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New Haven Youth Map
Background
New Haven Youth Map was created by the City of New Haven's Department of Youth in collaboration with DataHaven, Digital Ecologies and youth organizations in the city.
We wanted to create a useful tool for parents, youth and organizations that would allow them to see what services are provided in our community. With many parents struggling to balance work and family life in New Haven, our tool can provide a valuable community resource. It will allow city government to directly assist families by providing online access to New Haven's wealth of community services. Our site will provide the public with a direct connection to youth organizations and their community offerings.
The Youth Map will serve as an online bulletin board for youth activities, ranging from summer camps to health services. In many cases, community members will be able to find out about organizations that previously they did not know existed. It will also provide the public with the ability to interact directly with youth organizations in an online community. Parents will be able to access up-to-date information on programs, internship openings, public services, and other community opportunities for New Haven's youth.
We are very proud of introducing this resource to our community and we invite all to join us.
Sources
1. New Haven Youth Map. Accessed November 2009. http://www.newhavenyouthmap.net/
