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Join CfJJ at this year's Leadership Celebration as we honor the fantastic team of The COMPASS Program of Bridge for Resilient Youth in Transition (BRYT) and Framingham High School.
The COMPASS program, through a partnership between BRYT and FHS, is a unique program designed to meet the specific, complex needs of students involved with DCF and DYS, providing focused, caring, and intensive support to help stabilize and meet their needs. COMPASS provides comprehensive medium-to long-term trauma-informed supports to FHS students who are involved with child protective services and/or juvenile justice. This includes intensive care coordination, support for student transitions between living settings and schools, and close collaboration with school staff and the wider community of caregivers and support providers. The work involves daily coordination of the academic and social-emotional needs of students who, far too often, have changed schools every year, fallen behind, and are struggling to stay engaged with school. The program creates a safe space, fully engaging with each COMPASS student to ensure the supports they need are part of their school experience, while also working to reduce the shame and stigma that come with multi-system involvement, frequent school changes, and disrupted stability.
The COMPASS program meets the students where they are, with what they need, and joins them in demanding others do the same. Every child needs someone in their school building who cares about them, understands where they have been, what they have gone through, and what they need to succeed, and will stand with them in making sure they receive the support and care they deserve. The COMPASS team is truly a champion of trauma-responsive care and youth justice.
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