CJR Waterbury
80 Prospect Street, Waterbury, CT 06702
Phone (203) 757-9939, Fax (203) 756-9922
Substance Abuse Assessment and Treatment Program - This program provides comprehensive evaluation assessment and outpatient treatment services for youth and their families.
Community Diversion Program - provides a comprehensive counseling, family service, case management, recreational, educational and vocational support system for male and female adolescents at risk of juvenile justice involvement or residential placement.
Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program - promotes accountability, responsible decision-making skills and academic achievement as alternatives to parenthood for adolescent boys and girls.
Social Coaches Program - a professional mentor provides services for a six month period with D.C.F. involved children ages 6 to 14. The program coordinator uses a needs assessment to match interests, hobbies and goals of mentors and children.
Building Mentally Healthy Communities - a mentoring program for Waterbury Middle School students who have completed a Functional Family Therapy Program in conjunction with the Child Guidance Clinic.
21st Century Program - is an after school program for "at risk" Waterbury Middle School students which provides an array of academic enrichment services, life skills programming and therapeutic recreational and cultural activities.
Multi-Systemic Therapy (MST) - MST is an intensive family-based treatment model which empowers the youth's family to incorporate pro-active parenting styles which effectively monitor and redirect anti-social behavioral patterns of their children. MST services adolescents from the Waterbury, Danbury and Torrington Juvenile Courts who are on probation.
MET/CBT-5 (New Beginnings) - MET/CBT-5 is a motivational enhancement therapy/cognitive behavioral therapy model of treatment servicing substance abusing adolescent males and females, age 12 - 16, from the Greater Waterbury area.
CARE Program - The Care Program (Center for Assessment, Respite and Enrichment) provides brief residential based transitional respite care, assessment services and case management for Family with Service Needs (F.W.S.N.) girls. Girls can remain at the CARE residence for up to 14 days and are then reunited with their family with a combination of unique family-based services to support the transition.
Alternative Education - provides four alternative educational classrooms in collaboration with the Waterbury Board of Education for students who have been expelled, are chronically truant or are returning to Waterbury from residential placement.
Youth Employment Program (W.I.A.) - provides a combination of work-based learning opportunities in the areas of computer programming, video technology and culinary arts. Youth are involved in a summer work program and continue with the academic and vocational services throughout the school year.
Bridging the Gap - A United Way venture grant program which provides cross generational program with the gender specific program at C.J.R. and Waterbury area nursing homes. The C.J.R. girls go to the nursing homes and work directly with the residents on various seasonal and cultural projects.
