A long-standing partnership between Fairfield University and ABCD,

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1 Name of the Organization Executive Director Location (City, State) Mission or Description of Work Key Services or Programs Offered 1000 Friends of Connecticut Heidi E. Green - President 1000 Friends of Connecticut is a statewide organization whose mission is to promote and shape growth to ensure a prosperous economy, a healthy natural environment, and distinctive, integrated and attractive communities while promoting opportunities in education, housing, transportation, and employment for ourselves and future generations. Action for Bridgeport Community Development (ABCD) & Adrienne Kirby Family Literacy Project A long-standing partnership between Fairfield University and ABCD, the Adrienne Kirby Family Literacy Project provides opportunities for Language and reading skills for children, child development students to be involved in preventive intervention that helps lowincome preschoolers and their parents in language and reading, while and cognition awareness for parents learning about child development and cognition. Barnaba Institute Alexis Taylor Litos Clinton, CT The Barnaba Institute fights human trafficking and sexual exploitation. Services to victims include rescue, counseling, and skills training. Programs for the public include education, awareness, professional education on how to identify victims and address their unique mental health needs Best Buddies North Haven, CT Best Buddies is a nonprofit organization dedicated to establishing a global volunteer movement that creates opportunities for one-to-one friendships, integrated employment and leadership development for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). Mentoring/'buddy' relationships Big Brothers/ Big Sisters of Southwestern Connecticut Ellen Tracy, Executive Director Big Brothers/Big Sisters is a nonprofit agency that provides adult mentors to children. We recruit, carefully screen and train caring Mentoring relationships adults to act as mentors, match them with children, and support them. Bridge House Bridge House provides a positive, encouraging environment of programs and support which gives persons w/ psychiatric disabilities opportunities to live productive and satisfying lives. Homeless outreach, supportive housing Bridgeport Area Youth Ministry (BAYM) George B. Stowell BAYM enables inner-city youth to discover their talents and to exercisecomputer genesis, software training, Learn-to-Work them in a real world business environment through technology, trade community-based work experience, technology certification training, and career development. program Bridgeport Child Advocacy Coalition (BCAC) Marilyn Ondrasik BCAC promotes policies and programs to ensure that no children live BCAC task forces focus on early childhood, education, in poverty and that all children have an opportunity to grow up healthy health, public policy, substance-abusing women and their and safe and receive the education and skills to help them reach their children, and violence. full potential. Bridgeport Health Department The Bridgeport Health Department's mission is to promote and protect the health of the people of Bridgeport through the provision of essential health services, monitoring of programs, enforcement of laws and ordinances, and collection of health information. Services include physical, behavioral health, and dental services to Bridgeport youth in the schools. Bridgeport Public Education Fund (BPEF) & Mentoring for Academic Achievement and College Success (MAACS) Margaret Hiller BPEF develops progams and mobilizes the community for quality public education in Bridgeport. MAACS pairs students from all three Bridgeport high schools with college mentors from local colleges and universities. MAACS, CAP, Charter Oak Scholarships, grants for Bridgeport teachers, First Day, community outreach

2 Bridgeport Public Library Scott Hughes The Bridgeport Public Library provides opportunities for our residents and taxpayers to pursue lifelong learning, cultural and economic enrichment, and enjoyment. To accomplish this mission, we offer free and open access to creative works, knowledge and information from diverse perspectives. Bridgeport Rescue Mission Bryant School Bridgeport Rescue Mission demonstrates the love of God to hungry, homeless and addicted people throughout Fairfield County, 24 hours a Meals, shelter, clothing, holiday outreaches, social services day, 365 days a year. We fight poverty from the inside out by providingreferrals a place of hope and dignity through a yearlong educational program, biblical counseling and case management. The Bryant School provides a safe, caring, and challenging environment where a diverse population is recognized and respected. We are committed to achieving excellence in education by preparing our students with strong academic and social skills. In partnership with family and community, we hope to encourage our students to become lifelong learners and live responsible, creative, and productive lives in a global society. Cardinal Shehan Center Cardinal Shehan Center enriches lives through learning by offering a variety of programs and activities that address the educational, recreational, cultural, and social needs of moderate and low-income families and young people After school & Saturday youth development program, summer day camp, physical education & alternative education programming Career Resources Career Resources is a nonprofit workforce development organization that has achieved national recognition for preparing youth and adults Maturity Works programming provides job skills and help in Southwestern Connecticut to gain employment and progress in their finding a job for unemployed 55+; Fathers for Life careers. We provide them with skills, resources, and support programming focuses on parenting skills, job training, and necessary for personal development, economic self-sufficiency, and child-support advocacy. career advancement, and also provide planning and staffing resources to the business community in support of workforce development. Caroline House Casey Family Services Center Stage Shelton, CT Caroline House, founded and staffed by the School Sisters of Notre Dame, is a nonprofit organization serving women and their children without regard to their racial, religious or ethnic background. Caroline House enables women and children to reach their potential through education in English language and life skills. Casey Family Services improves the lives of at-risk children and strengthens families and communities by providing high-quality, costeffective services that advance positive child welfare practice and sound public policy. Center Stage is a nonprofit regional, community theater, which was founded in 2005 by directors Gary and Francesca Scarpa. The theater produces six full-scale productions per year and is a leader in theater education for children. Mentoring, tutoring, foster care Connecticut Association for Human Services James P. Horan The Connecticut Association fo Human Services' mission is to end poverty and engage, equip and empower all families in CT to build a secure future. Early Care & Education, Health, Kids Count, Community Outreach Connecticut Juvenile Justice Alliance Hector Glynn Seeks to initiate and facilitate positive change in the juvenile justice and related systems through: policy research, public education, strategic communications, partnership development, community engagement Policy Research, Public Education, Strategic Communications, Partnership Development, Community Engagement, Advocacy against trying youth as adults

3 Connecticut Legal Services Council of Churches of Greater Bridgeport ; Stamford, CT Connecticut Legal Services is a private, non-profit, civil law firm dedicated to helping low-income families and individuals obtain justice. The bulk of our work consists of providing civil law representation and counseling to thousands of low-income families and individuals each year. We help our clients use the law to meet basic life needs. The Council of Churches of Greater Bridgeport seeks to turn faith into action by enabling congregations and community partners to combine resources and expertise to provide programs that help people at risk meet their urgent needs. Three focus areas are children, poverty and crisis, and faith in action. Courage to Speak Norwalk, CT Courage to Speak provides inspiration, leadership, resources and training using specialized programs and curricula to schools, businesses, community and faith-based organizations to enhance communications between parents and their children and to engage entire communities in substance-abuse education and prevention East End Community Council Fairfield Corps Fairfield & The East End Community Council is a group of community residents, business, civic, and religious leaders, and community police officers working together to socially, politically, and economically empower the people of the East End community of Bridgeport to enhance the quality of life for all. Key initiatives focus on working with the police for safe streets and court referrals for community service. Through Fairfield Corps, Fairfield University student interns work to curb underage drinking. Using a peer-to-peer strategy, student interns As one component of the Fairfield Corps grant, Fairfield educate fellow college students, as well as middle school students in University student-interns go out into the neighboring, on the effects of alcohol use while helping students community of Bridgeport and teach middle school children. learn how to make healthier choices by enhancing decision-making skills. Family ReEntry Pamela Jones Norwalk, CT Family ReEntry focuses on individual change, both behavioral and lifestyle. Our family-focused approach concentrates on each individual's personal experiences, living environments, belief systems and underlying behavioral health issues to help them overcome the many challenges they face. Domestic violence intervention, Fresh Start Community ReEntry pilot, Champions Mentoring, Transitions Mentoring Program for youth in prison, New Directions for youth on probation, adult behavior health services, Beacon Program, drug intervention FSW FSW's mission is to empower people to build a brighter future by linking flexible, innovative and collaborative programs that restore personal capability, develop skills, and build pathways to economic self sufficiency. Governor's Prevention Partnership - Connecticut Mentoring Partnership The Connecticut Mentoring Partnership seeks to increase the number of mentoring relationships and mentoring programs across the state and to assure the quality and safety of those programs. Services include provision of resources to schools, businesses and community groups throughout the state to develop and implement various types (school, community and faith-based) of mentoring programs in order to increase the number of youth who benefit from a mentoring relationship. Greater Bridgeport Area Continuum of Care (GBACOC) GBACOC is a community-based, long range plan that delivers a comprehensive and strategic program addressing homelessness. GBACOC addresses the needs of homeless persons in order to help them reach maximum self-sufficiency.

4 Greater Bridgeport Family Economic Security Coalition (GBFESC) GBFESC is a coalition of organizations working in support of financial services & education in Greater Bridgeport. Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Green Team The Green Team trains and employs low-income area residents in brownfields revitalization, energy conservation, and weatherization deconstruction, reuse, and recycling Services include training and finding employment for students (2/3 placed in jobs), energy conservation projects for the towns of Monroe & Stratford and city of Bridgeport and weatherization of 125 Bridgeport-area homes. Groundwork Bridgeport Richard (Dick) Tiani Groundwork Bridgeport seeks to bring about the sustained regeneration, improvement and management of the physical environment by empowering people, businesses and organizations to promote environmental, economic, and social well-being. Butterflies are Teachers program, Green Team, Our Folks program, Park City Sweep Habitat for Humanity of Coastal Fairfield County (HFHCFC) Robert Knebel - President & CEO (bknebel@habitatcfc.org Bridgeport, Ct HFHCFC is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to build simple, decent, safe and efficient houses in partnership with God s people in need. Health Promotions Center The Health Promotion Center (HPC) is a free-standing community nursing center based in Bridgeport that is part of the National Nursing Center Consortium. Through the HPC, students, faculty, and staff provide health education, screening, referral, and follow-up services to underserved populations by working with community organizations and agencies, as well as with individuals. Services focus primarily on lead poisoning prevention and cardiovascular risk reduction, also including topical areas such as nutrition, environmental health, asthma, exercise, violence prevention, parenting, and spiritual/emotional wellness. Homes for the Brave Joy Kiss, RN, CADC Homes for the Brave endeavors to provide motivated individuals with the support and skills training needed to be gainfully employed, contributing members of their community. Key service is a transitional living program available to male veterans and non-veterans who are homeless and struggle with psychiatric and/or substance abuse problems. Focus lies on individuals who demonstrate a motivation to live and work in the community. Interfaith Refugee Action Team - Elizabeth (IRATE) & First Friends Elizabeth, NJ IRATE & First Friends is a nonprofit organization that upholds the Temporary Sanctuary Community Alliance, volunteer visitors inherent humanity and dignity of all immigrants. We provide visitors for detainees through First Friends, direct action creation and non-legal assistance for immigrants held in detention and work for through IRATE advocates improved conditions. We advocate for the end of arbitrary, mass detention.

5 International Institute of Connecticut Jane Norgren The International Institute of Connecticut supports iimmigrants, refugees and their families through direct professional services, counseling, advocacy and the advancement of fair and humane public Refugee work policy. Our experienced and multi-cultural staff allows us to offer unique services to those seeking to become new Americans. Jerome Orcutt Boys & Girls Club Junior Achievement Ken Bruno (cell: ) Our mission is to enable all young people, especially those who need us most, to reach their full potential as productive, caring, responsible citizens. Junior Achievement brings the real world to students, opening their minds to their potential and preparing them for the world of work. We use hands-on experiences to help young people understand the business of life. Latina A.R.M.Y. New Haven, CT Latina A.R.M.Y.'s mission is to celebrate and empower young Latinas by providing inspirational role models and introducing powerful life skills for personal excellence. Many of them lack positive role models and end up repeating negative cycles. We are working hard to help young, at-risk Latina girls succeed. We serve Bridgeport, New Haven, Norwalk, West Haven, and other cities throughout CT. Primary program is a two-part workshop series focused on key life skills to support and empower young Latina women. Lighthouse Program McGivney Community Center Mercy Learning Center The Lighthouse Program endeavors to provide a safe environment that compliments school-day learning and fosters intellectual, cultural, physical, social and emotional development of children by partnering with and supporting the efforts of family, school and community. Children, youth and adults will be provided with opportunities to become independent lifetime learners as well as innovative, creative, and productive citizens. The McGivney Center's mission is the education of youth in Bridgeport. We work to provide a safe, creative environment Programs include homework assistance, computer literacy, where youth can explore educational and recreational activities. Our music and arts & crafts sessions, and recreation goal is to nurture their intellectual, spiritual and physical growth so opportunities they can be successful in all of their endeavors. Mercy Learning Center enacts a positive response to the problem of illiteracy by providing basic literacy and life skills training to lowincome women using a holistic approach within a compassionate, supportive environment. Literacy and life-skills training for low-income women in the greater Bridgeport area Mighty Math Kids Club New Haven/Leon Sister City Project (NH/LSCP) Partnership for Strong Communities Pet Animal Welfare Society (PAWS) Diane Randall ; New Haven, CT New Haven, CT Norwalk, CT The Mighty Math Kids Club is an after-school math program for students at schools in Bridgeport and New Haven in upper elementary After school programming grades. The math club encourages active participation of students, striving for deeper understandings of mathematical concepts, as well as enjoyment of the world of mathematics! NH/LSCP is a progressive, binational, grassroots organization that fosters a partnership between the communities of Greater New Haven, Connecticut and León, Nicaragua. Our mission is to promote social justice. The Partnership for Strong Communities coordinates strategic housing policy development & advocacy and promotes awareness of how housing opportunities affect the lives of Connecticut's residents and communities where they live. PAWS is a nonprofit shelter dedicated to rescuing homeless animals and placing them in loving homes.

6 Project Eye-to-Eye David Flink New York, NY Project Eye-to-Eye endeavors to develop a national coalition of mentoring programs for students labeled with a learning disability and to empower these individuals to celebrate their differences. Our program model is designed to build life skills for independence and Mentoring improve self-esteem through the power of role modeling. We partner with local communities, schools, universities, and businesses to bring adults with a labeled learning disability into the lives of students labeled with a learning disability as role models, tutors, and mentors. Prospect House RYASAP Robert Francis Save the Children Prospect House provides emergency shelter to thirty-two adults on a daily basis and comprehensive case management services, including assessment, transportation, life skills training, individual, group and Shelter, meals, medical services family work. Prospect House is also able to offer free medical services through a collaborative relationship with Southwest Community Health Center. RYASAP actively engages organizations, public officials and community leaders around issues that matter to all of us. By creating a Focus issues include juvenile justice reform, teen dating, neutral table, community members bring energy and focus, allowing youth leadership, AmeriCorps-Public Allies, urban education candid conversation to emerge and the catalyst for change to reform and closing the achievement gap, gambling and begin.we believe all citizens are leaders in their community. It is substance use education. through positive engagement that successful system reform and policy change happens. Save the Children is the leading independent organization creating lasting change in the lives of children in need in the United States and around the world. Grounded in our shared vision of a world in which every child attains the right to survival, protection, development and participation, Save the Children s mission is to inspire breakthroughs in the way the world treats children and to achieve immediate and lasting change in their lives. School Volunteer Association of Bridgeport (SVA) SVA's mission is to enrich and support the learning of Bridgeport's public school students throught the involvement of volunteers from Bridgeport and surrounding communities. We recruit, train and place volunteers and raise funds to support programs for city students. Tutoring, Mentoring, Read Aloud Day, ESL tutoring St. Bernard Project St. Charles Food Pantry St. Martin de Porres Academy Jay Bowes - Academy President New Orleans, LA New Haven, CT St. Bernard Project is an award-winning nonprofit organization whose mission is to remove physical, mental and emotional barriers for vulnerable families, senior citizens and disabled residents who are struggling to recover from the devastation and trauma caused by Hurricane Katrina and the Oil Spill. With its innovative, vertically integrated construction system, St. Bernard Project is poised to serve as a model for disaster rebuilding and affordable housing. The St. Charles Food Pantry increases food access for individuals and Fairfield Fridays Food Collection families in the Greater Bridgeport area. St. Martin de Porres Academy works to break the cycle of poverty through education. The Academy provides a faith-based, tuition-free Academic program, extended day program, graduate education for girls and boys from low-income families in the New support program and summer camp Haven area. Thomas Merton Family Center - Catholic Charities of Fairfield County Thomas Merton Family Center believes that families will be called to their highest potentials in an environment in which their desire to become healthy is nurtured and their potential for positive change is encouraged. We serve families with preschool children who often come from the most difficult segment of the population in terms of needs. Offerings for preschool children include playgroups, free breakfast and lunch, staff attention and assessment, and access to on-site specialists in early childhood development.

7 United Way of Coastal Fairfield County Merle Berke-Schlessel, Esq. - President & CEO Our vision is to advance the Common Good by creating opportunities for a better life for all. We will focus on the building blocks for a good life: a quality education that leads to a stable job, enough income to support a family through retirement, and good health. United Way Success By 6; Operation Graduation; Destination Home; Supporting a Caring Community Vital Voices Global Partnership Washington, DC (offices in NYC, Westport) Vital Voices Global Partnership is an NGO which identifies, trains, and empowers emerging women leaders and social entrepreneurs around the globe, enabling them to create a better world for us all. Women's Business Development Council (WBDC) Stamford, CT (trainings in Norwalk, Bridgeport, Milford) WBDC is a nonprofit organization which helps clients increase productivity, maximize preparation, earn money, and continue to achieve their personal and professional business dreams. Programs include training and counseling in entrepreneurial, personal financial and career/professional development delivered predominately to women.