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Target Organization: STAR, Inc. (Fairfield, CT)

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STAR, Inc. is a non-profit in serving individuals of all ages living with developmental disabilities in Fairfield County, CT. Their mission is to provide opportunity and inclusion and support and advocacy so their members may enjoy full and independent lives. ​


Target Organization: DOMUS Kids (Stamford, CT)

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FIRST LIGHT

Target Organization: Homes for the Brave (Bridgeport, CT)

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Target Organization: Family Services of Westchester (Westchester, NY)

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EVELYN SACHS STEINER RESIDENCE FOR GIRLS / YOUTH RESIDENCE FOR BOYS / JEROME WAGNER YOUTH RESIDENCE FOR BOYS / WHITE PLAINS GUEST HOME

Target Organization: Greenhope (New York, NY)

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Target Organization: Malta House (Norwalk, CT)

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Needs Assessment:​
  • To assist women in strengthening themselves as agents of change in their lives
  • To enable women to record and reflect their community's strengths and concerns
  • To promote critical dialogue and knowledge about personal and community issues
  • To empower students to create and initiate contact with policy makers to create change

Target Organization: Department of Elderly Services (New Haven, CT)

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DIXWELL SENIOR CENTER / ATWATER SENIOR CENTER / EAST SHORE SENIOR CENTER
Needs Assessment:
  • Support areas of concern for seniors in community by developing group dynamic and skill building
  • ​Provide opportunities for public education and outreach for social support and quality of life
  • Enable participants to reflect and record issues such as; major life changes, grief and loss, physical and mental challenges and family dynamics

Target Organization: West Side Federation (New York, NY)

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RED OAK SENIOR CENTER / FREDERICK DOUGLASS SENIOR CENTER
Needs Assessment:
  • Support areas of concern for seniors in community by developing group dynamic and skill building
  • ​Provide opportunities for public education and outreach for social support and quality of life
  • Enable participants to reflect and record issues such as; major life changes, grief and loss, physical and mental challenges and family dynamics

Target Organization: The Bowery Mission - Heartsease Home (New York, NY)

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Needs Assessment:
  • To assist women in strengthening themselves as agents of change in their lives
  • To enable women to record and reflect their community's strengths and concerns
  • To promote critical dialogue and knowledge about personal and community issues
  • To empower students to create and initiate contact with policy makers to create change


Target Organization: Pivot Ministries (Bridgeport & Norwalk, CT)

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Needs Assessment:
  • To change self-expectation through community ownership 
  • To help men develop skills in a decision making capacity
  • To encourage democratic participation in the group process 
  • To promote group support on issues of accountability
  • To provide educational enrichment in organization learning


Target Organization: Family Services of Westchester (White Plains, NY)

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Needs Assessment:
  • Shared Understanding
    To develop  support  to create and collaborate through the photographic lens
  • Shared Support 
    To develop community base of integrated goals and understanding
  • Shared Challenge
    To develop core skills and goals through arts context



Target Organization: Walter Hoving Home (Garrison, NY & Pasadena, CA)

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Needs Assessment:
  • Conceived to address significant community concerns in the lives of the populations, where there are significant disparities and negative social outcomes impacting girls and women
  • The project objective is to develop a contribution to the health and well-being of the women at WHH
  • Focal Point is a methodology used in the field of community development, public health, and education 

Target Organization: Accion Academy 

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Needs Assessment:
  • Arts education programming is designed to fit educational standards criteria and mission statement of organization
  • Provide opportunities for students to learn the value of community service and activism
  • Fulfill community service requirement called ‘Community Action’
  • Students graduate with 120 hours of community service


Target Organization: San Miguel Academy

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Needs Assessment:
  • Develop collaborative group dynamic 
  • Increase opportunity for critical thinking and collaborative decision making 
  • Create opportunities for student interaction, engagement and discussion of life issues
  • Engage larger community
  • Develop self as a stakeholder 

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