As of 10/1/2009
Organization |
Purpose |
Description |
Approved |
Paid in 2009 |
Boys & Girls Club of New Britain, Inc. |
Capital Grant |
To provide major refurbishing and renovations to their main facility. |
$150,000 |
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Boys & Girls Club of New Britain, Inc. |
SMART Girls Program |
To provide a teen pregnancy prevention curriculum for girls and for general youth program support. |
$36,500 |
$36,500 |
Brass City Harvest |
Community Food System |
To set up an urban food system to supply lower income Waterbury families with fresh produce. |
$24,000 |
$24,000 |
The Bridge Family Center, Inc. |
Positive Youth Development Program |
To support after-school enrichment programs, peer mediation, home visits, and therapeutic/support groups for at-risk West Hartford elementary students. |
$24,300 |
$24,300 |
Bristol Hospital |
Maternal/Child Health Initiative |
To provide parenting education and supports for families with children with severe conduct disorders. |
$15,000 |
$15,000 |
Capital Workforce Partners |
Summer Youth Employment Program |
To provide New Britain youth with summer work experience and job training. |
$50,000 |
$50,000 |
Capitol Region Education Council |
Center for Creative Youth |
To fund a summer residential arts program for gifted high school students from low-income families. |
$8,000 |
$8,000 |
Children's Dance Theater Connection, Inc. |
Dance Classes and Performance |
To provide dance/theater classes in New Britain schools and support a performance of "The Little Mermaid". |
|
$10,000 |
The Children's Home |
Summer Program |
To provide summer day camp programs and field trips for resident youth. |
$9,000 |
$9,000 |
Children's Law Center of CT |
Legal Representation Program |
To provide legal representation for New Britain children involved in family court disputes. |
$50,000 |
$50,000 |
Children's Law Center of CT |
Truancy Intervention Project |
To match attorney volunteers with truant students to address the causes of truancy and reduce juvenile court petitions. |
$17,119 |
$17,119 |
City Slickers |
Riding Program |
To support an after-school program for at-risk youth including riding instruction, counseling, and pre-vocational training on a horse farm. |
$10,000 |
$10,000 |
Connecticut Humanities Council |
Book Voyagers Program |
To support a children's reading program placing professional storytellers and discussion leaders at participating libraries. |
$20,000 |
$20,000 |
Connecticut Junior Republic |
Summer Youth Program |
To provide a vocational training and employment program for court-referred youth. |
$26,550 |
$26,550 |
Connecticut Pre-Engineering Program |
After School Program |
To provide summer and after-school advanced mathematics, science, technology and engineering teaching for select New Britain and Waterbury middle schools. |
$50,000 |
$50,000 |
Connecticut Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra |
Children's and Community Concerts |
To support an educational concert series for New Britain elementary school children and the orchestra's performance season. |
$20,000 |
$20,000 |
Dispute Settlement Center |
Juvenile Mediation Program |
To provide conflict mediation in situations involving Waterbury youth and mediation training for school personnel. |
$7,000 |
$7,000 |
The First Tee of Connecticut, Inc. |
In-School and Group Golf Lessons |
The promote character development and life skills training for Waterbury inner city youth through the game of golf. |
$14,130 |
$14,130 |
Friendship Center |
Capital Grant |
To create supportive housing units in New Britain. |
|
$250,000 |
Gifts of Love |
Food Program |
To support the agency's food program for children and families experiencing temporary financial crisis. |
$10,000 |
$10,000 |
Girls Inc. |
Life Skills Program |
To reach out to at-risk girls with a youth development program based on best practices for after-school programs. |
$15,000 |
$15,000 |
Green Street Arts Center |
After-School Programs |
To make available after-school homework assistance, mentoring, and arts education for at-risk Middletown students. |
$9,000 |
$9,000 |
Habitat for Humanity - Hartford Area |
Capital Grant |
To support construction of three new homes in New Britain for low-income families. |
|
$80,000 |
Hebron Interfaith Human Services |
Outreach Program |
To provide emergency assistance to meet the basic human needs of Hebron residents. |
$7,000 |
$7,000 |
Junior Achievement |
Education Program |
To teach financial literacy and workforce preparedness to school children through project-based activities. |
$50,000 |
$50,000 |
New Britain Museum of American Art |
Community Outreach & Education Program |
To support Saturday educational programming for low income families. |
$50,000 |
$50,000 |
Opportunities Industrialization Center of New Britain Inc. |
Bicycling Enthusiasm Initiative |
To support an after-school mentoring program for at-risk youth using an interest in bikes to encourage them to stay in school. |
$41,000 |
$41,000 |
Plainville ARC |
Camp Trumbull |
To offer educational and recreational activities as well as field trips to children with developmental disabilities. |
$18,000 |
$18,000 |
Plainville Community Food Pantry |
Backpack Program |
To provide children with new backpacks and school supplies they need for a positive start to the school year. |
$15,000 |
$15,000 |
Police Activity League of Waterbury |
Capital Grant |
To make the agency's new location handicap-accessible so disabled persons can participate in after-school and other activities. |
|
$75,000 |
Prudence Crandall Center, Inc. |
Capital Grant |
To renovate the Rose Hill building to provide a continuum of housing for women and their children affected by domestic violence. |
|
$75,000 |
Shakesperience Productions, Inc |
Curricular Enhancement Program |
To enhance the language arts curriculum for New Britain and Waterbury schools through interactive workshops and theater performances. |
$27,000 |
$27,000 |
VNA Health At Home, Inc. |
Community Wellness Program |
To support a health screening and immunization program for low income residents of Greater Waterbury. |
$16,200 |
$16,200 |
Waterbury Youth Services, Inc. |
Youth Programs |
To provide after-school youth development programs for the highest risk children across the city of Waterbury. |
$40,500 |
$40,500 |
Windham Area Interfaith Ministry |
Material Goods/Community Gardens Program |
To provide household goods and fresh produce for low-income area residents. |
$15,000 |
$15,000 |
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Grants and contributions up to $5,000 |
$52,500 |
$52,500 |
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Subtotal
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$897,799 |
$1,185,299 |
New Britain After-School Initiative For Middle School Youth |
Approved for 2009-2010 School Year |
Paid in 2009 |
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City of New Britain |
After-School Program Grant |
To improve and expand the "Exercise the Right Choice" programs that provide project-based learning activities that include leadership development, recreation, and homework help |
up to $100,000 |
$43,880 |
Klingberg Family |
After-School Program Grant |
To expand programming to at-risk students from Slade Middle School, incorporating academic support, counseling, life-skills training, and pre-vocational learning experiences. |
up to $57,518 |
$35,354 |
Opportunities Industrialization |
After-School Program Grant |
To expand the Moving Mountains Academy, an academic support program for at-risk youth that focuses on transitioning into high school, leadership development, and cultural activities. |
up to $118,000 |
$112,500 |
YMCA of New |
After-School Program Grant |
To expand their existing programs, focusing on social and physical development through leadership training, community service projects and recreation. |
up to $100,000 |
$84,131 |
YWCA of |
After-School Program Grant |
To expand the scope and impact of STRIVE, a youth development and leadership program specifically for girls. |
up to $110,000 |
$69,009 |
Subtotal |
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up to $485,518 |
$344,802 |
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Scholarship & Summer Internships |
$605,318 |
$560,667 |
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Sponsorships |
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$71,524 |
$71,524 |
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Total Contributions: |
$2,060,159 |
$2,162,292 |
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