Keisha Henry oversees CPA’s two REGIONS Programs in Hartford and Hamden and the Program Managers for the two programs will report to her. Keisha will come to CPA with a wealth of knowledge in juvenile justice, specifically as it relates to residential treatment and evidence-based practices.

Before joining CPA, Keisha worked for JBCSSD Juvenile Residential Services Division for over 20 years. Keisha’s experience includes training, development/oversight, and coordination; program development and oversight; program budgeting; DBT implementation within the REGIONS Programs statewide; and successful accreditations within the juvenile residential centers operated by JBCSSD.

While working for the Bridgeport Juvenile Residential Center as a Deputy Superintendent, Keisha was the facilities Health Care Liaison.  She also provided oversight to the Medical, Mental Health, and Education departments. She then went on to start the first REGIONS program within a state-operated juvenile residential center, where she successfully implemented DBT and Performance Based Standards (known as PbS). Keisha’s success overseeing Bridgeport REGIONS led to her assisting CPA in 2021 with the development and implementation of DBT into the Hamden REGIONS Program.

During the latter part of her tenure with JBCSSD, Keisha was promoted to Program Manager. While working out of the Central Office, she assisted with oversight of both state-operated Juvenile Residential Services facilities in Hartford and Bridgeport to prepare them for DBT Certification. She assisted with implementing the first DBT Manual for the State. Keisha continued with training and helped to develop staff by providing various trainings such as Report Writing and Safe Crisis Management (SCM), for which she is a certified trainer.

Keisha is an active member of the Multiagency Restraint and Seclusion Prevention Initiative Committee, Juvenile Justice Policy and Oversight Committee Re-entry Subgroup, Development Services Group, REGIONS Juvenile Justice Process and Outcome Evaluation Committee, and Dialectical Behavior Therapy Leadership Committee.

Keisha graduated from Southern Connecticut State University with a bachelor's degree in Sociology, majoring in Criminal Justice.