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| Last updated on December 4, 2007 |
The mission of Living in Safe Alternatives, L.I.S.A, Inc. is to provide a safe, supportive, empowering environment for young adults who are victims of abuse and neglect. Our programs and services help residents develop healthy interpersonal relationships, realize academic achievement, manage cultural differences, explore spirituality and learn independent living skills.
Description:
L.I.S.A., Inc. operates two group homes, Beacon House (est. 1976), an eight bed facility in Wolcott and a ten bed home in Plainville (est. 1970). Each home is licensed by the Department of Children and Families (DCF) to provide group home care to abused and neglected adolescent girls between the ages of 14 and 21. Beacon House originally was located in Waterbury on Pine Street, but relocated in 1993 to a newly constructed facility located in a residential neighborhood in Wolcott.
L.I.S.A., Inc. also owns seven condominiums in Bristol, CT. These condominiums house residents who participate in our transitional living program, Supervised Apartments in Independent Living (S.A.I.L.). The residents of our group homes and other foster youth are provided with a program that affords them the ability to become established and accomplish that crucial transition to independent living. This is accomplished by providing the youth a hands on environment for them to learn and practice the independent living skills they will require when leaving the foster care system.
Our agency also operates The Community Life Skills Program in Waterbury (est. 1989). This is a life skills program for adolescents ages 16 – 18, male and female, committed to the state, who life in independent living programs, foster homes or on their own. The purpose of this program is to provide training in the life skills necessary for young adults to live and function independently.
Seeing a need for vocational training the agency developed an on site vocational training program that provides young women with the opportunities to learn valuable employment skills in a hands-on format. The program is designed around knitting and selling knitting goods online. Participants learn to knit and produce knitted items for sale, market their products, package and ship customer orders, and provide customer service. The curriculum used in this program covers job skills and career planning, with an emphasis toward completing high school and going on to higher education. The topics covered are informative and essential for these young women so that they are equipped to enter the competitive job market.
Our programs provide a warm, structured, nurturing environment in which individual, group and family therapy act as a means of helping our residents recuperate from the effects of abuse and neglect. The residents are in need of a safe place to live that will allow them to learn, experience personal growth, solve/resolve emotional and social problems, receive educational supervision, and experience a sense of belonging in a home and family atmosphere. Through meeting these needs our programs work towards preparing each resident to live independently.
History:
Living In Safe Alternatives Incorporated (L.I.S.A., Inc.) in operation since 1970 was established on January 17, 1990 when Beacon House, operated by Group Homes of Greater Waterbury Inc., (est. 1970) and Plainville Group Home Inc., (est. 1970) were merged under a new corporation name.
Contact people:
Office fax number: (860) 793-2231
Address:
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PO Box 6232
Wolcott, CT 06716-0232 |
Web Site: http://www.lisainc.org
Directions:
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Please contact (860) 747-9930 for directions to Plainville Group Home and (860) 314-0875 for directions to S.A.I.L. |
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