North East Annual Cybersecurity Summit – Family ReEntry
North East Annual Cybersecurity Summit - Family ReEntry - Lupus Foundation of AmericaAn episode by For the People | audioboom.com Two of our staff - John Mele, Daee McKnight - and former client, Ricky Jordanwere interviewed on the radio by John Voket "For the People"...
Getting the dad involved, a new focus for DCF
Da’ee McKnight with his daughter and grandparents at his college graduation while he was still incarcerated. Da’ee McKnight got out of prison just days before his daughter graduated from high school. He was particularly excited to attend her graduation because it was...
Martorella: Consider the kids
October 10, 2018 by Darien Times -- October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Having worked with domestic violence victims and offenders for over a decade, I feel compelled to use this space to address this concern each year. It is critical that we remain educated...
Congratulations to two of our Family ReEntry Staff for their dedication to client services
Congratulations to two of our Family ReEntry Staff for their dedication to client services!Jenna Cappellieri (J-Connect Youth Mentoring) and Daee McKnight (Fatherhood Program) were honored at the recent RYASAP (Regional Youth Adult Social Action Partnership) Awards...
Fred Hodges, Family ReEntry’s Director of Community Affairs, to Receive Urdang-Torres Community Impact Award
Dear Friends, Please join us in congratulating Fred Hodges, Family ReEntry’s Director of Community Affairs, on being selected as this year’s winner of the Bridgeport Reentry Collaborative’s Urdang-Torres Community Impact Award! The award will be given to Fred at the...
Family ReEntry’s Da’ee McKnight will be Moderating a Panel at “Responses to Violence and Its Impact on the Community,” April 21, 2018
Please Join US when Family ReEntry's Da'ee McKnight will be Moderating a Panel at "Responses to Violence and Its Impact on the Community," April 21, 2018, 10 am - noon (breakfast at 9:30 am). Location: Child Guidance Center, 180 Fairfield Ave., Bridgeport, CT 06604....
Beyond Smart: Lawyering with Emotional Intelligence
Congratulations to Family ReEntry's Board Chair Ronda Muir on the publication of her book, "Beyond Smart: Lawyering with Emotional Intelligence." It's the first comprehensive guide to understanding, using and raising emotional intelligence in the unique context of...
What does it mean to be a father?
Composed by Fathers for Change client and IPV-FAIR Clinician Sonya Klein -- What does it mean to be a father? It means everything... I’m only here because I need to know they are okay Fathers... Console their kids Make sure their needs are met Show them how to...
A First Chance for Children to Thrive in a Healthy Home: Disrupting the Cycle of Violence
By Rebecca Martorella, LMFT, Program Manager IPV-FAIR April 1, 2017 - We meet the mothers in their homes. Often caring for multiple children with little support, fathers absent or recently removed from the household due to restraining orders placed after a domestic...
The PTSD I Couldn’t See
By Amy Oestreicher, Guest Blogger -- Originally Published Feb. 14, 2017 -- I grew up thinking an “illness” was either a fever or croup. Illness was a stuffy nose – a sick-day, an excuse to miss a day of school. At 18 years old, “illness” took on an entirely...
Child Of An Incarcerated Parent
by Melissa Tanis -- When I was five years old my father was sentenced to a maximum of 50 years in prison. I was not able at that age to comprehend how much my life would change from that moment on. I visited my father in prison when I was eight years old and then went...
