Supportive Services

Bridgeport Families First offers justice-impacted families wrap around services including individualized support for parents and children, transportation to Department of Corrections for visitation, as well as job training and placement.

The BFF program also proivdes access to other “in network” programs offered by Career Resources, such as Fathers for Life and Foster Grandparents.

To learn more, email mira.service@bridgeportct.gov.

The Lucy Baney Family Reunification Center, named after CRI’s own Lucy Baney, houses both our Stars Program and Women and Childrens Program. It is one of its kind in the state, housing 20 women returning to the community, with 5 of them accompanied by their children all under one roof. Many services such as childcare from Alliance will be offered.

To learn more about the Lucy Baney Family Reunification Center, contact Kim Harris at harris@careerresources.org.

CRI provides Jobs First Employment Services (JFES) case management services to the northwest and southwest regions. Program participants work with their Case Manager to develop an Individualized Employment Plan (IEP), including skill-building workshops, education and training programs and other activities geared towards obtaining and maintaining sustainable employment.

For information about JFES programs at Northwest AJC, contact Denise Babcock at babcock@careerresources.org.

For JFES programs at Southwest AJC, contact Elizabeth Perez-Gonzalez at perez@careerresources.org.

Licensed as a registered testing site through Pearson Vue, individual test takers can complete all four parts of the GED test at CRI, which includes Math, Language Arts, Science, and Social Studies. These tests are every Wednesday from 4-8pm and Friday from 9am-4pm at CRI headquarters.  

If you’re interested in taking your GED exam at CRI, please: 

1. Register for an account at GED.com using button below
2. Take and pass the GED Ready practice test
3. Schedule your test within 60 days of passing practice test 
4. Make sure to select Career Resources as the testing location! 

Located in the AJC One Stop at 350 Fairfield Ave. in Bridgeport, the Center offers personal assistance to customers to help them identify and locate resources, services or benefits to help them in their job search and career success.

For more information about the Community Resource Center, please contact Ann Curcio at curcio@careerresources.org.

Everyone Works is open to any jobseeker aged 18 or older with disabilities. Clients receive individualized counseling, job search assistance, and access to adaptive technology. There are no income or residency restrictions.

If you are interested in learning more about Everyone Works, contact Javier Santiago at santiago@careerresources.org.

Secure Jobs CT is a two-year demonstration pilot designed to increase the income of families transitioning from homelessness to housing by connecting them to the education, training and supports they need to secure and maintain stable, competitive employment. This will be accomplished by better integrating and coordinating the efforts of the homeless services, workforce and child care sectors to effectively serve families participating in the Department of Housing’s (DOH’s) Connecticut’s Rapid Re-Housing Program (CTRRP).

For more information please contact Marcie Thompson at thompson@careerresources.org.

Youth Homeless Demonstration Program, YHDP is based within the Opening Doors Fairfield County area, designed to ensure youth homelessness is prevented wherever possible and that unaccompanied youth who do experience homelessness are on a quick path to safe, stable and permanent housing. 

Career Resources provides case management services to assist these youth with navigating the American Job Center network in finding employment and or occupational skill training. Referrals are made by the Rapid Rehousing case managers.  

Free, high-quality tax preparation assistance and filing, and connection to financial literacy services and all eligible tax credits. VITA is open to all families earning $56,000 or less annually. Services are now 100% virtual. Click the button below to get started with your tax assistance, or call 211.

Getting There provides accessible transportation to senior citizens and people with disablities anywhere from Bridgeport to Stamford. In the process, Career Resources clients have the opportunity to learn how to drive the van and earn their Public Passenger Endorsement.