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Our services include support for family crises, school truancy, substance abuse, and youth crime; programs for positive youth development, bullying prevention, and mentoring; and diversion options for at-risk youth committing first offenses, functioning as a Juvenile Review Board (JRB).
HKYFS runs events throughout the year. The goal is to have fun and raise money while supporting a variety of needs in the Haddam-Killingworth community.
Last year 18 adults mentored Haddam and Killingworth 3rd-8th graders.
Last year HKYFS redirected $188,000 in grant funding to benefit HK Youth and their families.
Last year, 104 children received holiday gifts through our Holiday Giving Program
Offering everyone unique ways to share ideas on how we can effectively solve problems and make our community a better place for us all to live.
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Providing help to children of all ages through innovative programs addressing a range of challenges.
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Programs that offer help to those in need, and give members of the community the opportunity to help those less fortunate.
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Counseling services for families, young people, and individuals of all ages, available to Haddam and Killingworth residents regardless of their financial situation.
Learn More🎁 We`re so grateful that New Image Auto is once again hosting the Stuff a Cruiser toy drive, bringing all the holiday cheer to our community! Last year was an incredible success, and a magical day filled with holiday cheer. Join us in spreading joy by helping us fill the cruiser with donations for local families in need.✨
RESCHEDULE📣We are all becoming increasingly aware of the impact of the digital age, smart devices, gaming, and social media on the healthy development of today’s youth. There is no better time to learn more and join together as a community than right before the holidays and shopping for gifts.
This is appropriate for parents/caregivers of children birth-5th grade- and anyone else who cares about this important issue.
Join us for an evening of conversation, education, and resources with a phenomenal national award-winning film and dynamic panel discussion. Principals K-5, HKYFS, and local mental health professionals will be attending! Your children are welcome and encouraged to attend.
December 4 6:30-8:15PM
HKIMS Auditorium Cookies in the Lobby
Registration appreciated: https://hkyfs.org/event/screenagers-growing-up-in-the-digital-age/
✍️🥰 DOODLE AND CHILL for 5th-8th grades A few spots available!
Miss Faith is enjoying time with so many HK kids in the younger grades working on connection, calm, resilience, and fun! She is excited to hang with some older youth to do the same!
Join Miss Faith at Brainerd Library on November 20th for Doodle and Chill and create something magical. She`s definitely someone all HK kiddos should know!
Wednesday, November 20 @brainerd_memorial_library
5:30PM
Register: https://hkyfs.org/event/doodle-and-chill/
🎄🛍️ HK Holiday Craft Fair - The Ultimate Holiday Shopping Experience! 🛍️🎄
Get ready to kick off the holiday season in style! The HK Holiday Craft Fair is your one-stop shop for unique, handmade treasures that are perfect for everyone on your holiday gift list.
Wander through booths filled with cozy knitwear, stunning jewelry, holiday decorations, home goods, gourmet treats, and so much more, you`ll find truly one-of-a-kind gifts crafted with care by talented local artisans. Preview all the crafters and their offerings here: https://hkyfs.org/hk-craft-fair/ 🎁✨
📣💗Over the six-weeks that elementary lunch bunch with HKYFS meets, it feels very much like eating a meal with family. Miss Faith uses conversation cards often during lunch bunch as a way to get to know our peers better, learn how to communicate in a small group setting, and find out the ways that we are similar and different from one another in a space outside of the classroom. ✍️
HKYFS is one of 100 YSBs serving 142 towns across Connecticut. A stand-alone nonprofit agency, we are part of the delivery system for youth and family services within the Connecticut Department of Children and Families (DCF).
As a Youth Service Bureau (YSB), our job is to: assess the needs of youth and the availability of resources to meet them; develop resources to improve services and fill gaps, and to encourage the creation of innovative programs; conduct programs to increase the public’s knowledge and understanding of youth needs; advocate for youth groups whose needs
are not being met and for individuals having difficulties obtaining services; maintain confidentiality when reporting youth data to the State Department of Education, providing the data they need for evaluations and grants.
The work of HKYFS encompasses counseling services and support; direct prevention services; case management referral and follow-up services; resource support; coordination of services working with other local providers of health, social, and educational services.
