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Building community capacity through the strengths of people.
VISION
MISSION
GOALS
OBJECTIVES
VALUES
PRINCIPLES
CONTACT INFORMATION
ASSET MAPPING
Discovery
Connection
Transformation
What is
Asset-Based
Community Development?
What are
The 40 Developmental Assets?
What is Social Capital?
150 Ways
to Build Social Capital
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Northeast
Assets Conference 2007:
Update
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The Northeast Assets Leadership Project (NEALP) held its 5th Annual asset-based community and youth development leadership forum, entitled Community Assets in Real Time, on December 6th and 7th in Shrewsbury, MA. Gathering more than 100 participants from Maine to Texas, workshops, plenaries and leadership labs supported deep exploration of practices that operationalize the asset spectrum. Tom Dewar, PhD., faculty at the Northwestern University Asset Based Community Development Institute, keynoted.
Connecticut Assets Network convened its second national CCAMP users Learning Community at the conference through its full-day by-invitation-only CCAMP Users Lab. Ten CCAMP leadership teams from a range of settings, nationwide, participated. Initiatives included youth and behavioral health services prevention of underage drinking initiatives, a cross-county mental health collaboration, a library centered reading-for-pleasure initiative, a school-to-career “Career Chasers” program, a neighborhood safety and youth development initiative, and more.
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| From left: Cynthia Bent, Caryn Olcik, Cheryl Chandler, David Miller and Deb Stewart become "The Journey Team" in a CCAMP Users Lab exercise. |
For more information about NEALP's 5th Annual conference,
see program brochures.
NEALP "Community Assets in Real Time" Program and Registration
CCAMP Users Lab Flyer / Registration
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The Community Connection is a process used by the Connecticut Assets Network to apply the research of Asset Based Community Development (ABCD) and social connectedness to community life. While the research is a science, applying it to community life is an art.
Explore Community Connections Asset Mapping Process (CCAMP), a Web-Based tool of
the Connecticut Assets Network, is a source of strategies and technologies to create supportive environments for all constituencies and data-rich reports for enhanced strategic planning.
Attend a Webinar demonstration from the comfort of your own office or meeting room and learn how CCAMP can help you organize your ability to care!
A 90-minute, web-based demonstration of the CCAMP Community Mobilization Software, Version 4.1 will be held on each of the following dates:
April 2, 2008
April 8, 2008
April 22,2008
May 15, 2008
May 28, 2008
All Web Demonstrations will take place from 2-3:30 p.m. (EST)
Early registration is recommended as space is limited.
Contact us at: 860.571.8463/gryan@ctassets.org
Stories and Activities
describing
Community Connections
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Why Build positive connections between people, places, things and opportunities in communities? Research says that socially integrated people—those deeply involved in multiple social relation-ships—live longer, are less likely to be depressed, are less susceptible to infectious disease and are less likely to suffer severe cognitive decline with aging than are those who are more socially isolated. Even the perception that others will provide support predicts more positive health outcomes in the face of stressful events.— The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Independent of race, ethnicity, family structure and poverty status, adolescents who are connected to their parents, to their families, and to their school community are healthier than those who are not.— Reducing the Risk: Connections That Make a Difference in the Lives of Youth
.. . . social cohesiveness is a far more powerful
protective factor against all risky
behaviors than any number of professional
social services within a neighborhood. — Hardwired to Connect |
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Assets Partners
in Connecticut and Beyond!
In 2006, the Connecticut Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services released its Practice Guidelines for Recovery-Oriented Behavioral Health Care. Rejecting a deficit-based perspective, the document promotes a recovery oriented, asset-based perspective as the guiding framework for the DMHAS system of care.
The Connecticut Assets Network draws on the complementary but distinct approaches developed by the Asset-Based Community Development Institute at Northwestern University in Chicago and by Search Institute® in Minneapolis. Communities working with CAN in 2006/2007 to utilize tools and strategies to support a strength based framework include:
STATE DEPARTMENTS/OFFICES
Connecticut Department of Children and Families
Connecticut Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services
Massachusetts Department of Health
New York Mental Health, Monroe County
Texas Mental Health America, Fort Worth
Vermont Department of Health
SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS
The Connecticut Prevention Collaborative
Search Institute®
FAVOR, Inc. / Family Advocacy for Children's Behavioral Health
Connecticut Office for Workforce Competitiveness
RECOVERY
Yale Program for Recovery and Community Health
Connecticut Community for Addiction Recovery (CCAR)
REGIONAL ACTION COUNCILS
ERASE
MCSAAC
RYASAP
Lower Fairfield County Regional Action Council
DISABILITIES
ARC of Meriden/Wallingford
FAVARH: The Arc of Farmington Valley
YOUTH
Haddam-Killingworth Youth and Family Services
Hartford Behavioral Health
Newtown Youth Services
School for Ethical Education (SEE)
Waterbury Youth Services
LIBRARIES AND MUNICIPALITIES
Connecticut Public Library System
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