Customizable, Collaborative, and Trauma-RESPONSIVE Models of Service
During the early stages of NECS, sports played a significant role in model programming. Although it has always remained a constant component, steady growth and current societal needs have reallocated the focus of our programs on helping to heal youth with significant exposures to ACEs, trauma, and behavioral health challenges. Life coaching and wraparound services that connect youth development with family and community resources now serve as the foundation for our programs and models of service. Over the past decade, social conditions and the needs of youth and families have shifted, creating an ever-increasing and new demand for adjusted service capacity and techniques. To maintain pace with these changes, NECS continually responds with innovative and adaptable approaches that reinforce our efforts to meet current needs, expand outreach, and broaden the NECS “brand.”
The majority of the families we serve have been exposed to “root shock,” which is a traumatic stress reaction to the destruction of all or part of one’s emotional and social eco-system.
IMPACT OUTCOMES
81%
Clients who were fully engaged with services
75%
NECS Participants who completed Game Plan Goals
NECS programming has an all-inclusive theme that trickles down from our leaders and staff to saturate our programs and clients. We acknowledge that each client comes to NECS with complex life experiences, exposure to a variety of stress factors, and unique risk and vulnerability factors that may project uncertain futures. This is why we prioritize building sustainable, trustworthy, and engaging interpersonal connections that benefit both our clients and their families. Our Life Coaching and Engagement Model provides opportunities to restore broken connections and build a bridge to healing and restoration. It is one that honors and respects the identity, background, and diversity of our clientele, and that is designed to offer opportunities that cultivate the growth of the whole child. This includes use of clinical assessment tools such as Resilience Scale Questionnaires, Sorenson Self-Esteem Scale, and a Preand Post-Placement Questionnaire, as well as one-on-one Life Coaching designed to strengthen inner confidence, enhance personal development, and gain exposure to new life skills. Outcomes are measured in several ways, including by assessing families’ level of engagement, disruptions in placement, and the percentage of completed treatment plan goals. Common goals include promoting substance abuse prevention and treatment, anti-violence efforts, and workforce development; increasing student academic success; enhancing personal character and leadership skills and overall health and wellness.
I’m really amazed by Darleny’s (NECS Parent Aide) and NECS’s work. I see how much Ashley’s (Client) behavior has improved. Because of the good work that Darleny did with Ashley, we’ll (DCF) close the case. NEW ENGLAND COMMUNITY SERVICES INC.
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