Fellowship Place’s Supportive Housing & Supported Employment programs receive High Quality and Exemplary ratings from the Dept. of Mental Health & Addiction Services in their recent comprehensive fidelity reviews.
The Dept. of Mental Health & Addiction Services recently completed comprehensive fidelity reviews of Fellowship Place’s Supportive Housing program and the Supported Employment program. The purpose of the reviews is to determine how closely each program is following best practices and meeting benchmarks established by DMHAS. The review process includes an audit of policies & procedures, a review of client files, client interviews, and staff interviews. We are proud to announce the outstanding results. The Supportive Housing program received an overall rating of High Quality, scoring a total of 130 points out of a possible 140, and the Supported Employment program received an overall rating of Exemplary, scoring a total of 121 points out of a possible 125. Congratulations to the Housing staff and the Career Development staff on a job well done!
Left Photo, left to right: Fellowship Place Employment Specialist Tarin Evans, Fellowship Place Director of Career Development Services Sandi Sibilio, and Fellowship Place Education & Employment Specialist Juno Dina. Right Photo: Fellowship Place Residential Case Manager Dennis Reilly, and Fellowship Place Housing Peer Specialist Vera Levis.
Fellowship Place selected by the CT Dept. of Mental Health & Addiction Services to co-lead 2 yr federally funded demonstration project
Fellowship Place has been selected by The Connecticut Department of Mental Health & Addiction Services (DMHAS) to co-lead with Easter Seals Goodwill a 2 year, federally funded demonstration project that will provide supported employment services for adults with a mental illn
ess and criminal justice involvement. The Yale Program for Recovery and Community Health (PRCH) will run the research component of the project, which seeks to document best practices to help this client population overcome barriers to employment. Employment is believed to be an important factor in successful community re-integration. Funding from this contract will make it possible for Fellowship Place to help 50 additional participants a year find and maintain employment. Lessons learned from the project will be used to establish supported employment programs that reduce recidivism and may be replicated across the country. The new program is an expansion of Fellowship’s Career Development Services, which in FY16-17 provided supported employment services to 135 people.
Pictured left to right: Fellowship Place Employment Specialist Amanda Mendoza, Fellowship Place Director of Career Development Services Sandi Sibilio, and Fellowship Place Employment Specialist Kevin Williams.
Fellowship Place Staff & Clients Attend Rally at the State Capitol
About 20 clients & staff from Fellowship Place joined together with people from across the State of Connecticut on Thursday, Sept. 7 for a rally at the State Capitol, urging Legislators to protect funding for vital services such as Housing and Mental Health.
Greetings from Camp CONNRI
31 Clients attended Fellowship Place’s annual trip to the Salvation Army’s Camp CONNRI in Ashford, CT. Fresh air, great food, fun activities and most of all “fellowship” made for a memorable trip. Special thanks to the Salvation Army and donors to the Birgitta Johnson Campership Fund for help with underwriting this event. Our clients came home refreshed and ready to face new challenges.
Meatless Mondays at Fellowship Place for Better General Health
Every Monday the Fellowship Place Kitchen encourages our clients to give up meat for just one day a week. Members are introduced to healthy fruits & vegetables they may not eat on a regular basis. This week the menu included Cacao & Fruit Smoothies (raw chocolate beans, strawberries, & frozen bananas, and nonfat yogurt) which are high in antioxidants, vitamins, fiber, protein, calcium and contain healthy probiotics.
