JJ Youth Development Grant Awards 2002/2003



Youth Development Grant Awards 2002/2003

Active Fiscal Year 02/03 September 2002

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|Title V, Delinquency Prevention (federal) |

|This program provides grants to cities and towns for local delinquency prevention projects based on an approach that calls on communities to identify |

|the risk and protective factors to which their children are exposed in a locally developed three-year Delinquency Prevention Plan. A key component of |

|this approach is the coordination and use of existing programs and resources. |

|City of Norwich |Funds an after school enrichment program in the two middle schools with four 6-week modules, family events|

|S.P.I.R.I.T. |and education, and a summer leadership academy all overseen by a youth advisory committee and local |

|$74,086 |prevention policy board. |

|Town of Stonington |Joins preschool and high school youth in activities that promote positive youth development such as a free|

|Embracing Our Youth |Teens To Tots preschool with teens as collaborators, an after school drop-in center for high school |

|$74,968 |students, and a youth-governed coffee house. |

|Town of Stratford |Supports youth strategies including an adventure challenge program, engaging youth as leaders in stopping |

|Soaring to Success |underage drinking and tobacco use, and training and placing high school students in an after school child |

|$75,000 |care program and also supports parent education strategies. |

|City of Waterbury |Funds a collaborative multi-level approach to youth development with after school programs at the |

|“Your Dream” Project |Enlightenment School, Girls Scouts working at the Stepping Stone girls residential program, YMCA teen |

|$75,000 |nights, PRIDE coordinating youth councils, and family intervention. |

|Town of Windham |Supports an after school program housed in the Town Kramer Building Cafeteria, which operates from 3 to 5 |

|Windham Delinquency Prevention Program |p.m. for middle school students and from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. for high school students. A youth advisory |

|$75,000 |council comprised of 15 youth plans and implements the activities. |

|University of Connecticut School of Family |Conduct an evaluation of the Title V Delinquency Prevention Program and provide grantees with assistance |

|Studies |in choosing outcomes and collecting data on their projects. |

|Evaluation-Title V Program | |

|$40,000 | |

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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. |

|CT Consortium for Law & Citizenship |Support regional conferences for students grades 9-12, a middle school debate program, and a statewide |

|Education, Inc. |training session for teachers, administrators, and community resource people on law-related education. |

|Law-Related Education | |

|$31,500 | |

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|Connecticut for Community Youth Development (federal) |

|The Connecticut for Community Youth Development program seeks to support additional opportunities for community-based delivery of program and |

|evaluation training and technical assistance that is interactive, responsive to diverse staff, and includes developmental outcomes for youth; |

|adolescent development stages and age-appropriate activities; youth involvement and youth leadership skill-building strategies; and varied enrichment |

|activities that would appeal to diverse youth. |

|RYASAP |Provide training to adults who work with youth in southern Connecticut on such strategies as Asset Based |

|CCYD Training Initiative |Community Development, Youth Resiliency, Character Education, Youth As Resources, Rites of Passage, Study |

|$12,000 |Circles, and Youth In Action. |

|CT Consortium for Law & Citizenship |Funds the CCYD project by supporting Funders Connection events, a case study of the project, a state of |

|Education, Inc. |Connecticut’s youth report, and individual awareness, training and evaluation activities. |

|Support to CCYD | |

|$120,000 | |

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|Support to Youth Funder Organizations for Youth Advisory Committees (federal) |

|The purpose of this program is to establish Youth Advisory Committees, composed entirely of youth members, to teach young people the art of |

|philanthropy, to develop youth leadership skills, and to foster volunteerism. Funds may be used by funder organizations to establish or expand a youth|

|advisory committee to make recommendations for grants to the organization’s funding authority. Funds may be used to recruit and train members or |

|YACers, staff the YAC, and support fund development activities and recognition events. Funds may not be used for the grants themselves. |

|Town of Bloomfield |The Bloomfield Youth Action Club is composed of 14 high school students with four adult advisors who will |

|Support for YACs |focus on program development, evaluation, leadership training, teambuilding, community service, advocacy, |

|$12,000 |philanthropy and public relations. |

|Torrington Area Foundation for Public Giving|The Youth Advisory Committee is a group of teens from 6 high schools located in the greater Torrington |

|Support for YACs |area. The purpose of the committee is to teach the teens about philanthropy and to allow them to review |

|$12,000 |and approve grant applications for issues that effect teens. |

|United Way of Westport-Weston, Inc. |The Westport-Weston Youth Initiatives program is an effort to introduce community youth to philanthropy |

|Support for YACs |and community service; to reinforce the experience both cognitively and experientially, and to recognize |

|$8,650 |youth accomplishments in these areas. |

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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 |$1,350,772 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 in Connecticut’s 7 largest cities. |

|Neighborhood |Agency |Grant Award |Match Requirement |

|Bridgeport, East Side |Boys and Girls Club of Bridgeport |$44,063 |$6,667 |

|Bridgeport, Hollow |Boys and Girls Club of Bridgeport |$70,500 |$11,667 |

|Bridgeport, West End |Burroughs Community Center |$26,437 |$7,116 |

|Bridgeport, East End |Charles D. Smith, Jr. Foundation |$26,437 |$8,812 |

|Bridgeport, East Side |Hall Neighborhood House, Inc. |$57,282 |$10,333 |

|Bridgeport, East Side |McGivney Community Center, Inc. |$52,875 |$8,333 |

|Bridgeport, West Side |Progressive Training Associates, Inc. |$44,063 |$14,688 |

|Bridgeport, East End |Raphola Taylor Community Ctr YMCA |$108,835 |$15,977 |

|Bridgeport, South End |South End Community Center, Inc. |$83,719 |$13,333 |

|Hartford, Frog Hollow |Mi Casa Family Service & Ed. Ctr. |$273,187 |$53,593 |

|Hartford, Clay Arsenal |SAND Corporation |$114,562 |$21,667 |

|Hartford, Blue Hills |Urban League of Greater Hartford, Inc. |$114,562 |$21,667 |

|New Britain, Citywide |City of New Britain/3 Middle Schools |$193,875 |$31,646 |

|New Haven, Hill |Boys and Girls Club of New Haven |$66,292 |$16,667 |

|New Haven, Dwight |Central Connecticut Coast YMCA |$132,584 |$31,926 |

|New Haven,Fair Haven |Centro San Jose, Inc. |$132,584 |$31,667 |

|New Haven, Hill |Hill Cooperative Youth Services, Inc. |$66,292 |$16,667 |

|Norwalk |City of Norwalk |$38,756 |$9,248 |

|Stamford |City of Stamford |$71,076 |$16,960 |

|Wtby, Berkeley-Warner |New Opportunities for Waterbury |$41,419 |$7,333 |

|Waterbury, Brooklyn |New Opportunities for Waterbury |$41,419 |$7,333 |

|Waterbury, South End |New Opportunities for Waterbury |$53,756 |$11,333 |

|Waterbury, W-O-W |Walnut-Orange-Walsh NRZ Assoc. |$41,419 |$7,333 |

|Waterbury, Willow |Waterbury Youth Service System, Inc. |$41,419 |$6,240 |

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 a second evaluation of the Neighborhood Youth Center Program.

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