Family ReEntry, Inc.

Family ReEntry programs are focused on reducing intimate partner violence violence, protecting victims, and creating a framework for healthy, violence-free relationships. Family ReEntry operates in eight communities within CT, providing comprehensive Domestic Violence Defendant/Offender intervention, psycho-educational groups and treatment programs under contract with Connecticut’s Judicial Branch Court Support Services Division (CSSD). Family ReEntry has been operating specialized domestic violence programs since 1999. As a result of these programs, victims are safer, incidences of intimate partner violence and abuse is significantly reduced, children are at less risk, and there is a positive impact on the cycle of violence and abuse.

• Fresh Start Enterprise House is a community-based residential program for ex-offenders that also provides intensive case management and mentoring support. This program is funded by the CT Department of Correction, and Family ReEntry works closely with DOC to coordinate services. As noted from a site visit: EPH is “one of the best run, cleanest and best-kept residential facilities DOC contracts with in the state”.

Advanced Supervision and Intervention Support Team (ASIST) works with male and female reentry clients in need of support around mental health and substance abuse issues. Clinicians work with clients to provide individual and group therapy, with a focus on achieving and maintaining sobriety as well as addressing behavioral health needs. There is also focus on linking clients to to other community providers as needed. APRN assessment and services, such as medication management, are also available under this program. Funding and oversight is provided by the CT Judicial Branch Court Support Services Division (CSSD).

Transitions is a pre-release program offering service to youthful male offenders, ages 14 to 22, who are serving their sentence at Manson Youth Institute, located in Cheshire CT. This is a unique program designed to assist clients in gaining positive life skills and in preparing for their successful reentry back to their families and communities, and becoming a responsible citizen. Initially funded through the Department of Correction, this program has been privately funded since 2016.
A combination of mentoring, tutoring and skills training is provided to incarcerated young men with a focus on: life skills and recovery, counseling/support groups, one-to-one mentoring support, tutoring help for GED and/or post high school education, and reentry planning with families and community stakeholders

Dana’s House is a 15 bed, Department of Correction funded residential program designed to transition men with advanced behavioral health concerns from incarceration to the community. This is a unique program established in 2013, providing intensive supervision, behavioral health with psychiatric APRN services for assessment and medication management, and psycho-educational group services.

The Fatherhood Engagement Service is funded by the Dept. of Children and Families and serves to work with disenfranchised fathers to help reconnect them to their children and to enhance the father-child relationship. Program staff provide intensive case management, coaching support, group intervention and linkages to other community services as needed. Services are referred by DCF and provided to fathers living within Fairfield County as well as to those who are incarcerated and pending release throughout CT.

IPV-FAIR (Intimate Partner Violence Family Assessment Intervention Response) is a trauma-informed and family-focused program developed through the Department of Children and Families (DCF) to provide support for families that have been impacted by intimate partner violence. Families are referred directly by DCF and receive clinical assessment and intervention as well as intensive case management support to reduce violence, increase family safety and enable parents to develop better communication and co-parenting skills. IPV-FAIR offers in home services and works closely with DCF to offer comprehensive support to families.