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Animal Haven enlists and promotes public involvement in the humane treatment of, and justice and compassion for all animals by providing a temporary, safe, caring and humane refuge for homeless, adoptable cats and dogs, placing these animals in quality, adoptive and permanent homes and advocating for responsible pet ownership.
The Community Fund for Women and Girls is a component fund of The Community Foundation that promotes social and economic advancement for women and girls through strategic philanthropy, grants, advocacy and collaboration.
Community Mediation promotes peaceful communities and just relationships by enabling individuals, families, organizations and communities to resolve their conflicts themselves through mediation, dialogue, training, facilitation and education.
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Connecticut Juvenile Justice Alliance uses legislative education and advocacy, strategic communications, community organizing, and national, state, and local partnerships to reduce the number of children and youth entering the juvenile and criminal justice system, and advocate for a safe, effective and fair system for those involved.
Connecticut Veterans Legal Center helps veterans recovering from homelessness and mental illness overcome legal barriers to stable income and housing.
Connecticut Voices for Children promotes the well-being of all of Connecticut's young people and their families by advocating for strategic public investments and wise public policies through high quality research and analysis, strategic communications, citizen education and development of the next generation of advocates.
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Connecticut Women's Education and Legal Fund is a statewide nonprofit dedicated to empowering women, girls and their families to achieve equal opportunities in their personal and professional lives.
DataHaven is dedicated to improving the Greater New Haven and Valley Region by compiling and sharing high-quality public information for effective decision making.
IRIS-Integrated Refugee & Immigrant Services helps refugees and other displaced people establish new lives, regain hope, and contribute to the vitality of Connecticut's communities by providing resettlement support, a Food Pantry, Immigration Legal Clinic and informal referral service to the men, women and children who fled their countries of origin due to persecution on the basis of their race, nationality, religious belief, political opinion, or membership in a particular social group and are unable to return to their countries without risking further persecution, including torture and death.
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Jewish Family Services of New Haven improves the quality of life for families and individuals of all ages through an integrated program of social services in accordance with basic Jewish values and precepts.
Junior Achievement of Southwest New England delivers a hands-on, interactive and experiential curriculum to students in K – 12 to inspire and prepare students to be financially literate, workforce ready and entrepreneurial.
Literacy Center of Milford provides a quality program whereby people can find the help and support they require to meet their basic literacy needs.
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Literacy Volunteers of Greater New Haven increases the reading, writing and oral communication skills of low literacy adults in the Greater New Haven area so they can participate more fully as parents, as employees and as members of their community.
New Haven Land Trust is dedicated to land conservation, environmental education and community gardening in New Haven. It assists community gardeners in growing nutritious food and building stronger communities, presents a hands-on, science based environmental education curriculum for kids in fourth and fifth grade with programming at Quinnipiac Meadows Nature Preserve, and maintains short and long term management plans for three of its nature preserves.
New Haven Legal Assistance Association provides high-quality legal services to individuals, families and groups who are unable to obtain legal services because of limited income, age, disability, discrimination and other barriers.
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New Haven Urban Resources Initiative fosters environmental stewardship and human development by promoting citizen participation and community action through education, institutional cooperation and professional guidance, and carries on any and all activities as may be helpful or appropriate to these goals.
Online Journalism Project promotes development of professional quality hyper local online journalism with current initiatives of the New Haven Independent, Branford Eagle, Valley Independent Sentinel and the Connecticut Health Investigative Team.
Public Allies CT's advances new leadership to strengthen communities, nonprofits and civic participation through a signature leadership development program that advances the skills, networks and experiences of diverse young leaders linked to a national service model.
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Shelton Economic Development Corporation focuses on the balanced development of the City of Shelton by promoting and assisting the growth and development of businesses including the encouragement of public and private partnerships, coordinating planning and development, leveraging resources, providing and developing leadership for economic and development activities, revitalizing downtown Shelton, the Shelton riverfront and any other community development activities deemed a priority by the Corporation.
Valley United Way and its predecessor organizations (Community Chest, Red Feather, etc) have been raising and distributing funds to support the delivery of health and human service programming in the Lower Naugatuck Valley, Connecticut, (Ansonia, Derby, Oxford, Seymour & Shelton) since the 1930's. Volunteers annually conduct a community wide fund raising campaign, a community needs assessment and an allocation process to fund needed services in the community.
Wallingford Public Access empowers the people of Wallingford to meet their own communication needs, as they define them, by facilitating digital media creation and managing its Public Distribution.
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