Youth Services

Contact: Tammy Kudla, Youth Services Worker - 203-639-5058 or tkudla@meridenct.gov

About Youth Services:

Our Youth Services office is a member of the Connecticut Youth Services Association, which is charged with centrally coordinating the comprehensive delivery of services and advocacy for youth and their families. Our main source of funding for programming is the Youth Service Bureau grant from the Department of Children and Families. 

The state recently released a Juvenile Justice Equity Dashboard. Connecticut's Juvenile Justice Policy and Oversight Committee (JJPOC) has developed this dashboard to monitor and examine juvenile justice system involvement across the state for youth of different races, ethnicities, and genders.

Current Programming:

•  Youth Diversion Team: Youth Diversion Teams (YDT) are community-based diversion programs that provide early, restorative responses for youth who might otherwise be referred to Juvenile Court for minor violations of the law. The process aims to hold youth accountable for their behavior without resorting to legal sanctions or court oversight. YDTs aim to disrupt the school-to-prison pipeline by promoting healing, connection, and opportunity over punishment.
• Project Graduation support.
• Funding to Meriden Parks and Recreation Department for child and youth programming.
• Funding to Meriden Public Library for child and youth programming.
• Campership administration support (summer).

 

 

 

 

 

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