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Greetings!
We're excited to send this first eNewsletter to members, friends and partners of the City Wide Youth Coalition.
Please let us know what you like about this effort and what you'd like to see next -- we want this email to be useful to you and beneficial to the youth and families in Greater New Haven.
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Enjoy!
Rachel K. Heerema
City Wide Youth Coalition, Inc.
rachel@cwyc.org
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Member Highlight: Teen to Teen Helpline
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Teen to Teen Helpline
203-789-TEEN, part of United Teen Connection, Inc., is a simple
program of educating teens to help themselves and others before a crisis develops.
Teen to Teen
helps everyone who calls. Our
teens are positive role models and know if they and others made it thru a
crisis others with have a good chance also. We provide options not
answers.
Success Story: One of the teens came into the office for his shift,
it was clear he had something on his mind. I waited for him to take a deep breath
and then he started to talk. He did not talk about himself, but
a new student he had bumped into in the hallway and had been observing for a
few days. He sensed this shy girl with an aura of intense
sadness. As we talked he asked me what he should do. Instead, I
asked him what he thought he should do and we laughed. He decided to provide
this shy girl with knowledge that she was not alone and had
a friend who cares and would provide her with a listening ear if she
should want to share. He gave her literature on eating disorders
and a phone number or two if she should choose to use them.
He also urged her to talk to a trusted adult, such as the school nurse or
someone she truly trusted.
Please check us out on the web at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/unitedteenconnectionnhct/
for photos and more information.
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Resource Highlight: Youth Map
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YOUTH MAP is an information management system which will assess all
youth-related programs in New Haven. It is designed to improve the
performance, visibility, and monitoring of youth organizations.
With many parents struggling to balance work and family life in New
Haven, this tool can provide a valuable community resource. It will allow city government to directly assist families by providing online access to New Haven's wealth of community services. The Youth Map site will provide the public with a direct connection to youth organizations and their community offerings. The Youth Map will serve as an online bulletin board for youth activities, ranging from summer camps to health services. In many cases, community members will be able to find out about organizations that previously they did not know existed. It will also provide the public with the ability to interact directly with youth organizations in an online community. Parents will be able to access up-to-date information on programs, internship openings, public
services, and other community opportunities for New Haven's youth.
For more information, please contact:
Adriana Arreola
Youth Services Department
(203) 946-2394
aarreola@newhavenct.net
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Coalition Update: Summer Summit
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We're planning our Summer Summit for a Wednesday in March 2009 to help youth-serving programs plan for a great summer of positive youth development activities. The date and location will be announced as soon as its firm. We are recruiting organizations to host resource tables and we are planning workshops to help staff, volunteers and leadership organize their work. Please reply to this email, if you would like to help with planning, host a resource table or let us know of your program's training needs.
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forward this email to people who might benefit from attending the Summit and to those who might contribute their expertise.  |
Training Opportunity: Advancing Youth Development
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is offering its 30-hour Advancing Youth Development Course beginning Tuesday, February
24 at Public Allies CT offices in New
Haven.
Advancing Youth Development (AYD) is a 30-hour course, designed for youth workers, supervisors, agency directors, and youth advocates who interact with youth workers and adolescents.
The seven sessions include: Historical Development of Youth Work,
Achieving Youth Outcomes, Nurturing Youth Competencies, Planning
Developmentally and Culturally Responsive Programs, Assessing
Youth Outcomes, and Professional Competencies of Youth Workers
Course and registration information can be found at: www.theconsultationcenter.org/ydtrc.
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CWYC Member Meetings
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Member
meetings are held the third Thursday of each month at 10 a.m. to 12 noon at New Haven Family Alliance, 370 James St, 2nd Floor. The next member meeting will be Wednesday, February 18. Please come and invite your colleagues.
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City Wide Youth Coalition, Inc.
PO Box 354
New Haven, CT 06513
(203-786-5970x322
www.cwyc.org
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