For the young people and families in the community, Haddam-Killingworth Youth and Family Services (HKYFS) provides a vital bridge to the help they need. Their challenges can range from family crises and substance abuse, to school truancy and youth crime to needing holiday gifts and school supplies.
HKYFS delivers help to youths and families by acting as a bridge to the services of police departments, school systems, the juvenile court, human service departments, mental health delivery systems, and the Connecticut Department of Children and Families (DCF). We also sponsor many community events and welcome everyone to participate.
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.
Over the past two years, 21 families worked with our Juvenile Review Board volunteers committed to the process of restorative justice.
$4,500 in redirected or direct grant funding supported local families and businesses.
Over the last two years, 103 children received free school supplies in our Back-to-School Backpack Program.
Counseling services for families, young people, and individuals of all ages, available to Haddam and Killingworth residents regardless of their financial situation.
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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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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.
