Youth Committee
Chairperson: Michelle McFarland
Contact info: email
Committee meeting: Committee meets quarterly on on various days via Zoom . Due to scheduling conflicts meeting day may change, check back for specific dates, email Michelle for up to date meeting info.
Contact info: email
Committee meeting: Committee meets quarterly on on various days via Zoom . Due to scheduling conflicts meeting day may change, check back for specific dates, email Michelle for up to date meeting info.
Youth
Committee Vision: Asylum Hill will be known as a place where diverse youth residents are leaders in improving the quality of life in their neighborhood and are empowered to organize their own neighborhood improvement projects.
Goal 1: Join the Human Services Task Force in Facilitating Additional Collaboration Between AHNA and Groups Serving Asylum Hill Youth and Their Parent Advocates
Actions:
● Review and build on Hartford Public School survey of current programs and services
● Consider showcasing agencies and services at Sigourney Square Park or at another convenient location
Goal 2: Encourage, Train and Support Volunteers Who Can Support West Middle, Hartford Public and Classical Magnet Schools
Actions:
● Encourage parents and guardians to join PTOs and School Governance Councils
● Encourage area businesses and nonprofit groups to offer internships and job shadowing opportunities
● Encourage area employees, college students, church members and others to serve as tutors, coaches and resource people
Goal 3: Ensure Teens to Have Access to Technology
Action: Encourage teens to access video, audio, and print resources. The recording studio located in You Media is a major teen magnet.
Goal 4: Work Collaboratively to Address Other Youth Service Needs
Asylum Hill has several youth-serving agencies that have the capacity to address the needs of youth and these agencies have the desire to work with one another
Actions:
● Work with Compass Youth Collaborative to teach youth how to use peaceful approaches for responding to conflict
● Work with Our Piece of the Pie (OPP) to identify youth and mentors for Youth Service Corps
● Work with the Working Cities Challenge to create employment and internship opportunities for youth
● Work with Leadership Greater Hartford, Toastmasters and other groups to provide opportunities, including the formation of a Youth Leadership Council, to practice advocacy, public speaking and leadership
● Join the Public Safety Task Force in encouraging youth to become Police Explorers and/or to Join the PAL to create a pool of future law enforcement candidates
● Join the Public Safety Task Force in creating a safe-haven for families and children at Sigourney Square Park
Resources/Partnerships:
AHNA will collaborate with the following agencies and businesses to connect Asylum Hill youth and their parents with advocacy, leadership and employment opportunities.
Our Piece of the Pie
H.Y.P.E.
Blues Hills Civic Association
West Middle School
The Boys and Girls Club
Classical Magnet School
University of Hartford
Hartford Public Library
ConnectiKids
CVS-Aetna
Capital Community College
The Hartford
OPMAD
Saint Francis Hospital
Wheeler Clinic
AFCAMP
Toastmasters
Leadership Greater Hartford
The Village for Families and Children
Compass Youth Collaborative
Hartford Public High School
Asylum Hill Family Center
Side By Side: Police and Youth program: https://portal.ct.gov/OPM/CJ-JJYD/Just-Start/Just-START-Side-By-Side
Priority Outcomes/Measurable Results
● Published inventory of services available to youth
● Increase in the number of children and families using Sigourney Square Park
● Increase in the number of volunteers serving kids in schools and non-profit groups
● Increase in the number of Asylum Hill youth enrolled in youth leadership development programs
Goal 1: Join the Human Services Task Force in Facilitating Additional Collaboration Between AHNA and Groups Serving Asylum Hill Youth and Their Parent Advocates
Actions:
● Review and build on Hartford Public School survey of current programs and services
● Consider showcasing agencies and services at Sigourney Square Park or at another convenient location
Goal 2: Encourage, Train and Support Volunteers Who Can Support West Middle, Hartford Public and Classical Magnet Schools
Actions:
● Encourage parents and guardians to join PTOs and School Governance Councils
● Encourage area businesses and nonprofit groups to offer internships and job shadowing opportunities
● Encourage area employees, college students, church members and others to serve as tutors, coaches and resource people
Goal 3: Ensure Teens to Have Access to Technology
Action: Encourage teens to access video, audio, and print resources. The recording studio located in You Media is a major teen magnet.
Goal 4: Work Collaboratively to Address Other Youth Service Needs
Asylum Hill has several youth-serving agencies that have the capacity to address the needs of youth and these agencies have the desire to work with one another
Actions:
● Work with Compass Youth Collaborative to teach youth how to use peaceful approaches for responding to conflict
● Work with Our Piece of the Pie (OPP) to identify youth and mentors for Youth Service Corps
● Work with the Working Cities Challenge to create employment and internship opportunities for youth
● Work with Leadership Greater Hartford, Toastmasters and other groups to provide opportunities, including the formation of a Youth Leadership Council, to practice advocacy, public speaking and leadership
● Join the Public Safety Task Force in encouraging youth to become Police Explorers and/or to Join the PAL to create a pool of future law enforcement candidates
● Join the Public Safety Task Force in creating a safe-haven for families and children at Sigourney Square Park
Resources/Partnerships:
AHNA will collaborate with the following agencies and businesses to connect Asylum Hill youth and their parents with advocacy, leadership and employment opportunities.
Our Piece of the Pie
H.Y.P.E.
Blues Hills Civic Association
West Middle School
The Boys and Girls Club
Classical Magnet School
University of Hartford
Hartford Public Library
ConnectiKids
CVS-Aetna
Capital Community College
The Hartford
OPMAD
Saint Francis Hospital
Wheeler Clinic
AFCAMP
Toastmasters
Leadership Greater Hartford
The Village for Families and Children
Compass Youth Collaborative
Hartford Public High School
Asylum Hill Family Center
Side By Side: Police and Youth program: https://portal.ct.gov/OPM/CJ-JJYD/Just-Start/Just-START-Side-By-Side
Priority Outcomes/Measurable Results
● Published inventory of services available to youth
● Increase in the number of children and families using Sigourney Square Park
● Increase in the number of volunteers serving kids in schools and non-profit groups
● Increase in the number of Asylum Hill youth enrolled in youth leadership development programs