LEAP is an academic and social enrichment program for children and youth, ages 7 to 23. Our mission is to develop the strengths and talents of young leaders who create and implement year-round, community-based programs designed to achieve positive academic and social outcomes for children living in high poverty urban neighborhoods. LEAP is an AmeriCorps Program.
Youth Rights Media is a New Haven-based nonprofit organization dedicated to empowering youth to know, protect and advance their rights. YRM builds youth power and leadership by engaging young people in video media production and community organizing, equipping them with tools, skills, and strategies for affecting change within themselves and their communities.
SOLAR YOUTH, INC. is a non-profit environmental education and youth development organization founded in the fall of 2000 based on work piloted by its founders - Joanne Sciulli, Heather Gilbert and a group of New Haven's youth.
The mission of Connecticut Urban Education fund is to give under-served and economically disadvantaged children a grade 5-8 education that leads to acceptance in an excellent college preparatory school and then into a college or university.
An agency committed to making a positive difference in the lives of children, primarily through a professionally supported one-to-one mentoring relationship with a caring adult assisting a child in achieving their highest potential.
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Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southwestern Connecticut is a non-profit agency that provides adult mentors to children. We recruit, carefully screen and train caring adults to act as mentors, match them with children, and support them.
The Center for Children's Advocacy, Inc. is a non-profit organization affiliated with the University of Connecticut School of Law in Hartford, CT.
Our mission is to promote and protect the legal rights and interests of poor children who are dependent upon the judicial, child welfare, health and mental health, education, and juvenile justice systems for their care.
The West Haven Community House -- a private, not for profit organization -- exists to facilitate healthy, productive, independent and meaningful lives for children, adolescents and families, and individuals with disabilities. The cornerstone social service agency of West Haven, the Community House annually provides services to 1,000 area residents.
