Program areas at YWCA New Britain
Early childhood education - ywca childcare programs are nationally accredited through the national Association for the education of Young children (naeyc). Services are available to families in the greater New Britain area, and to children, 8 weeks-5 years. Programs are open 6:30 am-5:30 pm, monday-friday, fifty one weeks per year. The agency accepts families using the childcare voucher program, care 4 kids. Preschool is subsidized through the state school readiness initiative and parents pay according to a sliding fee scale. More than 350 children are served annually.
Youth development - the ywca offers after school childcare for k-5th graders attending the New Britain schools. Transportation between the ywca and all public elementary schools is provided. Programming is aligned with the school calendar, in addition to school holidays, and summer vacation. Additional after school youth development activities are available at no cost for girls attending slade middle school and New Britain high school. Summer youth employment training is available for New Britain students, 14-16 years old. More than 200 students are served annually.
Sexual assault crisis services (sacs) - ywca sacs services assist victims of sexual assault through crisis intervention and advocacy. Prevention education targets college students and other audiences. Specific services include: 24 hour hotline, individual and group counseling, victim accompaniment and advocacy at hospitals, police stations, and during court proceedings. A 48 hour volunteer victim advocate training is provided twice annually for individuals wishing to obtain advocate certification and to provide victim's assistance. Ywca sacs assists more than 600 individuals annually in a 43 town region including all of hartford county, part of tolland county, and plymouth, Connecticut.