The Connection
Charles Byrd possesses extensive experience in program management and clinical roles within the community services and corrections sectors. Currently serving as Program Manager for the Re-Entry Assisted Community Housing program at The Connection, Inc. since March 2017, Byrd also has a long-standing role as a Clinician with the Community Renewal Team, Inc., where responsibilities include conducting substance abuse and mental health assessments for the Connecticut Department of Corrections and the United States Federal Bureau of Prisons. Additionally, Byrd has been a business owner at CMB Sportscards and Memorabilia since January 1995, specializing in the buying and selling of sports cards and memorabilia. Previous roles include Program Manager at Milford AIC and Substance Abuse Counselor at Community Solutions Incorporated. Byrd holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology with a focus on Counseling Psychology from Post University, earned between 1989 and 1993.
The Connection
For 50 years, The Connection has been one of Connecticut's leading private, non-profit human service and community development agencies offering unique solutions to the problems of homelessness, mental illness, substance use and community justice rehabilitation. The Connection's mission: Building safe, healthy, caring communities and inspiring people to reach their full potential as productive and valued citizens. To accomplish this ambitious mission, our agency focuses our efforts in three key service areas: Family Support Services, Behavioral Health and Community Justice programs. The Connection's staff annually assists more than 13,000 people throughout the state of Connecticut who have experienced trauma in their lives and are struggling with substance abuse, mental illness, homelessness and community justice issues. The Connection maintains corporate offices in Middletown, and delivers services at 65 residential and outpatient sites to residents in an extensive number of communities in Connecticut, including New Haven, Hartford, Middletown, Groton, Norwich, New London, Bridgeport, Danbury, Torrington, Waterbury and many others.