Our Mission
Youth Challenge of Connecticut Inc. operates residential programs and
conducts outreach to help people with alcohol and other drug problems find drug
free, productive, and meaningful lives.
Program Summary
Youth Challenge is a residential rehabilitation program for individuals 18 and over with life controlling problems such as substance abuse. It was founded in 1970 and holds a Connecticut State License to operate as a facility for the Care of Treatment of Substance Abusive or Dependent Persons.
The philosophy of the program is the development of self-respect, confidence, and a capacity to enjoy life through discipline, proper counsel and attitude. A total living environment of personal and group interaction, with structured activity, forms the basis for our approach.
The overall objective of the program is to initialize a total change in values and lifestyles among the young men and women we serve. A trained and capable staff provide an atmosphere of warmth, trust, support, and love that many of the residents never before experienced. Residents participate in a variety of individual and group activities, and also engage in supervised in house work opportunities according to a daily schedule. The primary goal of all the activities in which the residents are involved is to instill a sense of self-discipline and self-worth, which will enable them to live as responsible citizens upon graduation.
Youth Challenge has grown because it has achieved a tremendous success. Instilled in the students is the reality that not only can a person remain drug free upon graduation but continue to grow and go on to become a positive asset within their
community. The fact remains, however, that the drug problem is so severe that there are still far more requests for services than Youth Challenge can provide.
Youth Challenge is actively involved in both the treatment and prevention aspects of the drug and individuals, Youth Challenge has established several active and aggressive satellite programs that augment its basic mission. These primary and satellite activities serve to greatly deter the growth of crime and juvenile destruction, while making available the opportunity to restore the individual’s life.
Some of these programs are as follows:
1. Youth Challenge works very closely with the family of the substance user to help them acquire the necessary perspectives in accepting and dealing with the student.
2. Youth Challenge conducts a prison outreach that is currently supplying services to five prisons.
3. Outreaches are conducted at the request of local school district authorities in both primary and secondary school within the Greater Hartford area.
4. One of the programs emphasized by Youth Challenge is the Outreach Program conducted on the streets of Hartford. As street workers, the staff members meet the troubled individual where he/she is and seeks to initiate treatment in
a familiar and non-threatening atmosphere.
5. Adjunct to the active outreach program, Youth Challenge works together with local groups to provide services for at-risk children from the inner-city neighborhoods, including classes and group activities focusing on positive values, self image relationships and character development.
Youth Challenge welcomes referrals on a continuing basis from a variety of sources in the community to assist substance abusers. Some of these referral agencies are:
1. State of Connecticut Department of Corrections, Parole, Probation and the Courts.
2. Clergy, Social Workers, Lawyers, Family and Walk-in.
3. State of Connecticut Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services.
4. Local Hospitals and Clinics.
5. The Salvation Army and other agencies.
The philosophy of the program is the development of self-respect, confidence, and a capacity to enjoy life through discipline, proper counsel and attitude. A total living environment of personal and group interaction, with structured activity, forms the basis for our approach.
The overall objective of the program is to initialize a total change in values and lifestyles among the young men and women we serve. A trained and capable staff provide an atmosphere of warmth, trust, support, and love that many of the residents never before experienced. Residents participate in a variety of individual and group activities, and also engage in supervised in house work opportunities according to a daily schedule. The primary goal of all the activities in which the residents are involved is to instill a sense of self-discipline and self-worth, which will enable them to live as responsible citizens upon graduation.
Youth Challenge has grown because it has achieved a tremendous success. Instilled in the students is the reality that not only can a person remain drug free upon graduation but continue to grow and go on to become a positive asset within their
community. The fact remains, however, that the drug problem is so severe that there are still far more requests for services than Youth Challenge can provide.
Youth Challenge is actively involved in both the treatment and prevention aspects of the drug and individuals, Youth Challenge has established several active and aggressive satellite programs that augment its basic mission. These primary and satellite activities serve to greatly deter the growth of crime and juvenile destruction, while making available the opportunity to restore the individual’s life.
Some of these programs are as follows:
1. Youth Challenge works very closely with the family of the substance user to help them acquire the necessary perspectives in accepting and dealing with the student.
2. Youth Challenge conducts a prison outreach that is currently supplying services to five prisons.
3. Outreaches are conducted at the request of local school district authorities in both primary and secondary school within the Greater Hartford area.
4. One of the programs emphasized by Youth Challenge is the Outreach Program conducted on the streets of Hartford. As street workers, the staff members meet the troubled individual where he/she is and seeks to initiate treatment in
a familiar and non-threatening atmosphere.
5. Adjunct to the active outreach program, Youth Challenge works together with local groups to provide services for at-risk children from the inner-city neighborhoods, including classes and group activities focusing on positive values, self image relationships and character development.
Youth Challenge welcomes referrals on a continuing basis from a variety of sources in the community to assist substance abusers. Some of these referral agencies are:
1. State of Connecticut Department of Corrections, Parole, Probation and the Courts.
2. Clergy, Social Workers, Lawyers, Family and Walk-in.
3. State of Connecticut Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services.
4. Local Hospitals and Clinics.
5. The Salvation Army and other agencies.
Youth Challenge of CT, Inc.
Phone: 860-728-5199
Fax: 860-524-0418
15-17 May Street; Hartford, CT 06105
Phone: 860-728-5199
Fax: 860-524-0418
15-17 May Street; Hartford, CT 06105
