Juvenile Justice Grants - Connecticut



Youth Development Grant Awards 2000/2001

Active Fiscal Year 00/01 Revised January 2001

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|Title V Delinquency Prevention Program (federal) |

|This program provides grants to cities and towns for local delinquency prevention and early intervention projects based on a risk-focused prevention |

|approach that calls on communities to identify the risk factors to which their children are exposed. A key component of this approach is the |

|coordination and use of existing programs and resources. |

|Town of East Haven |Fund a middle school enrichment program with individual/group physical activities, academic support and |

|Middle School Enrichment Program |opportunities for community involvement. |

|$75,000 | |

|Town of Griswold |Support the Griswold Youth Community Center in providing recreation, peer counseling, tutoring, job |

|Griswold Youth Community Center |training, mentoring, and community service opportunities for high-risk youth ages 11 to 17 years. |

|$30,000 | |

|Rushford Center Inc. for Town of Middletown |Expand the reach of four youth-led program models (Youth Helping Youth, Middlesex Youth United, Teen |

|Youth As Resources |Summit and Jam Sessions) to serve youth ages 9 to 17 years. |

|$75,000 | |

|City of Norwalk |Fund programs targeting children in grades 1-3 who live in Norwalk Housing Authority properties and |

|South Norwalk Active Learning Program |surrounding neighborhoods that provide a variety of after school social, cultural and educational |

|$75,000 |activities. |

|Town of Putnam |Support a Juvenile Review Board system that will provide intervention and diversion, community service and|

|Juvenile Review Board and Coordination |restitution opportunities, and coordination of services for the prevention of delinquency. |

|$75,000 | |

|City of Stamford |Support this national model that pairs groups of youth with caring adults to do community service projects|

|Youth As Resources |that the youth identify. |

|$75,000 | |

|University of Connecticut School of Family |Provide Title V grantees with assistance in evaluating the outcomes of their local delinquency prevention |

|Studies |programs. |

|Evaluation of Title V Programs $30,000 | |

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|Law-Related Education (federal) |

|This program supports a variety of activities and meetings for teachers, students and other legal and social services personnel to facilitate broader |

|use of law-related methods, materials, programs and strategies. |

|Connecticut Consortium for Law & Citizenship|Support regional student conferences, a middle school debate program, and a statewide training session for|

|Education, Inc. Law-Related Education |teachers, administrators and community resource people to address a new state law requiring all students |

|$24,000 |to take a civics course. |

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|Connecticut for Community Youth Development: Capacity Building (federal) |

|This initiative seeks to support multi-town organizations in their efforts to expand the capacity of the youth serving agencies to incorporate a youth |

|development framework into policies and practices affecting youth ages 12 to 18. Projects funded include awareness, education, training, technical |

|assistance and networking activities. |

|Connecticut Association of Nonprofits |Increase the applicability of the Advancing Youth Work Curriculum to residential programs and increase |

|CCYD Capacity Building |competency in youth development in the CAN Children & Youth Council membership. |

|$20,000 | |

|Connecticut Youth Services Association |Support the Connecticut Youth Services Association’s efforts to provide training and technical assistance |

|CCYD Capacity Building |on incorporating a youth development approach into responsive programming for Youth Service Bureaus |

|$20,000 |throughout the state. |

|Regional Youth Adult Substance Abuse Program|Educate and support youth workers in Southern Connecticut in implementing new approaches to youth |

|CCYD Capacity Building |development through a series of training sessions and technical assistance. |

|$20,000 | |

|Connecticut 4-H Development Fund, Inc. |Support the Connecticut 4-H in its efforts to distribute and train youth workers statewide on 4-H youth |

|CCYD Capacity Building |development curricular materials. |

|$20,000 | |

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|Connecticut for Community Youth Development: Challenge for Private Funders (federal) |

|This program aims to increase private sector funding of programs for youth ages 12 to 18 years. Applicant organizations apply for funds to distribute |

|in a manner consistent with their organization funding policies using the Minimum Youth Development RFP Components developed by the Connecticut for |

|Community Youth Development Funders Group. |

|Fairfield County Foundation, CCYD Challenge |Support youth service organizations in two program clusters: 1) youth development and the arts, and 2) |

|for Private Funders, $50,000 |employment/community service. |

|Torrington Area Foundation for Public |Grant funds to a youth service organization to assist the Foundation in establishing a Youth Advisory |

|Giving, CCYD Challenge for Private Funders, |Committee. |

|$10,000 | |

|The Tow Foundation |Create or enhance programs that focus on mentoring, life skills development, vocational training, mental |

|CCYD Challenge for Private Funders |health and substance abuse counseling, and community service with at-risk children or those involved in |

|$67,398 |the Connecticut juvenile justice system. |

|United Way of Greater New Haven, Inc. |Partner with the Community Foundation for Greater New Haven to assist agencies that have participated in |

|CCYD Challenge for Private Funders, $30,000 |the BEST Initiative Training to implement or enhance program components of the youth development framework|

| |through smaller grants. |

|United Way of Westport-Weston, Inc. |Provide a planned program of after school activities at the two middle schools in Westport through direct |

|CCYD Challenge for Private Funders, $25,000 |service providers. |

|Waterbury Foundation |Provide six to eight youth agencies with between $7,000-$11,000 in funds for staffing and direct program |

|CCYD Challenge for Private Funders |costs to implement programs that address the agencies’ identified youth competency gaps. |

|$50,000 | |

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|Connecticut for Community Youth Development: Evaluation (federal) |

|This initiative aims to provide CCYD grantees with evaluation materials to measure positive outcomes of their activities based on the CCYD Minimum |

|Youth Development RFP Components developed by the CCYD Funders Group. |

|University of Connecticut School of Family |Fund a project to develop a handbook of evaluation materials for CCYD grantees based on the CCYD Minimum |

|Studies |Youth Development RFP. |

|Evaluation Packet for CCYD RFP, $20,000 | |

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|Leadership, Education and Athletics in Partnership (state) |

|The purpose of the Leadership, Education and Athletics in Partnership (LEAP) Program is to continue to expand and provide safe haven programming to the|

|youth of Connecticut using a model mentoring program which matches children, ages 7-14 with trained high school and college student counselors. |

|Leadership, Education and Athletics in |$2,251,700 to operate in New Haven, Bridgeport, Hartford, New London and Waterbury. |

|Partnership, Inc. | |

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|Neighborhood Youth Center Program (federal and state) |

|The purpose of the Neighborhood Youth Center Program is to support neighborhood centers in providing specific local initiatives to increase positive |

|experiences for youth ages 12 through 18 years. A key element to this program is an intensive focus on specific neighborhoods in Connecticut’s 7 |

|largest cities. |

|ASPIRA of Connecticut, Inc., $45,000 |Neighborhood Youth Center in the West End of Bridgeport. |

|Boys and Girls Club of Bridgeport, $81,805 |Neighborhood Youth Center in the Hollow section of Bridgeport. |

|Burroughs Community Center, Inc., $30,000 |Neighborhood Youth Center in the West End of Bridgeport. |

|Charles D. Smith Foundation, Inc., $30,000 |Neighborhood Youth Center in the East End of Bridgeport. |

|Hall Neighborhood House, Inc., $60,000 |Neighborhood Youth Center in the East End of Bridgeport. |

|Hall Neighborhood House, Inc., $65,000 |Neighborhood Youth Center in the North End of Bridgeport. |

|McGivney Community Center,Inc., $60,000 |Neighborhood Youth Center in the East Side of Bridgeport. |

|Progressive Training Associates, Inc., |Neighborhood Youth Center in the West Side of Bridgeport. |

|$40,000 | |

|YMCA Raphola Taylor Center., $95,000 |Neighborhood Youth Center in the East End of Bridgeport. |

|South End Community Center,Inc., $95,000 |Neighborhood Youth Center in the South End of Bridgeport. |

|South End Community Center,Inc., $95,000 |Neighborhood Youth Center in the South End of Bridgeport. |

|City of Hartford |Neighborhood Youth Center in the Frog Hollow section of Hartford. |

|$263,528 | |

|City of Hartford |Neighborhood Youth Center in the Blue Hills section of Hartford. |

|$227,293 | |

|SAND Corporation |Neighborhood Youth Center in the Clay Arsenal section of Hartford. |

|$127,868 | |

|City of New Britain |Neighborhood Youth Centers in the three middle schools of New Britain. |

|$177,515 | |

|Central Connecticut Coast YMCA., 130,000 |Neighborhood Youth Center in the Dwight section of New Haven. |

|Centro San Jose,Inc. |Neighborhood Youth Center in the Fair Haven section of New Haven. |

|$150,450 | |

|Dixwell Community House Inc., $150,450 |Neighborhood Youth Center in the Dixwell section of New Haven. |

|Hill Cooperative Y. S. & Boys & Girls, |Neighborhood Youth Center in the South End of Bridgeport. |

|$85,450 | |

|City of Norwalk |Neighborhood Youth Center in the South End of Norwalk. |

|$43,979 | |

|City of Stamford |Neighborhood Youth Center in the South End of Stamford. |

|$80,653 | |

|New Opportunities for Waterbury, $47,048 |Neighborhood Youth Center in the South End of Waterbury. |

|New Opportunities for Waterbury, $47,048 |Neighborhood Youth Center in the Berkeley-Warner section of Waterbury. |

|New Opportunities for Waterbury, $47,048 |Neighborhood Youth Center in the Walnut-Orange-Walsh section of Waterbury. |

|Waterbury Youth Service System, Inc., |Neighborhood Youth Center in the Willow Plaza section of Waterbury. |

|$47,048 | |

In addition to the grants listed in the table, funds were given to the University of Connecticut School of Family Studies and the Connecticut Consortium for Law and Citizenship Education for the purpose of conducting an evaluation of the Neighborhood Youth Center Program.

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