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Causes: Mental Health, Substance Abuse Dependency, Prevention & Treatment
Mission: To promote the independence, responsible citizenship, and well-being of individuals and families involved, or at risk of involvement, in the child welfare, juvenile justice, or criminal justice systems.
Programs: Csi adult residential division includes residential community work release programs providing services that focus on preparing the client for re-entry into the community after being incarcerated. Each facility is a residential program that in addition to providing room and board also provides structure, supervision, professional services and individualized case management. Csi operates ten residential programs, nine of which are under contract with the connecticut department of corrections. Male and female clients are referred by the connecticut department of corrections, federal bureau of prisons, the united states probation office and pretrial services office. The overall fy2017 success rate for the adult work release programs was 78%.
multisystemic therapy (mst) is an intensive family and community-based treatment service that addresses multiple aspects of serious anti-social behavior in adolescents. Mst views an individual's behavior as being influenced by the systems around them, family, peers, school, and neighborhood. Mst interventions address the many factors that are known to contribute to delinquency where the youth lives, works and plays. Csi has been delivering mst services for seventeen years. We currently deliver services in ga, md, nj, pa and ri. The 2017 discharge data shows: youth living at home-86. 0%, still in school-83. 0%; youth with no new arrest-86. 1%.
csi operates alternative in the community (aic) programs in cities in connecticut and two day reporting centers (drc) in california. Funded by the connecticut judicial department court support services division (cssd) and the santa barbara sheriff's department. These programs accept court-referred clients as part of a pretrial diversion program. They also provide services to probation and parole pre-violators. The programs are open for extended day, evening and weekend hours. The aic and drc staff members administer assessments, use targeted intervention strategies, and assist clients in gaining full-time employment among meeting other individualized needs. Csi has been providing aic services for over 20 years and is the largest aic provider in connecticut. During fy2017 the aic's and drc's had a cumulative average utilization of 2772 and achieved an 87% successful completion rate.