Theatre Fairfield Student Independent Project’s production of Proof to Benefit Fellowship’s Expressive Arts program

Theatre Fairfield’s production of David Auburn’s play “Proof”, performed Jan. 25 through Jan. 27, was outstanding–college theatre at its best.  Director Shannon Kelley and the cast captured the agony, fear, and loss experienced by families facing the mental illness of a loved one and, at the same time, left the audience with a sense of hope.

Special thanks to Theatre Fairfield and the Student Independent Project for donating proceeds from the production to Fellowship’s Expressive Arts program.

Fellowship Place thankful to break ground on long awaited project.

This week Fellowship Place broke ground on the final phase of the Campus Renovation Plan began in 2007. The project entails the demolition and replacement of a nonfunctional, dilapidated garage with a new maintenance storage facility. In addition to housing equipment and supplies, the facility will offer a maintenance job-training opportunity for clients who want to learn warehouse skills such as inventory tracking and storage. The project is being funded with a CT Non-profit Grant for infrastructure improvements from the Office of Policy & Management and private donations. With the support of various public/private partnerships, over the last 12 years Fellowship Place has transformed the once old and tired buildings that make up its campus, into vibrant welcoming centers where people living with a serious mental illness may find daily structure, an array of productive activities, and positive social connections. Special thanks to our supporters for making the campus transformation more than just a dream.

Season’s Greetings from Fellowship Place

Fellowship Place Holds Annual Health Fair on Nov 14th

Fellowship Place clients participated in valuable health screenings and received important health & wellness information at the agency’s annual health fair. Exhibiting community agencies included Yale New Haven Hospital, Yale Cancer Center, Cornell Scott Hill Health Center, SCSU Nursing Students, and others.  A special thank you to the New Haven Dept. of Health, which provided free flu shots.

Fellowship Place’s Supported Education program scores a perfect score on the CT Dept. of Mental Health & Addiction Services fidelity review.

Fellowship Place’s Supported Education program scored a perfect score– on the latest fidelity review by the CT Dept. of Mental Health & Addiction Services. The program was rated on 11 domains: Philosophy, Overall Team, Client Eligibility, Program Preferences, Educational Assessment, Goal Planning & Service Documentation, Congruency with Treatment Plan, Confidence and Knowledge Building Activity.

The Supported Education program provides counseling, education assessment and matching, and other support services to help individuals living with a mental illness return to school and complete an academic program.  In FY17-18 the program served 53 people and 91% of the people served successfully completed their academic term.  Congratulations to Sandi Sibilio, Director of Career Development Services and to her team Alexis Greenwood and Juno Dina.

Fellowship Place Celebrates Halloween