Community Reporting Engagement Support and Training (CREST) Center
Community Reporting Engagement Support and Training (CREST) Center
Community Reporting Engagement Support and Training (CREST) Center is an enhanced day reporting center (DRC) designed to reduce the risk of recidivism in probationers with mental illnesses. It provides substance abuse treatment and crisis intervention. The goal of CREST is to reduce participants’ risk of recidivism and incarceration. Program services include medication monitoring and education, […]
The Connection Center for Behavioral Health
The Connection Center for Behavioral Health provides the latest and most innovative substance use and mental health treatment services for adults and families throughout the state. It is a part of Connection, Inc. that offers community-based programs include outpatient behavioral health clinics programs for first-time wrongdoers. Services at the Connection Center for Behavioral Health include […]
Eddy Shelter of Middlesex County
The Eddy Shelter is an emergency homeless shelter for single adult men and women in Middlesex County. The Shelter provides solutions to ending homelessness while allowing for each individual’s unique capability. They provide basic human needs such as a warm bed and hot shower, providing skills to live in the community, resources and referrals to […]
Former Foster Care Youth Services
The Connection Inc’s Former Foster Care Youth Services provide time-limited case management services and financial assistance to young adults age 18-24 who were in Connecticut DCF care on their 18th birthday (but who are no longer in care). These resources are in place through September 31, 2022.
Michael Perlin Center for Substance Abuse Intervention
Michael Perlin Center for Substance Abuse Intervention provides alcohol education programs and drug education programs that address the problems of driving under the influence. This court-mandated program is designed for first-time wrongdoers who are given the opportunity to erase the arrest from their records upon successful completion of the program. Through the use of an […]
Norton Court Supportive Independent Residences
Norton Court provides on-site and community-based case management and supportive housing services to adults diagnosed with chronic mental illness. The program’s aim is to ensure that its clients are able to live successfully and independently in the community. Norton Court is a scattered-site program in the New Haven area and has been successful in reducing […]
The Start Program
The Connection, Inc.’s Start Program provides homeless youth with emergency housing, temporary rental assistance, and intensive support services aimed at assisting the youth in transitioning towards safe, stable housing and self-sufficiency. The Start Program services include street outreach services for homeless youth aged 16–24 in the Hartford area, host home options for homeless youth under […]
Women’s REACH Program
The Women’s REACH (Recovery, Engagement, Access, Coaching & Healing) program provides female Recovery Navigators for pregnant or parenting women with substance use or co-occurring disorders. They provide education, advocacy, recovery coaching and case management to individuals choosing to work with a navigator. Each Navigator will help connect women to services aimed at enhancing their recovery […]
Designing Justice and Designing Spaces
Designing Justice + Designing Spaces is an Oakland-based nonprofit architecture and real estate development firm with a mission to end mass incarceration and structural inequity. They do this by building infrastructure that addresses its root causes: poverty, racism, unequal access to resources, and the criminal justice system itself. With a specific expertise in evidence-based design research […]
Next Step Cottage
Next Step Cottage is a Connecticut-based residential re-entry program for women who have been impacted by the criminal justice system. It is a program run by the Perception Programs, Inc. which is a nonprofit organization that promotes wellness through holistic and behavioral health care for individuals and our community. It is a 28-bed housing program […]