JUSTICE RESOURCE INSTITUTE INC

JRI has a proven track record of providing outcome based, trauma-informed, empirically sound therapeutic interventions for the complexly traumatized children. Clinical/therapeutic approaches we currently utilize include the following:

ARC: The approach utilized to develop trauma informed programming in JRI clinical/therapeutic programs is based on the ARC (Attachment, Self-Regulation and Competency) framework for intervention with youth exposed to complex trauma. It identifies three core domains frequently impacted among traumatized youth and relevant to future resiliency, including: Attachment, with the goal of building a safe caregiving system that can support youth development; Regulation, which fosters ability to safely regulate and tolerate experience; and Competency, which provides support in the mastery of an array of developmental tasks crucial to resilient outcome. ARC is designed for youth from early childhood to young adulthood, and their caregivers and caregiving systems. JRI’s continuous quality improvement system, which is used to systematically track symptom change as a result of our trauma informed services, has indicated that within 3-6 months of receiving comprehensive treatment in our community based programs, children exhibit clinically relevant and statistically significant decreases in trauma-related behavioral and mental health symptoms, including but not limited to depression, anxiety, aggression, defiance, attention problems and difficulties with executive functioning.

SMART is an innovative mental health therapy for complexly traumatized children and adolescents for whom regulation of emotional, behavioral and interpersonal life is a primary problem. The goal of this therapy is to expand the repertoire of regulating experiences for children and their caregivers and facilitate integrated trauma processing with the aim of nurturing healing and growth. Programs utilize “SMART rooms” which include an array of sensory motor strategies to facilitate improved regulation.

Trauma Center Trauma-Sensitive Yoga (TCTSY): TCTSY is an empirically validated, clinical intervention for complex trauma or chronic, treatment-resistant PTSD. TCTSY is utilized with children, youth, and adults around the world, and has been recognized by SAMHSA as an evidence-based practice.

Programs incorporate trauma informed care. They support youth, adults and families to navigate challenges and meaningfully contribute to society. Services assist those affected by homelessness and health disparities, and those at risk through substance abuse, mental or physical health concerns, violence, and sexual exploitation.

The Attachment, Self-Regulation, and Competency (ARC) framework is a core-components treatment model, developed to provide a guiding framework for thoughtful clinical intervention with complexly traumatized youth and their care giving systems. Drawing from the fields of trauma, attachment, and child development, the framework recognizes the importance of working with the child-in-context, of acknowledging the role of historical experiences and adaptive responses in current presentation, and of intervening with the surrounding environment – whether primary caregivers or treatment system – to support and facilitate the child’s healthy growth and development.

BCC curriculum was developed by experts in the fields of mental health, education, trauma treatment, and residential and community based care. It is being utilized in programs spanning many levels of care, from sub-acute facilities to outpatient treatment. BCC is uniquely designed to provide a clear, systems-based approach to therapeutic work and crisis intervention, while still allowing for a great deal of individualization on the program and client levels.

Families and lifelong connections are often the most important social network in a person's life and can have an enormous impact on the effectiveness on the services, treatment, education, permanency and supports a person receive.Permanency a first and foremost goal throughout an individuals’ stay in our care. Family is broadly defined by each person served to acknowledge and include who the person self identifies as family and permanent connection. Permanency is defined as a safe committed, supportive and caring relationship that is intended to be life-long between a young person and adult.

EFT-CT is a trauma informed ARC-based intervention that can be used alone or in conjunction with more traditional forms of psychotherapy. Consistent with the ARC framework, EFT-CT incorporates 3 core components of intervention that target areas impacted by exposure to trauma including: 1)safety, 2) attachment, and 3) regulation. In addition, routines and rituals (i.e., treatment techniques that create an environment reflective of safety, predictability, and consistency) are woven throughout the model.

JRI invests in ongoing development, and regularly acquires unique organizations to enhance its service continuum. These programs provide best of breed qualities that get strengthened and incorporated as specialized agency resources. This strategy fills service gaps, while increasing operational efficiencies and economies of scale. It supports community need, reduces overhead and administration costs, and ensures JRI’s capacity to retain a skilled workforce.

The goals of all programs are 1) excellence of service and 2) the advancement of the field, through knowledge sharing, research, and development of new models of care.

JRI gets high ratings in trauma-informed care. The TICOMETER, created by the Center for Social Innovation, is the first validated instrument to measure the level of trauma-informed care at an organizational level.

JRI focuses deeply on promoting safety and understanding complex needs related to trauma, intellectual challenges, mental illness, substance abuse, socioeconomic adversity, and the effects of violence and victimization. Clients come from diverse communities marginalized by socioeconomic plight, disability, mental and physical health issues, educational disadvantage and other challenges augmented by racial and ethnic disparity. CATS allows JRI to assess the impact of our services and, subsequently, advance quality at JRI and across the field and close the outcome gap for minority students.

We are currently utilizing the CATS measures and assessments for youth being served in programs throughout JRI. We ran a pilot program for the post-discharge (LTF) project in 2017 and we are in the process of rolling this out to the entire agency. In LTF we are conducting the same measures as well as the functional assessment (RCIL) which includes educational indicators. Utilizing these existing systems, the proposed evaluation will focus on an assessment of racial and ethnic disparities in a small grouping of JRI programs and assessing efforts to retool interventions to close this gap.

JRI has 6 core values incorporated in our strategic plan. They include:
□ Staff Diversity, Retention, and Workforce Development
□ Resource Development
□ Growth
□ Pursuit of Social Justice
□ Information Technology
□ Expertise-Sharing, Growing, Creating
□ Organizational Culture