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Prevention & Community
Intervention Division Youth Service Bureau
United Services Inc is designated as the Youth Service Bureau (YSB) for the towns of Brooklyn, Canterbury, Eastford, Killingly, Plainfield, Pomfret, Putnam, Sterling, Thompson, and Woodstock. The Youth Service Bureau serves as a coordination service of all youth serving programs for each municipality. The Youth Service Bureau acts as an Administrative Core Unit for towns, providing needs assessment, resource identification, and youth advocacy. United Services provides this function through the establishment of municipal Prevention Policy Boards in the towns of Putnam, Brooklyn, Killingly, Plainfield and Thompson. The goal is to have active prevention policy boards in all ten towns. The Youth Service Bureau is governed by a Youth Service Bureau Advisory Board which consists of representatives from each municipality, educators, community providers, and youth under the age of 21. In addition to the YSB Advisory Board, United Services works with a Board of eight to ten youth under the auspices of R.E.A.C.H. (Regional Empowering Adolescent Community Helpers) Advisory Board, who review and make recommendations to the agency on services and programs for area youth. Several REACH youth also serve on the YSB Advisory Board. Eligibility: Towns of Brooklyn, Canterbury, Eastford, Killingly, Plainfield, Pomfret, Putnam, Sterling, Thompson, and Woodstock. Funded by the Department of Education, municipal funds, contributions and fundraising. |