Dighton's Meredith Rapoza promoted at JRI

SWANSEA — JRI, a provider of trauma-informed care to children and families in Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut, has promoted Meredith Rapoza of Dighton to division director of permanency and latency services. In this new role, she will oversee four JRI programs, including three therapeutic intensive group homes and a residential school.

These JRI programs work with children and adolescents who have a history of complex trauma, emotional dysregulation and learning difficulties, in order to improve their permanent life situation.

Rapoza began her JRI career 13 years ago as a clinician. She went on to become a program director at Meadowridge Academy in Swansea and has led the school’s trauma-informed treatment model. Along with overseeing the JRI programs in her new role, Rapoza will work very closely with the Massachusetts Permanency Practice Alliance. JRI recently joined forces with New England Home for Little Wanderers, Youth Villages and Plummer Youth Promise to form the MPPA to improve permanency practice within their agencies to better serve the children of Massachusetts.

She is a licensed clinician holding a master’s degree in counseling from Rhode Island College and a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Providence College.