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Nurture Children & Youth


When families, schools and communities take the view that children and youth are valued and respected assets to society, they necessarily support environments that nurture youth development. Children raised to embrace positive social values, to seek self-understanding, and to value their self-worth grow to become community-minded young adults with a sense of belonging and a belief in their resiliency. See how you can help our community's children grow into tomorrow's leaders.

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A stronger community

Teaching Children Self-Discipline

The Gloves Not Guns program of EIR Urban Youth Boxing packs a punch.


Supporting Parents as Their Child's First Teacher

PACK involves parents in their children's educational and cultural development.


A Second Home for New Haven's Youth

New generation mentored by former Boys & Girls Club participant.

News, Reports & Resources

"The single greatest preventable cause of mental illness" (4/17/13 The CT Mirror)

 

Juvenile Justice Reform in Connecticut: The Justice Policy Institute's report on CT's decade-long commitment to public safety and improving youth outcomes. (2/27/13)

 

Many Reasons Violence in City is Heading Down: 2012 has seen Reduction in Homicides, Shootings (12/31/12, NHR)


The Children's Defense Fund report: "Protect Children, Not Guns 2012."

 

 

 

 

Gang-Violence Project Kicks Off (11/27/12, NHI)

 

Immediacy "Critical" in CT Adolescent Mental Health Needs (10/1/12, CT News Service)

 

 

The city launches a Youth Violence Prevention Initiative  better fund youth organizations (The New Haven Register, 9/18/12)

  

The Code of the Street and African-American Adolescent Violence (2009)

The “code of the street” theory, developed by Yale professor Elijah Anderson, presents an explanation for high rates of violence among African-American adolescents.

 

Understanding Youth Violence in New Haven: A Photovoice Project with Youth of New Haven (2009)

 

 

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