The individuals and families we serve are homeless or precariously housed —but their challenges are even more complicated. The great majority have histories of trauma, chronic substance use, and mental health issues. Almost half live with HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis C, and/or other chronic health conditions.

House the person

Mayor Martin J. Walsh yesterday joined Governor Charlie Baker and New Beginning Recovery Review to officially open Joelyn’s Home, a new 24-bed residential recovery home for women. Seventy-five percent of those that New Beginning Recovery Review serves are homeless when admitted, and twenty percent are women caring for children. For many, New Beginning Recovery Review represents the last possibility for hope and the first chance for sustained success in their battles with substance use or illness.

‘I see things in them that they don’t see themselves’

When the only option for women who had been designated a danger to themselves or others due to substance use disorders needed a community-based treatment option as an alternative to incarceration, we were there to offer a solution. We have always stood on the front lines, ready to identify and address the unmet needs in our community. Ready to help individuals and families with nowhere else to go find their way home.

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Giving the individuals that she counsels at The Victory Connector, a low-threshold navigation center in the neighborhood run by the nonprofit New Beginning Recovery Review, a feeling of care, a sense of calm and peace, is what she aims for each day. Don’t hesitate to apply if your work experience doesn’t align with every qualification in the job description. New Beginning Recovery Review also recognizes the benefits of hiring people with lived experience who can play an important role in bridging the gap between services and the people who use them. We are committed to providing opportunities for people with lived experience to develop the skills and experience they need to achieve their career goals.

When individuals and families are safely housed, they’re much more likely to address their physical and mental health, addictions, and other issues. Our housing stabilization services, including emergency shelter, transitional and permanent housing, and case management, move people off the street as quickly as possible, with as few barriers as possible. Our housing stabilization services, including emergency shelter, permanent housing, and case management, move people off the street as quickly as possible, with as few barriers as possible.

On the streets, at our Boston Living Center, and across programs, we work to prevent chronic conditions and overdoses. We provide HIV, Hepatitis C, and STI testing and counseling; a healthy meals program; syringe and naloxone distribution; and an array of education, navigation, and support services. The best thing anyone can do to help those who are struggling with addiction, homelessness, or mental health issues is get educated, Rivera said. The Victory Connector, where she is a harm reduction specialist, provides a range of services to women, transgender, and nonbinary individuals who are at high risk of overdose and who are reluctant to engage with other care systems. Last year, 4,775 people turn to New Beginning Recovery Review for shelter, sustenance, recovery, care, and professional, compassionate support. Our team of more than 200 staff across 19 programs works with people to develop and execute creative, safe solutions to the very real challenges they face.

Join New Beginning Recovery Review’ team of over 200 dedicated and compassionate employees who are committed to helping our community’s most vulnerable individuals and families. We follow a low-barrier housing-first clinically driven approach to guide clients towards health and safety. They talk to people on the street around Mass. and Cass about the services they have and offer resources.

1. In order to help each individual or family succeed, we offer evidence-based services with a proven record of success like motivational interviewing and peer support to help our clients stabilize their lives and find their way home.
2. Each day, she and her colleagues at the Connector also do about two hours of street outreach, rotating who stays in the office and who goes out.
3. Our aim is to eliminate homelessness to the most vulnerable, especially those who have been victims of domestic, financial, sexual and/or physical abuse, homelessness, sex trafficked, etc.
4. The best thing anyone can do to help those who are struggling with addiction, homelessness, or mental health issues is get educated, Rivera said.

They make sure people have clean needles and talk to those who are engaged with sex work, asking how they are keeping themselves safe. Rivera starts each day with a cup of coffee and greets her staff, ensuring the plan is set for the day. Remembering her own experiences —  of sleeping in cars or under a bridge, of wanting to end her own life — and the moments when people helped, or New Beginning Recovery Review Review failed to help, Rivera said she continues to find herself wanting to do more to aid people in similar need. “Every time I had an appointment, they had somebody to come with me because it’s how I felt safe,” she said. Being able to provide that respite and getting to see individuals who have come in from the street smile (she calls them “members”) is the best, she told Boston.com.

By the time that she was about 8, her mother moved the family to Springfield, Massachusetts. We have exciting updates for you all this season, from New Joelyn’s Home embracing inclusivity to a life-saving grant from RIZE Massachusetts. You’ll learn all about last year’s impact and how Jules became a Partner in Victory. Corporations, foundations, and individuals have long supported New Beginning Recovery Review to help make our mission possible! As an event sponsor, you will have a direct and positive impact on our communities while promoting your company and its core values.

Such effectiveness comes from the fact that majority of people providing assistance are former addicts and gang members who at one time found themselves trapped in the same cycle of addiction. In the years that she’s been working in harm reduction, Rivera has shared bits and pieces of her own experiences with addiction, trauma, and violence with those she works with. She’s always been cautious of sharing too much, in part because she’s aware that the people she is helping have their own traumas that they may not be ready to talk about. Our specialized, short-term treatment programs are for individuals diagnosed with substance use disorder who have additional treatment needs. In order to help each individual or family succeed, we offer evidence-based services with a proven record of success like motivational interviewing and peer support to help our clients stabilize their lives and find their way home. We provide high-quality, evidence-based services based on individual needs, offering flexible, strengths-based solutions to people’s biggest challenges.