New Beginnings Reentry Services Inc

SUPPORTING FORMELY INCARCERATED WOMEN REENTER SOCIETY

NEW BEGINNINGS HOLISTICALLY PROVIDES REENTRY SERVICES FOR WOMEN IN THE BOSTON AREA AND OFFERS THEM THE HIGHEST CHANCE OF SUCCESS TO PERMANENTLY RETURN TO THEIR FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES.THROUGH OUR PROGRAMS AND SERVICES, CLIENTS LEARN TO EXPRESS FEELINGS APPROPRIATELY, IMPROVING THEIR SOCIAL SKILLS AND RELATIONSHIPS WHILE STRENGTHENING THE INNUMERABLE ROLES THEY PLAY IN THEIR PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL LIVES. THERE HAS BEEN EVIDENCE THAT THOSE WHO RECEIVED DRAMA THERAPY SHOW A SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT IN THEIR SELF-IMAGE, SELF-ESTEEM, AND SELF-DISCIPLINE.TRAUMA-INFORMED SERVICES NEW BEGINNINGS PROVIDES TRAUMA-INFORMED SERVICES. WE RECOGNIZE THAT TRAUMA PLAYS A ROLE IN JUSTICE INVOLVEMENT. TRAUMA IS COMMON AMONG WOMEN IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM, WITH AN ESTIMATED 96 PERCENT OF WOMEN REPORTING AT LEAST ONE TRAUMATIC EVENT IN THEIR LIFETIME, AND MANY HAVE EXPERIENCED, ON AVERAGE, SIX DIFFERENT TRAUMATIC EVENTS. ALTHOUGH TRAUMATIC EXPERIENCES CAN AFFECT BOTH MEN AND WOMEN INVOLVED IN THE JUSTICE SYSTEM, WOMEN EXPERIENCE TRAUMA AT A HIGHER RATE THAN MEN DO AND ALSO MORE OFTEN EXPERIENCE NEGATIVE CONSEQUENCES OF TRAUMA (E.G., POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER). TRAUMA MAY BE EXPERIENCED THROUGH EVENTS SUCH AS ABUSE OR NEGLECT, AND HISTORICAL EVENTS, SUCH AS THE HOLOCAUST AND SLAVERY, AMONG OTHERS. TRAUMATIC EVENTS, PARTICULARLY EXPOSURE TO REPEATED EVENTS, CAN IMPACT THE STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF THE BRAIN - ESPECIALLY IN YOUNGER INDIVIDUALS - AND INFLUENCE SUBSEQUENT COPING RESPONSES TO STRESS AND EVERYDAY LIFE EVENTS. THIS MAY RESULT IN UNHEALTHY, DETRIMENTAL RESPONSES TO STRESSFUL SITUATIONS. NBRS INCLUDES TRAUMA-INFORMED PRACTICES TO EFFECTIVELY ADDRESS EACH WOMAN'S EXPERIENCES. COVID -19 OUTREACH AND EDUCATIONIN MASSACHUSETTS, COVID-19 HAS TURNED PRISONS AND JAILS INTO VIRUS HOT ZONES. DOZENS OF INMATES DIED, AND INFECTIONS WERE ON THE RISE. THE CRISIS PROMPTED CORRECTIONS OFFICIALS TO RELEASE MANY WOMEN WITH NO PLACE TO GO. NEW BEGINNINGS HAS WORKED WITH THE BOSTON HEALTH COMMISSION TO PROVIDE MUCH NEEDED PPE, HOUSING AND OTHER RESOURCES TO FORMERLY INCARCERATED WOMEN.