What Do We Do At  My People?

 My People Community Services is a non-profit, community-based agency located in Hartford, CT.
 
Mission:
To develop a community that serves, supports, collaborates, and succeeds, together.
 
Year Founded: 2018
The services and programs we offer are as follows:

Supportive Housing

• My People Clinical Services provides housing and supports primarily to young adult males who are transitioning out of inpatient hospitalization, incarceration, homelessness, or disruption of a previous placement.  While in our program we work with the residents to maintain their apartments, provide life skills trainings, job placements and supports and recovery services in the effort to help them gain full independent living.

 
Programs:

1. Next Step-(DHMAS, 3 bed program)
2. Turning Point-(DHMAS, 3 apartment program)
3. Bridge Way (DHMAS, 4 apartment program)
4. Standard House (DHMAS, 8 apartment program)
5. Composite (DHMAS, 3 apartment program)
6. Kaizen (DHMAS, 3 bed program)

 

• Urban Trauma Grant

The rise in urban violence, compounded by structural, institutional, and personal racism alongside the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, is uniquely traumatizing African American and Latino children, youth, and adolescents. To address this, DCF is collaborating with eight community organizations to establish Urban Trauma Collective Care Centers. These centers aim to provide targeted mental health interventions tailored to meet the specific needs of African American and Latino youth in urban settings, thereby bridging existing treatment gaps for this population.

• Life After High School

Life After High School (LAHS) is a program that helps high school students prepare for their life after their senior year in high school. The goal is to provide workshops, events and case management services to students regarding their plans after high school. This could include assisting them with preparing for college, the workforce, vocational programs, or the armed service. The key to LAHS is utilizing the Positive Youth Development (PYD) framework to guide students and their community on the best way to organize support services and opportunities so that young people will succeed.

• The Manhood Tree

The Manhood Tree consists of 5 initiatives that help men and fathers grow, learn and be the best man or father they can be.  The initiatives are:

• The Manhood Tree Group
• The Fatherhood Manologues
• Men’s Health Initiative
• The Fatherhood Pole
• The Manhood Tree Podcast (One episode)

 
REAL Mentoring (Realizing Excellence, Achievement and Leadership) REAL Mentoring stands for Realizing Excellence, Achievement and Leadership. My People provide one-on-one community-based mentoring services with group activities and additional services as needed. This program works largely with at-risk youth.

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So, are you interested in joining us in
Our Community Driven Mission?

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