Community Resources for Justice, Inc.
Community Resources for Justice, Inc.
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Mission
We change lives and strengthen communities by advancing policy and delivering individualized services that promote safety, justice, and inclusion.
About
Community Strategies - Massachusetts (CSMA), a division of Community Resources for Justice, provides comprehensive community-based residential, vocational and clinical services in a highly supervised therapeutic environment to dually diagnosed individuals with behavioral challenges. Since its inception in 1993, the program has evolved into a specialized service provider with unique expertise in serving individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities and psychiatric disorders, as well as those with past involvement in the criminal justice system. With an emphasis on utilizing positive behavioral supports (PBS), the goal of CSMA is to provide these individuals with the opportunity to live happily and comfortably within the community while maintaining a safe, high quality and cost-effective program. CSMA operates thirty-six homes and thirty-three shared living arrangements in 28 communities. Presently, the program's primary funding source is the Massachusetts Department of Developmental Services. Funding is also provided by the Department of Mental Health, Department of Children and Families and out-of-state agencies. CSMA maintains the safety of our individuals and members of the community while teaching individuals the skills they need to function more independently. We are successful when individuals learn necessary social and life skills, have greater opportunities for inclusion in the community, secure meaningful employment and require less external structure. We provide a continuum of supports - ranging from group programs with 24/7 supervision, through shared living with a home provider, to case management where the individual lives independently with minimal supports. We have been successful in supporting individuals move into situations of greater independence. In the last two years, we have transitioned a number of individuals from group home programs into shared living homes. In the last few years, we have continued to see an increase in the number of individuals who have obtained and successfully maintained competitive employment in the community and/or who have required less formal job coaching to be successful. Our individuals increasingly attend community college, formally study for their GED, take vocational classes, and attend religious study classes. Many more of our individuals have developed quality personal relationships with members of the community. This increased community involvement has been accompanied by a high level of demonstrated proactive social skills, community awareness, and safe behavior.
