Crisis Triage Counselor Allison Green works the crisis line at the Brien Center at the agency's 66 West St. office in Pittsfield.
The Brien Center's Brenton House provides services to adults with behavioral health needs who require a temporary group living arrangement and support services, as they stabilize and integrate back into the community.
Daniel, a staff member of the Brien Center's Brenton Program in Pittsfield, gets ready for dinner in the kitchen of the residence.
A message on a whiteboard illustrates the close-knit family that takes care of people in The Brien Center's residential program at Providence Court in Pittsfield.
Belinda Sinopoli, a clinician at the Brien Center, is booked solid with appointments. She sits at her desk at 66 West St. in Pittsfield. She also works full-time as an elementary school teacher.
Site coordinator Michelle Sawyer-Wheeler works with a resident in The Brien Center's residency program at Providence Court in Pittsfield.
Daniel, a staffer in the Brenton Program in Pittsfield, reflects on how the labor shortage is impacting services, as the agency struggles to hire competent, reliable employees.
Beth, a staff member, speaks to a resident at the Brenton Program in Pittsfield.
Gillian Jones
staff photographer
Gillian Jones has been a staff photographer and columnist for the Berkshire Eagle since 2014. She began her journalism career at The North Adams Transcript in 1992.
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Project Paycheck: 100 jobs. That's the pandemic shrinkage at the Brien Center, Berkshire County's largest human services agency. We look at what that's meant.