Project Grant 15PBJA24GG00127BRND

MANAGING TRAUMA IN CORRECTIONS (MTC) IS A DEMONSTRATION PROJECT DESIGNED TO ADDRESS BOTH THE TRAUMA FACED BY INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS AND THE STAFF WHO ARE HIRED TO WORK WITH THEM, HELPING TO BREAK THE CYCLE OF INCARCERATION FOR OUR MOST HEAVILY IMPACTED RESIDENTS. MTC WILL ADDRESS A GROWING NEED ACROSS MA AND NATIONALLY, ADDRESSING HIGH RATES OF RECIDIVISM AMONG EMERGING ADULTS BY ADDRESSING NOT ONLY SENTENCED, BUT ALSO THE GROWING PRE-TRIAL POPULATIONS IN CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS, POPULATIONS TYPICALLY EXTREMELY CHALLENGING TO SERVE. MTC WILL WORK TO ALLEVIATE NEGATIVE INTERACTIONS BETWEEN STAFF AND INMATES IN OUR CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS. MTC WILL SERVE ALL EMERGING ADULTS WITH CUSTOMIZED SERVICES DESIGNED TO GIVE YOUNG PEOPLE THE TOOLS AND SKILLS CRITICAL TO BEHAVIOR CHANGE, REGARDLESS OF THE LENGTH OF TIME THEY ARE BEHIND BARS. CENTERED AROUND THE DELIVERY OF REWIRE CBT, ROCAS WORK WILL BUILD ON KEY EVIDENCE-BASED AND, WHENEVER POSSIBLE, ROCA WILL CONTINUE TO ENGAGE YOUNG PEOPLE IN ITS NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED INTERVENTION MODEL, AFTER RELEASE, FOR A PERIOD OF UP TO THREE YEARS. ROCA WILL SERVE AN ESTIMATED 400 TO 500 YOUNG PEOPLE ACROSS THE COMMONWEALTH WHO ARE REENTERING THE COMMUNITY FROM INCARCERATION, AND, AT THE SAME TIME, WE WILL PROVIDE REWIRE4 TRAINING TO AN ESTIMATED 2,500 TO 3,000 CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS. YOUNG PEOPLE WHO HAVE GONE THROUGH THE PROGRAM WILL DEMONSTRATE IMPROVED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, REDUCTIONS IN CRIMINAL THINKING, REDUCTIONS IN RISKY BEHAVIORS AND REDUCED RATES OF RECIDIVISM. WE ALSO EXPECT TO SEE WIDESPREAD USE OF REWIRE4 AMONG THE CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS WE ARE TRAINING.