Litchfield – John F. Boyd, Executive Director of the Connecticut Junior Republic (CJR), announced today that the organization will be moving forward with a contract to provide a short-term residential program for young men on its Litchfield campus. The contract was awarded to the Junior Republic in July of 2009, but was delayed due to state funding reductions. Funds to implement the program were recently made available, and CJR will be providing the new residential program for the Court Support Services Division (CSSD) of the Connecticut Judicial Branch.

The new eight-bed residential program for court-referred boys is anticipated to begin this autumn. “The Connecticut Junior Republic has planned for this program since the contract was awarded last July, and we have completely renovated Roberts Cottage for this purpose,” stated Mr. Boyd. He noted that the new program requires the hiring and training of staff before any youths can be accepted into the new program. “We are in the process of recruiting staff for the program now and hope to welcome our first young men in early fall,” he said. Go to Press Releases for the complete press release.

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