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Research study on Mental Management Mindful Movements Training: Smith, H. P., Ferdik, F., Turner, A. L., & Radcliffe, S. (2022). An evaluation of a yoga program designed for correctional administrators and officers. Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, 61(1), 37-60. doi:10.1080/10509674.2021.2017385  Other publications on or from Connecting for Success: Getting the Most Out of Parent-Teacher ...
Throughout the course of its six-year existence, Connecting for Success implemented several support services to incarcerated parents and young people who have or have had incarcerated parents that have shown positive outcomes. Among the supports that staff deem most successful are the 72-hour stability plan, the Anger Management Mindful Movements ...
The services offered through Connecting for Success are possible due to an ongoing, productive collaboration between the Dorchester County Health Department and the Dorchester Department of Corrections (DDC). Leadership at the DDC facility, where incarcerated fathers and corrections officers now receive yoga and psychoeducation instruction, agreed to accommodate Connecting for ...
Connecting for Success, which takes a multi-generational approach to addressing intergenerational incarceration, launched with the help of local funding in 2016, and in 2018 the program received federal funding as a Second Chance Act grantee of the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP). The ...
  What is Connecting for Success? The Dorchester County Health Department’s Connecting for Success program is a three-pronged system of wrap-around supports for justice-involved parents and their children in Dorchester County, Maryland. In 2016, staff members of the Health Department recognized the need for meaningful delinquency prevention and reentry supports that would strengthen ...
This fact sheet (PDF, 2 pages) provides an overview of drug court and other problem-solving court program models for adults and youth alike. The document provides information on available guidance, programs, and research resources with hyperlinks to current training and technical assistance providers and relevant documents. Learn more.  ...
Please refer to the OJP Invitation Letter for program-specific information. Statutory Authority: Section 211 of the Second Chance Act, codified at 34 U.S.C. § 60531. Pub. L. No. 116-260, 134 Stat. 1182, 1259 [Cat. 2]
This document (PDF, 11 pages) provides an overview of the concepts of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and childhood trauma, highlights the gaps that remain in our understanding of the impact of childhood trauma and adversity on mental and physical health, and describes how these terms (childhood trauma vs. adversity) differ. ...
This webinar introduced the Rise CORE Program, which equips Parent Advocates with knowledge, tools, and resources to support parents with:  navigating the system to reunify more quickly  navigating the trauma and emotions of their case  strengthening self-advocacy skills  building a support network and connections to resources—so that, once families are reconnected, they do not ...
This community-based, trauma-informed, gender-responsive advocacy intervention is designed for girls 11 to 17 years old who are at risk for or already involved in the juvenile justice system. The program is rated Promising in the Crime Solutions database. Intervention group girls were less likely to engage in physical fights and ...
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