Sound Community Services to hold ribbon cutting for new young adult residential program

Johana Vazquez, The Day, New London, Conn.
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Sep. 26—NEW LONDON — Sound Community Services will host a ribbon cutting Wednesday for its newest young adult residential program, the Jason Hyatt Center, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at 21 Montauk Ave.

The local not-for-profit organization educates and assists individuals with persistent mental illness and/or substance use disorders.

According to a news release, the center will provide 12 to 18 months of transitional housing for 18 to 25-year-olds who "have been displaced from past programs; are experiencing or are at risk of homelessness; are facing the early onset of mental health barriers; and who may have various levels of trauma and the uncertainties of young adulthood which have never been addressed."

"Many at-risk young adults have aged out of Department of Children and Families services, or bounce around from couch to couch, failing to develop a clear path beyond high school," said the organization about the need for the center

The center was created in memory of Sound Community Services' former Chief Program Officer Jason Hyatt who died of brain cancer in March. Hyatt worked 17 years for the organization.