Our Mission
Our mission is to provide residential, employment, support, referral, and advocacy services to people with disabilities and people with similar service needs, to assist them in exercising their human rights as citizens and as contributing members of society.
Our Service
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Programs
Provide variety of programs to assist people with many varying needs.
Welcome to our Program
The Elm City Entrepreneurs (ECE), located in New Haven are funded by The Department of Children and Families (DCF). ECE/BCE provides services for youth, ages fourteen to twenty-one, who are currently in or transitioning out of foster care. All youth must have permanent plans for placement within the cities of New Haven and Waterbury or in the surrounding towns. Participants must be able to function independently in the community and within peer groups at the center with minimal supervision.
Each youth who is referred to the center is assigned a youth coach. The youth coach will work with the youth to determine what the youth’s goals are. From this, the youth and his or her coach will develop a plan to help reach the goals. The youth coaches also work in conjunction with the youth’s social worker in order to provide a more complete array of services. The youth coaches will inform the social worker of any service needs that arise while the youth is involved with the center.