at remote learning but who struggle with the return to school, “requiring a quieter environment to do school work.”

Read the full article in the Gloucester Times.

Few social service agencies are as committed as JRI to improving treatment through research and data.

In today’s episode of Justice in Action, we talk to Hilary Hodgdon, Research Director at Justice Resource Institute, and Lia Martin, Senior Associate Director of Quality Management. Together, they are part of a data and research division that is unusual among social service agencies for its size and scope.

Read the full article in the Boston Business Journal.