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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
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The CDC Releases Its 2009 Report on
School Connectedness
During a June 2009 Congressional Briefing in Washington, D.C, youth experts shared the impact of school connectedness in their communities following the Center for Disease Control and Prevention release of a report on the importance of school connectedness. School connectedness is defined as the belief by students that adults and peers in the school care about their learning as well as about them as individuals.
"Think back on grades 6 to 12. If you asked yourself the question about what were the experiences that propelled you into your life and into your future, many of you would probably name relationships. You would not say, 'Hmm. It was my calculus course,' or 'It was a program.' You would really name the people; the teachers, the staff, the coaches, maybe a custodian, maybe a school bus driver who slowed down enough to know you and to be in your life."
--Peter Benson, President
Search Institute
2009 Congressional Briefing |
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What are the
40 Developmental Assets?
What is Asset Based
Community Development (ABCD)?
150 Ways
to Build Social Capital |
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Journey Mapping: 2009
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CT Asset Network's
Training Opportunities |
Book any of these trainings
to meet the needs of your group!
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Attend a CCAMP
Web Demonstration
If you can Google,
you can CCAMP! |
Community Connection Asset Mapping Process (CCAMP) is a multifaceted, internet-based, community-building tool developed by the Connecticut Assets Network and now used nationally. As a system of strategies and technologies, CCAMP helps groups 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 and learn why CCAMP is fast becoming known as the Community Connection Asset Mobilization Process. CCAMP helps communities of all shapes and sizes organize and operationalize their ability to care!
A 90-minute, web-based demonstration of the CCAMP technology will be held on each of the following dates:
July 15, 2009
July 29, 2009
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 |
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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 2006-2008 to explore and 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
Vermont Department of Health
SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS
The Connecticut Prevention Collaborative (CPC)
Search Institute®
FAVOR, Inc. / Family Advocacy for Children's Behavioral Health
Connecticut Office for Workforce Competitiveness
Texas Mental Health America, Fort Bend
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
Hartford Public Library System |
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