Information on this page reflects active programs as of February 10, 2017

National Service in Connecticut

More than 2,700 people of all ages and backgrounds are helping to

meet local needs, strengthen communities, and increase civic

engagement through national service in Connecticut. Serving at more

than 460 locations throughout the state, these citizens tutor and

mentor children, support veterans and military families, provide health

services, restore the environment, respond to disasters, increase

economic opportunity, and recruit and manage volunteers.

MEETING COMMUNITY NEEDS IN CONNECTICUT Senior Corps:

contribute their time and talents in one of three Senior Corps

programs. Foster Grandparents serve one-on-one as tutors and

mentors to more than 1,100 young people who have special

needs. Senior Companions help more than 250 homebound

seniors and other adults maintain independence in their own

homes. RSVP volunteers conduct safety patrols, renovate homes,

protect the environment, tutor and mentor youth, respond to

natural disasters, and provide other services through more than

200 groups across Connecticut.

individuals the opportunity to provide intensive, results-driven service

to meet education, environmental, health, economic, and other

pressing needs in communities across Connecticut. Most AmeriCorps

grant funding goes to the Connecticut Commission on Community

Service, which in turn awards grants to nonprofit groups to respond to

local needs. Most of the remainder of the grant funding is distributed

by CNCS directly to multi-state and national organizations through a

competitive grants process. Other individuals serve through

AmeriCorps VISTA, whose members help bring individuals and

communities out of poverty by serving full-time to fight hunger and

illiteracy, improve health services, and increase housing opportunities,

and AmeriCorps NCCC (National Civilian Community Corps), a 10-

month, full time residential program for men and women between the

ages of 18 and 24. In exchange for their service, AmeriCorps members

earn an education award that can be used to pay for college or to pay

back qualified student loans. Since 1994, more than 14,000

Connecticut residents have served more than 19 million hours and

have qualified for Segal AmeriCorps Education Awards totaling more

than $45,270,000.

AmeriCorps: This year AmeriCorps will provide more than 650

More than 2,000 seniors in Connecticut

The Corporation for National and Community Service is a

federal agency that improves lives, strengthens communities,

and fosters civic engagement through service and

volunteering. CNCS engages millions of Americans in service

to meet local needs through Senior Corps, AmeriCorps, and

national days of service; improves communities through the

Social Innovation Fund, and leads volunteer initiatives across

the nation. To learn more visit NationalService.gov or

Serve.gov or call 202-606-5000 or TTY 1-800-833-3722.

Social Innovation Fund: The Social Innovation Fund transforms

This year, the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS)

will commit more than $10,830,000 to support Connecticut

communities through national service and social innovation

initiatives. CNCS invests in cost-effective community solutions--

working hand in hand with local partners to improve lives, expand

economic opportunity, and engage citizens in solving problems in their

communities. Serving in many of the state's most impoverished

communities, CNCS provides vital support to schools, food banks,

homeless shelters, community health clinics, youth centers, veterans

service facilities, and other nonprofit and faith-based organizations at

a time of growing demand for services. Through a unique publicprivate partnership, this federal investment will leverage an additional

$13,780,000 in other resources to strengthen community impact, build

local support, and increase return on taxpayer dollars. Nationwide,

CNCS, its grantees, and project sponsors generated more than $1.25

billion in outside resources from businesses, foundations, public

agencies, and other sources in FY 2015.

lives and communities using limited federal investment as a

catalyst to grow the impact of nonprofits with evidence of strong

results. It harnesses the expertise of grantmaking intermediaries

to identify, evaluate and expand effective nonprofits and

engages funding partners to contribute nearly three dollars to

every one federal dollar invested. As the Social Innovation Fund

network grows programs that work in Connecticut, more people

are able to overcome their most pressing challenges in the areas

of economic opportunity, health, and youth development. The

Social Innovation Fund is investing more than $660,000 in

expanding the impact of 4 nonprofits in Connecticut.
Information on this page reflects active programs as of February 10, 2017

 Connecticut At a Glance

AmeriCorps Projects Service Locations Participants 1 Education Scholarships 2 Program Funding

AmeriCorps National 11 13 79 $744,498 $1,014,877 3

AmeriCorps State Competitive 4 112 237 $1,378,155 $874,610

AmeriCorps State Formula 7 30 289 $463,046 $1,034,423

AmeriCorps VISTA 5 55 53 $306,195 $817,843

AMERICORPS TOTAL (Current Projects Only) 27 210 658 $2,891,894 $3,741,753

Senior Corps Projects Service Locations Participants Education Scholarships Program Funding

Foster Grandparent Program 5 107 434 - $1,445,687

RSVP 7 201 1,397 - $632,208

Senior Companion Program 2 30 202 - $654,270

Senior Demonstration Program 1 1 11 - -

SENIOR CORPS TOTAL (Current Projects Only) 15 339 2,044 - $2,732,165

Social Innovation Fund Projects Service Locations Participants Education Scholarships Program Funding

Nonprofit Subgrantees 4 - - - $662,974

SOCIAL INNOVATION FUND TOTAL (Current Projects Only) 4 - - - $662,974

Other Funding Projects Service Locations Participants Education Scholarships Program Funding

Martin Luther King Day 2 - - - $398,598

September 11th National Day of Service and Remembrance 1 - - - $156,581

State Commission Operations Support 1 - - - $250,000

OTHER FUNDING TOTAL (Current Projects Only) 4 - - - $805,179

PROGRAM TOTALS 50 2,702 $2,891,894 $7,942,071

TOTAL CNCS FUNDING (Including Segal AmeriCorps Education Awards) $10,833,965

Notes: The data shown represents a snapshot in time. CNCS project sites, participants, and funding change throughout the year, so the data may not reflect current conditions.

TOTAL CNCS FUNDING + TOTAL LOCAL PROGRAM SUPPORT

TOTAL LOCAL PROGRAM SUPPORT $13,788,194

549

(Non-CNCS Resources) 5

$24,622,158

4

1

This figure represents the number of awarded positions available to be filled in the 2016 - 2017 program year. For AmeriCorps VISTA, this represents the actual number of

VISTA members in active service.

2

This figure represents the maximum potential value of Segal AmeriCorps Education Awards that can be earned by AmeriCorps members serving in Connecticut. The award

can be used in any state to pay for college, graduate school, vocational training, or to pay back student loans. The education award total is included in total CNCS

funding.

3

AmeriCorps National figures may include national programs headquartered in the state and/or operating sites of national programs that are headquartered in other states.

Funding reflects the estimated proportionate share of the national grant associated with operating sites in this report. Some national organizations do not report operating

site data, or it was not available at time of publishing, so figures may not reflect current conditions.

4

The service location total may contain multiple counts of unique locations where multiple CNCS programs are operating.

5

As part of its public-private partnership approach, CNCS requires grantees to leverage additional resources to strengthen community impact and increase the return on the

federal investment. This figure reflects non-CNCS cash and in-kind resources that CNCS grantees and project sponsors have committed to raise or other revenue used to

support their programming activities across the state. Last year, CNCS, its grantees, and project sponsors generated more than $1.25 billion in outside resources from

businesses, foundations, public agencies, and other sources.

Since 1994, more than 14,000 Connecticut residents have served more than 19 million hours and have qualified for Segal AmeriCorps Education Awards totaling

more than $45,270,000.
National Service Impact in Connecticut

Report ran on April 22, 2016 Page 1 of 3

State Commission

The Connecticut Commission on Community Service manages a portfolio of 10 AmeriCorps State programs with more than 630 AmeriCorps

members, serving 143 community-based organizations and schools, addressing critical needs in the areas of education, health, economic

opportunity, and capacity building. Housed within the Office of Higher Education, the Commission’s vision is keenly focused on supporting

programs that bolster the skills and motivation necessary to graduate from high school, then enter and succeed in a program of

postsecondary education. In the 2014-2015 program year, more than 14,611 disadvantaged youth were tutored, mentored, counseled and

coached by Connecticut's AmeriCorps State members. Connecticut’s programs boast a 122% success rate of students with improved

academic performance in literacy and/or math. The Commission also leads Connecticut’s largest recognition program based exclusively on

community service done on college campuses. The annual Connecticut Higher Education Community Service Awards applaud the efforts of

students that are making a positive difference in their institutions through service and leadership.

In the past year, Connecticut had the largest number of FoodCorps AmeriCorps members placed in one state nationwide. Its 15 members

served in high-need school districts throughout Connecticut to implement FoodCorps’ three-ingredient recipe for healthy kids: 1) hands-on

food and nutrition education, 2) experiential education in school gardens and through cooking lessons, and 3) healthy food access in

cafeterias. AmeriCorps members worked side-by-side with committed teachers, school administrators, and food service directors to

improve school food environments. FoodCorps members served almost 1,400 students and helped almost 700 students have an improved

attitudes toward eating fruits and vegetables. These results exceeded targets set by the program.

AmeriCorps State

The STEM Education Ambassador (SEA) program operated by the New England Science & Sailing (NESS) Foundation is a new, locallygenerated AmeriCorps program poised for growth and replicability. NESS SEA AmeriCorps, which had its first 15 members this past year,

has quickly shown promise in its mission to improve attendance in New London public schools. The AmeriCorps members invite students

out of their comfort zones through STEM-based adventure learning that draws students out of the traditional classroom to make learning

relevant and exciting. Students increase their self-confidence and develop life and citizenship skills. The members give them adventurebased field experiences including sailing, kayaking, snorkeling, and exploring tide pools, marshes, and beaches to complement STEMbased classroom learning. The program has enthusiastically tackled first-year challenges; they have assessed, solved problems

strategically, and built partnerships. Thanks to these efforts, they have exceeded their expectations for the 2015-2016 service year. The

Connecticut Commission is invested in shepherding powerful, change-making national service strategies such as these.

FoodCorps has 15 AmeriCorps members serving in Bridgeport, Hartford, New Britain, New Haven, New London, Norwich, Meriden, Norwalk,

Rockville, Waterbury, Willimantic, and Woodbridge. FoodCorps is a nationwide team of AmeriCorps leaders who work under the direction of

local partner organizations to connect children to real food and help them grow up healthy. They teach children hands-on lessons about

food and nutrition build and tend school gardens, teach cooking lessons, and help change what's on lunch trays so that children can eat

healthy food from local farms. In the past year, the FoodCorps members in Connecticut served 14,932 children, built or brought back into

use 59 school and community gardens, harvested 1,252 pounds of produce, and recruited 375 community volunteers.

AmeriCorps National

One Youth Mental Health First Aid (YMHFA) Corps AmeriCorps member served this past year at Northwestern Connecticut Area Health

Education Center in Waterbury. YMHFA is a certification course that introduces participants to risk factors and warning signs of adolescent

mental health problems, focuses on the importance of early intervention, and teaches how to help adolescents who are in crisis or having a

mental health or substance use challenge. The AmeriCorps Corps member, who is a trained YMHFA instructor, certified 328 community

members in the program. A three month follow up survey revealed that YMHFA strategies helped 97 adolescents who struggle with a mental

health challenge or illness. The program is collaborating with City Year to provide YMHFA certification for their AmeriCorps members.

Youth Volunteer Corps of Western Connecticut has three AmeriCorps members who have collectively served a total of six terms of service. It

runs programs in Danbury and Stamford that have engaged 158 young people, ages 11-18, including 18 disadvantage youth. The youth

have contributed 3,641 hours of service. They served on 118 projects for 34 local agencies, including Meals on Wheels, Still River Alliance,

Imagination Library, and Connecticut Mission of Mercy.
National Service Impact in Connecticut

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AmeriCorps VISTA members are addressing critical community needs in housing, homelessness, financial literacy, and food security in

Hartford, which has a 30 percent poverty rate. In a three-month period in 2015, Child Nutrition AmeriCorps VISTA Member Kyla Jones

gathered more than 3,000 pounds of food for the Manna Pantry, which serves 400 low-income families each month. Kyla also secured a

$5,000 grant to purchase fresh fruit, jump ropes, and other fitness supplies for weekend backpacks sent home with 305 children who

receive free and reduced school lunches during the school week. Kyla and the other VISTAs have developed or expanded two dozen

partnerships with community organizations.

AmeriCorps VISTA

In 2015, 18 AmeriCorps VISTA members served in 14 nonprofit organizations, 11 schools, and New Haven Public Schools central office

focused on bringing organizations together to improve and create programs to foster the success of New Haven’s students and families.

VISTAs coordinated programs which served over 3,200 students and raised over $180,000 in cash and in-kind donations for organizations

and students. VISTAs also recruited almost 400 community volunteers who served a total of 12,400 hours at their host site organizations.

AmeriCorps NCCC

In West Haven, an AmeriCorps NCCC team partnered with Animal Assisted Therapy Services to prepare a sensory trail. NCCC members

removed invasive species, and constructed a fence and 13 sensory village boxes designed to enhance the experience of the trail for people

of different abilities. The sensory trail enables disabled youth to interact with their surroundings using their different senses while riding

horseback on the trail. A group of young adults from Roses for Autism assisted the team with construction of the sensory boxes. In addition

to this project, NCCC members repaired fencing along the horse paddocks and installed new sprinklers in the horse arena.

Habitat for Humanity of Coastal Fairfield County in Bridgeport requested an AmeriCorps NCCC team to assist with building new homes, and

lead and train volunteers to become task leaders. Over the course of the project, NCCC members assisted in the construction of 10 homes,

one of which was a Veterans Build house, and cleared six vacant lots. The team helped install hurricane support rods, siding, doors and

trim work, insulation, and build a chain-link fence. The team cleared overgrown brush from eight building lots to prepare them for

foundation work and built wall panels for homes that will be built in the future. NCCC members also assisted in leading and working with

586 volunteers. The NCCC members enabled the program to build on more sites, utilize more volunteers, and house more families.

The Greater Hartford Foster Grandparent project, sponsored by Nutmeg Big Brothers Big Sisters, assigned 37 Foster Grandparents to Head

Start/Day Care volunteer stations throughout central Connecticut, where they help young children build their social and emotional skills

and work toward school readiness. A program evaluation conducted in 2015 indicated that almost 60 percent of the children augmented

their literacy readiness, improved their motor skills, and increased their ability to follow directions. The project also assigned 19 Foster

Grandparents to work with students in grades K-8 to improve academic and social skills. The evaluation showed that of the children

working with a Foster Grandparent, 80 percent improved their literacy skills and 73 percent improved their math skills. The Foster

Grandparents—almost half of whom speak Spanish as their first language—are particularly helpful with English-language learners in the

classroom. The Hartford Foster Grandparent project benefits the senior volunteers as well; Foster Grandparents report increased energy,

health, and sense of belonging in their communities.

Senior Corps Foster Grandparent Program

The first RSVP Veterans Coffeehouse in Connecticut was established by Thames Valley Council for Community Action’s RSVP in Killingly

during the spring of 2015. More than 433 guests, including 157 veterans, attended the coffeehouse during its first six months. The

coffeehouse, open three times monthly, provides socialization for isolated veterans in the sparsely populated northeastern corner of the

state. Regular attendees include representatives of the Soldiers, Sailors and Marines Fund and the Veterans Service Office of the

Connecticut Department of Veterans Affairs. Through connections made at the coffeehouse, several veterans have been able to gain access

to additional services and benefits. Two veterans were awarded full disability for Agent Orange complications. A 92-year-old veteran

received two new hearing aids at no charge. Eight veterans began receiving housing, energy, medical and food assistance through the

Soldiers, Sailors & Marines Fund. Other veterans are gaining access to health care through the Veterans Administration as a result of

coffeehouse connections.

Senior Corps RSVP
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The Senior Companion project sponsored by New Opportunities, Inc., in Waterbury engaged more than 50 Senior Companions in 70,000

hours of service to 174 people in 2015. One of those served was Navy Veteran Don Ruland, homebound with a chronic disease and

dementia, who received companion services from Pat Johnson for the last two years of his life. Don’s wife, Lucia, said Pat provided Don with

moments of joy during weekly visits. Toward the end of Don’s life, Lucia became a Senior Companion herself.

Senior Corps Senior Companion Program

Social Innovation Fund programs are focused primarily on workforce development and supportive housing in Connecticut. The Social

Innovation Fund is investing $250,000 and expanding the impact of five nonprofits.

Social Innovation Fund
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AmeriCorps in Connecticut

Primary City

Program/Project Name

Sponsor Organization

Number of

Participants Program Type

AMERICORPS TOTALS

CURRENT (as of February 10, 2017)

COMPLETED (within last 12 months)

27

PARTICIPANTS PROGRAMS/PROJECTS

658

354 15

Bridgeport Coastal Fairfield Co., HFH of (Current)

Habitat for Humanity International, Inc.

1 AmeriCorps National

Bridgeport Great Oaks - Bridgeport (Current)

Great Oaks Foundation Inc

59 AmeriCorps National

Bridgeport Great Oaks - Bridgeport Tutor Corps (Completed)

Great Oaks Foundation Inc

45 AmeriCorps State Formula

Bridgeport International Institute of Connecticut (Current)

U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants

1 AmeriCorps National

Bridgeport MYO (Completed)

Regional Youth/Adult Social Action Partnership

96 AmeriCorps State Formula

Bridgeport Public Allies Connecticut (Current)

Public Allies, Inc.

30 AmeriCorps State Competitive

Cheshire Community Health Center Association of Connecticut (Current)

Community Health Center Association of Connecticut

- AmeriCorps State Formula

Danbury YVC of Western Connecticut (Completed)

Youth Volunteer Corps

3 AmeriCorps National

East Hartford Knox Planning Grant (Current)

Knox, Inc.

- AmeriCorps State Formula

Hamden Hamden/North Haven YMCA (April 23 - June 3, 2016)

Hamden/North Haven YMCA

10 AmeriCorps NCCC In-State Projects

Hartford City of Hartford-Promise Zone (Current)

City of Hartford

1 AmeriCorps VISTA

Hartford Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities (Completed)

Equal Justice Works

- AmeriCorps National

Hartford Connecticut Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities (Completed)

Equal Justice Works

- AmeriCorps National

Hartford Green Crew AmeriCorps Program (Completed)

Knox, Inc.

15 AmeriCorps State Competitive

Hartford Hartford Thrive! (Current)

Hands On Hartford

6 AmeriCorps VISTA

Hartford Notre Dame AmeriCorps - Hartford (Current)

Notre Dame Mission Volunteers Program, Inc.

14 AmeriCorps National

Hartford SCA Connecticut (Completed)

Student Conservation Association, Inc.

- AmeriCorps National

Hartford SCA CT (Current)

Student Conservation Association, Inc.

- AmeriCorps National

Hartford U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (Completed)

Equal Justice Works

- AmeriCorps National

Hartford YouthBuild Hartford, CT (Current)

YouthBuild USA, Inc

- AmeriCorps National

Litchfield EdAdvance (Current)

Health360

1 AmeriCorps National

New Britain Rebuilding Together New Britain (Current)

Rebuilding Together, Inc

1 AmeriCorps National

New Haven Experience Corps (Current)

Agency on Aging of South Central Connecticut

35 AmeriCorps State Formula

New Haven LEAP AmeriCorps (Current)

Leadership, Education and Athletics in Partnership

50 AmeriCorps State Formula

New Haven PAVE New Haven (Current)

Agency on Aging of South Central Connecticut

17 AmeriCorps VISTA

New Haven Teach For America - Connecticut (Completed)

Teach For America

173 AmeriCorps State Competitive
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AmeriCorps in Connecticut

Primary City

Program/Project Name

Sponsor Organization

Number of

Participants Program Type

AMERICORPS TOTALS

CURRENT (as of February 10, 2017)

COMPLETED (within last 12 months)

27

PARTICIPANTS PROGRAMS/PROJECTS

658

354 15

New Haven Teach For America - Connecticut (Current)

Teach For America

- AmeriCorps National

New Haven Teach For America-Connecticut (Current)

Teach For America

173 AmeriCorps State Competitive

North Haven Hamden/North Haven YMCA (April 23 - June 3, 2016)

Hamden/North Haven YMCA

- AmeriCorps NCCC In-State Projects

Stonington NESS SEA AmeriCorps Program (Current)

New England Science & Sailing Foundation

10 AmeriCorps State Formula

Storrs CT Campus Compact (Current)

University of Connecticut

16 AmeriCorps VISTA

Storrs FoodCorps Connecticut (Current)

FoodCorps, Inc.

20 AmeriCorps State Competitive

Vernon CT Food Justice VISTA Project (Current)

University of Connecticut

13 AmeriCorps VISTA

Waterbury CT AHEC Network AmeriCorps Program (Current)

Health360

14 AmeriCorps State Competitive

Waterbury Health360 (Current)

Health360

2 AmeriCorps National

Waterbury Mental Health First Aid Corps (Current)

Health360

- AmeriCorps National

Waterbury Northwestern Connecticut AHEC, Inc. (Completed)

Health360

2 AmeriCorps National

West Hartford Jumpstart Connecticut (Current)

Jumpstart for Young Children, Inc.

184 AmeriCorps State Formula

West Haven Animal Assisted Therapy (May 16 - June 3, 2016)

Animal Assisted Therapy

10 AmeriCorps NCCC In-State Projects

Westport Building Resilience through Food and Economic Development (Completed)

Green Village Initiative

- AmeriCorps VISTA

Wethersfield EdCorpsCT (Current)

Governors Partnership to Protect Connecticut's Workforce

10 AmeriCorps State Formula

Wethersfield SCA AmeriCorps National Direct Connecticut (Completed)

Student Conservation Association, Inc.

- AmeriCorps National

If there are programs with identical names in separate entries, they are different grants to the same organization. If no members are shown, either the

grant is for planning or technical assistance, or enrollment data was not available at the time of printing.

Notes:

 The city column refers to the location of the sponsor organization. AmeriCorps members may be serving in other locations than the city listed.
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Senior Corps in Connecticut

Primary City

Program Name

Sponsor Organization

Number of

Participants Program Type

SENIOR CORPS TOTALS

CURRENT (as of February 10, 2017)

COMPLETED (within last 12 months)

15

PARTICIPANTS PROGRAMS

2,044

80 1

Bridgeport Bridgeport FGP (Current)

Child and Family Guidance Center

130 Foster Grandparent Program

Bristol Greater Bristol RSVP (Current)

Bristol Community Organization

180 RSVP

Danbury The Community Action Agency of Western Connecticut, Inc. (Current)

The Community Action Agency of Western Connecitcut

102 RSVP

Hartford Community Renewal Team, Inc. II (Current)

Community Renewal Team, Inc.

197 RSVP

Hartford Foster Grandparent Program NBBBS (Current)

Nutmeg Big Brothers/Sisters Inc.

76 Foster Grandparent Program

Hartford Greater Hartford-Central CT RSVP (Current)

Community Renewal Team, Inc.

375 RSVP

Hartford Nutmeg Big Brothers/Sisters Inc. II (Current)

Nutmeg Big Brothers/Sisters Inc.

53 Foster Grandparent Program

New Haven Experience Corps - Greater New Haven (Current)

Agency on Aging of South Central Connecticut

11 Senior Demonstration Program

New Haven Foster Grandparent Program of Greater New Haven (Current)

Agency on Aging of South Central Connecticut

97 Foster Grandparent Program

New Haven Greater New Haven SCP (Current)

Agency on Aging of South Central Connecticut

112 Senior Companion Program

New Haven RSVP of South Central CT (Current)

Agency on Aging of South Central Connecticut

224 RSVP

New London Windham/Tolland & Southern New London (Current)

Thames Valley Council for Community Action

139 RSVP

Norwich Eastern Ct FGP (Completed)

Thames Valley Council for Community Action

80 Foster Grandparent Program

Waterbury Central Naugatuck Valley FGP (Current)

New Opportunities, Inc.

78 Foster Grandparent Program

Waterbury New Opportunities Inc. RSVP (Current)

New Opportunities, Inc.

180 RSVP

Waterbury New Opportunities, Inc. Senior Companion Program (Current)

New Opportunities, Inc.

90 Senior Companion Program

Note: The city column refers to the location of sponsor organization. Volunteers may be serving in other locations than the city listed.
Social Innovation Fund in Connecticut

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Description

Program HQ Location

Nonprofit Subgrantees in Connecticut

Nonprofit Subgrantee Name

Intermediary

Connecticut AIDS Resource Coalition’s project, Connecticut Integrated

Healthcare and Housing Neighborhoods, will create a health home

outreach model linking primary care, behavioral healthcare and

supportive housing.

Hartford, CT AIDS CT (formerly CARC)

Corporation for Supportive Housing (2014)

Connecticut’s Office of Early Childhood seeks to expand

implementation the Positive Parenting Program (Triple P) across the

entire state. To this end, the PFS grant will fund a feasibility study to

determine if a large scale implementation of Triple P is likely to

prevent problems in early childhood such as maltreatment, and

enhance the well-being of children. The full expansion of Triple-P (via

a social impact bond and other funding vehicles) will result if the

aforementioned feasibility study indicates that the cost savings and

benefits to children in Connecticut would be significant. With

successful implementation in 13 countries to date, evaluations have

shown reduced rates of child abuse and neglect, out-of-home

placements, children using the ER, conduct problems among

preschoolers, and children with attention problems. The focus on Triple

P is innovative because it is one of few, and perhaps the only, program

that has shown population-level impacts through rigorous evaluation.

ICS will work with the State of Connecticut to complete a PFS

feasibility study that will include 1) an account of the experience with

Triple P in Connecticut, 2) a cost-benefit analysis of state-wide

implementation, 3) a determination of benefits and savings from

Triple P, 4) a plan for and cost-out of Triple P scale-up, 5) another

plan for the program’s administration and implementation, 6) a listing

of potential outcomes that may trigger payments, and ways to

measure each outcome and, finally, 7) a summary analysis and

proposal for implementation.

Hartford, CT State of Connecticut

Institute for Child Success

Capital Workforce Partners and the Hartford Opportunity Youth

Collaborative are supporting older underserved youth through a full

pathway approach including postsecondary/career bridging, technical

training, and work experience. They are serving opportunity youth –

two-thirds of whom are young men of color – in two pathways

comprised of partnerships between youth-serving nonprofit

organizations and community colleges.
Blue Hills Civic Association and

Our Piece of the Pie, in partnership with Asnuntuck, Capital, and

Manchester Community Colleges, deliver credit-bearing academic skill

development, youth development, and internships in health care and

manufacturing. The programs provide career development activities

and training in college preparation skills (test taking, time

management, math/language remediation, etc.) with an onsite college

experience at a local campus to transition youth from successful high

school completion to a postsecondary program at one of the

community colleges.
Because of its expertise in leveraging public

funds, 100% commitment of WIOA Youth (public workforce funds) to

out-of-school youth, and engagement with employers to assure

relevance of skills and credentials, Capital Workforce Partners and the

Hartford Opportunity Youth Collaborative are in a strong position to

use a collective impact approach to sustain and grow the pathways.


Hartford, CT Capital Workforce Partners

Jobs for the Future (2015) OYIF
Social Innovation Fund in Connecticut

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Description

Program HQ Location

Nonprofit Subgrantees in Connecticut

Nonprofit Subgrantee Name

Intermediary

Youth Stat is a school-based intervention program that seeks to

reduce justice involvement and improve health and wellness outcomes

(e.g., reduce violence, victimization, and gang involvement) among

program-involved youth by improving school engagement and

academic performance. It is a data-driven intervention model and

represents a collaborative that includes the City of New Haven Youth

Department, Board of Education, city social services agencies, mental

health professionals, and community partners, and parents. Youth

Stat identifies youth and connects them to a network of services that

are specifically targeted to their individual needs; this can include

tutoring and academic support, mentoring, gang intervention, mental

health assessment and treatment, and employment matching and

placement. Youth Stat uses school system data related to

absenteeism, disruptive behavior, and academics to identify youth at

high risk of school disengagement and criminal behavior. The youth

and their families are introduced to Youth Stat and encouraged to

engage in this holistic support program tailored to the needs of each

young person. To enable youth participation in Youth Stat and sharing

of relevant data among invested stakeholders, each youth participant

is required to have parental/guardian consent if younger than 18 or

self-consent if age 18 or older. This allows access to information

restricted by the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act and the

Health Insurance.

New Haven, CT City of New Haven, CT

National Council on Crime and Delinquency
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Other Programs in Connecticut

Primary City

Program/Project Name

Sponsor Organization Program Type

Bridgeport University of Bridgeport (Current)

Iowa Western Community College

Martin Luther King Day

Bridgeport University of Bridgeport (Current)

Service For Peace

Martin Luther King Day

Hartford Connecticut Coalition for Environmental Justice (Current)

Youth Service America

September 11th National Day of Service and

Remembrance

Hartford State Administrative Grant (Current)

Connecticut Commission on Community Service

State Commission Operations Support

Manchester Manchester Community College (Current)

Iowa Western Community College

Martin Luther King Day