New city dept. to focus on youth
New Haven’s newly created Department of Youth will combat rising incidents of violence among youth and give them an unprecedented level of access to community resources, city officials said.
The Department of Youth — which was approved last week by the Board of Aldermen finance committee — will consolidate oversight of the city’s many community- and government-based efforts to reach out to New Haven youth for the first time in decades. City officials said they hope the efforts of this department will address issues of rising incidents of youth violence and of a lack of...
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