Re-Entry Support
Your Journey Starts Here
Approximately 1,600 people* are released from prisons throughout Connecticut each month. When it comes to family, more than twenty percent are married and over seventy percent have dependents who are counting on them. They have served one to twenty years paying their debt to society, when people come back to neighborhoods, communities need many different support to help them get back on their feet.
New Life II RCC believes in a world where the power of Love, Faith and healing of recovery from all the struggles that life brings is thoroughly understood and embraced.
From Release to Renewal
New Life II operates an Reentry Welcome Center (RWC), in New Britain which serve as hubs for people who were formerly incarcerated. Working with a large network of community and neighborhood partners who provide coordinated services ensures that the needs of individuals with a criminal history are met in a timely fashion to improve their likelihood of successful reintegration.
On the day of their release from prison, people who choose to enroll in a Reentry Welcome Center are transported directly to the Center by the CT Department of Correction (CT DOC), where they are met with a big welcome home and receive immediate assistance with basic needs, including:
- Bus passes
- Clothing vouchers
- Food gift cards
- Reentry Backpack with hygiene products
Our Center also serves people who are referred by our partners or individuals with a criminal background already living in the neighborhood who walk in. After basic needs are met, individuals may be referred to substance use or mental health treatment, housing support or linked directly to services offered on site at the Center and peer support.
Whether people just need short-term basic needs assistance or stay with us for the full array of services, our Reentry Welcome Center provide a critical link between people with a history of incarceration and neighborhood services they need to achieve successfully transition back home for good.
A Central Hub for Recovery in Connecticut
New Life II RCC is a centralized resource in CT for all things recovery. Whether you are contemplating a life in recovery, are new to recovery or are in long-term recovery, New Life II RCC is here to assist you in navigating  the recovery landscape, by connecting you with others in your neighborhood that are in recovery and are available to walk with you on your Recovery journey with providing access to area support services.
New Life II organization is a non-profit with a current 501c3 status.
A recovery community organization (RCO) is an independent, non-profit organization that is led and governed by representatives of local communities of recovery. RCOs engage in various activities, including:
- Advocacy
- Peer support
- Education
- Training
- Recovery-focused services
New Life II RCC increases the visibility and influence of the recovery in our neighborhoods and engage in activities that fall under one or more of the three core activities of policy and advocacy activities, recovery-focused neighborhood education and outreach programs, and peer recovery support.
At New Life II RCC we:
- conduct ongoing local recovery support needs assessment surveys or focus groups
- organize recovery-focused policy and advocacy activities
- increase workforce capacity and expertise through training and education
- carry out recovery-focused outreach programs to engage people seeking recovery, in recovery, or in need of recovery-focused support services or events to educate and raise public awareness
- conduct recovery-focused public and professional education events
- provide peer recovery support services (PRSS)
- support the development of recovery support institutions (e.g., education-based recovery support programs, recovery community centers, recovery cafes, recovery ministries, recovery-focused employment programs, recovery-focused prison reentry programs, etc.) host local, regional, or national recovery celebration events
- collaborate on the integration of recovery-focused activities within local prevention, harm reduction, early intervention, and treatment initiatives
Grassroots
Neighborhood engagement is grassroots and reflective of the neighborhoods served. New Life II RCC provides recovery supportive opportunities to broader neighborhoods for all neighborhood members to get involved in. This may include volunteering; participating in activities; and planning outreach, events, and programs. Ways that we engage neighborhoods of recovery are visible and evident in program delivery.
Peer Recovery Support Services
We provide non-clinical, peer recovery support services. Some examples of non-clinical services are recovery support groups, recovery coaching, telephone recovery support, skill-building groups, harm-reduction activities, and other events.
Led and Governed by the Recovery Community
New Life II RCC is peer-led. More than 50% of the Board of Directors or Advisory Board self-identify as people in personal recovery from their own substance use disorders. Additional board members may include family members of persons impacted by substance use disorders and recovery, allies, and persons with co-occurring mental health disorders.
All Pathways Towards Recovery
New Life II supports, allows for, and may provide opportunities for all pathways toward recovery and does not exclude anyone based on their chosen pathway. This includes support for harm reduction strategies and ideas aimed at reducing negative consequences associated with substance use and improving health and wellness for people who use drugs and/or alcohol.
Recovery-Friendly Language
New Life II RCC websites, materials, and other online platforms use language that supports and promotes recovery across diverse geographical and cultural contexts. New Life II RCC regularly conduct reviews of their literature and online content.
Our Reentry Welcome Center Locations
Greater New Britain Reentry Welcome Center
117 West Main Street
New Britain CT 06120
Tel: 860-223-4177
Hours: Monday – Friday, 8:00 am – 4:00 pm
The Greater New Britain Reentry Welcome Center was founded in June 2022 on 117 West Main St and is operated by New Life II: CT’s First Faith-Based Recovery Community Center
Our Programs
Recovery Housing
Training
Peer Support
Faith-based support
Mental Health Support
Re-entry Support
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New Life II Recovery Community CenterÂ
117 West Main Street
New Britain, CT 06051
FAX: 860-223-4670