Re-Entry RESEARCH IN NEW HAVEN
Women returning to New Haven: A Needs Assessment
When women return to New Haven after prison, where do they live?
en women return to New Haven after prison, where do they live?
In collaboration with the Women's Resettlement Working Group, this research project seeks to build knowledge about where New Haven women live after release from prison. The survey asks women to describe their pathway home, beginning with the first night of release. Where did you live? With whom? How much did you pay for this accommodation? Did you feel safe?
The goal is to interview 50 women during the Spring of 2017. Interviews will be conducted by Amy Smoyer and an MSW Graduate Student. Members of the Women's Resettlement Working Group will help to recruit participants. The goal is to produce findings that can inform housing and program planning in New Haven that responds to women's needs.
Smoyer, A. B. (2016-2017). Women Returning to New Haven: A Needs Assessment. 2016/17 CT State Universities-AAUP Faculty Research Grant.
Related Publications
Smoyer, A. B., Keene, D., *Oyola, M., & *Hampton, A. (2021). Ping-pong housing: Women’s post-incarceration trajectories. Affilia: Journal of Women and Social Work 36(3), 336-356. https://doi.org/10.1177/0886109920954416
TRAUMA INFORMED YOGA
This community-based intervention grew out of Amy's ongoing collaboration with Evergreen Family Oriented Tree, a New Haven non-profit that provides supportive services and housing to people in recovery, including people returning to the community from prison and inpatient treatment programs.
After training with 108 Monkeys, a New Haven non-profit dedicated to increasing access to yoga that is based in the belief that practicing yoga is practicing justice, Amy initiated a trauma-informed yoga practice with women living at Evergreen.
Grant: Smoyer, Amy B. (2015). Trauma Informed Yoga for Women in Recovery. Interdisciplinary HIV Prevention Training Program, Yale School of Public Health. Direct Costs: $500
Related Publications
Smoyer, A.B. (2016). Being on the mat: A process evaluation of trauma-informed yoga for women with substance use disorders. Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare, 43 (4), 61-83.