Youth Links

The following links provide important resources to Boys & Girls Clubs.

Connecticut State Youth Program and Advocacy Sites

Sources of information and statistics needed for resource development and to be informed about emerging issues. Several sites have professional development information also.

Connecticut Commission on Children

http://www.cga.state.ct.us/coc/

The Connecticut Mentoring Partnership

http://www.drugsdontwork.org/cmp_whyment.html

Connecticut Voices for Children

http://www.ctkidslink.org

Bridgeport Child Advocacy Coalition

http://www.bcacct.org

Connecticut Policy and Economic Council

http://www.cpec.org

Youth Program Information and Research

Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP)

http://ojjdp.ncjrs.org/

To provide national leadership, coordination, and resources to prevent and respond to juvenile delinquency and victimization. OJJDP accomplishes this by supporting States and local communities in their efforts to develop and implement effective and coordinated prevention and intervention programs and improve the juvenile justice system so that it protects the public safety, holds offenders accountable, and provides treatment and rehabilitative services tailored to the needs of families and each individual juvenile.

Census Bureau and Other Statistics on Connecticut American Factfinder

http://factfinder.census.gov

State and County Juvenile Court Case Counts

http://ojjdp.ncjrs.org/

School Profiles from the Department of Education

http://www.kids.state.ct.us/

Direct Program Resource Sites

Junior Achievement

http://www.ja.org

Program Information and a Youth Site.

Computer Job Ready/Financial Management Program

http://www.2020green.com

Program from ING.

Great Web Sites for Kids

http://www.ala.org

Kid Qualified Links

http://www.bgca.org/members/kid_links.asp

Boys & Girls Clubs of America has identified sites that provide interesting stories for the kid in all of us.