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BGCB announces name change: YSPN becomes YouthConnect.
Overview:
Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston’s YouthConnect program (formerly Youth Service Providers Network) is an advocacy and intervention program of BGCB whose mission is to help the most at-risk young people make positive life choices through trusting relationships with skilled and compassionate social workers.
We do this by:
- Intervening (being present) at critical moments when young people are either engaged or at risk of engaging in delinquent activity
- Placing masters-level, licensed, clinical social works at police stations through an innovative partnership with the Boston Police Department
- Connecting young people and their families with the most effective social services for their individual situations
Since its inception in 1996, YouthConnect has served more than 9,800 youth (80% between the ages of 13-21) and families from diverse racial and ethnic backgrounds.
City-wide coverage:
YouthConnect works alongside the Boston Police Department with a focus on the following neighborhoods:
- Charlestown
- Dorchester
- Jamaica Plain
- Mattapan
- Roxbury
- South Boston
- South End / Lower Roxbury
Additionally, YouthConnect extends its reach through the city wide units of the Youth Violence Strike Force and the School Police Unit.
Proven Results:
YouthConnect has been an effective partnership with proven results. A study sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found the following significant changes in the behaviors of YouthConnect clients: a 59% reduction in weapon carrying, 64% reduction in aggressive behavior, 71% reduction in victimization. (2004)
Andrea Perry, LICSW
Executive Director
Phone: 617-427-1068
Email: aperry@bgcb.orgDenise Kasrawi, LICSW
Clinical Director
Phone: 617-541-1894
Email: dkasrawi@bgcb.orgAddress:
115 Warren Street
Roxbury, MA 02119