JRI的历史

In 1973, in response to problems created by deinstitutionalization in Massachusetts, several young leaders began the 司法资源研究所 (JRI). This unique resource was created to partner with government agencies to address the most confounding problems of the rapidly changing justice and human services systems.

早年

在早年, JRI served court-involved individuals, eventually working with 26 courts in the commonwealth to institute intensive probation, 替代量刑, 归还, 调解项目. 城市法院项目, begun by 司法资源研究所 in Dorchester Court, was named an exemplary program by the United States Department of Justice.

JRI生长

多年来, JRI has taken responsibility for solving a broader array of problems of deinstitutionalization. 按顺序, 该机构证明了, and now continues to operate, effective programs for: those with severe developmental delays who require significant medical involvement; developmentally delayed individuals living with mental illness and behavioral challenges; mentally ill/behaviorally challenged adolescents; court-involved children and adolescents; people living with HIV/AIDS; gay, 同性恋双性恋, and transgender youth; and children and adolescents who have experienced trauma. JRI also provides home-based counseling and trauma-informed care for the populations its programs serve.

今天

司法资源研究所, which is now referred to as JRI, is one of the largest human services providers in the Commonwealth in addition to being the most programmatically diverse. 今天, JRI has over 100 programs that  serve hundreds of clients in residential settings, thousands more in outpatient or community based services. The leadership we provide in public policy reaches tens of thousands more through our work in HIV/AIDS, LGTBQ网上赌搏网站十大排行, and trauma informed systems of care. Each program is exceptionally effective and widely known in its field of concentration, and provides services to individuals throughout the United States and abroad. We employ approximately 2500 employees (and counting) in MA, CT and RI., who each individually and collectively strengthen JRI’s ability to help our clients live more productive and happier lives.