Fostering Acadia Competitors

Youth Villages is a national leader in mental and behavioral health committed to finding the most effective solutions to help children, families and young adults overcome obstacles and live successfully. Working through direct services, partnerships, with innovative public agencies and advocacy, we collaborate to bring positive change to child welfare, children’s mental health and justice systems. Last fiscal year, our 5,000 employees served more than 50,000 children and young adults in more than 120 locations in 30 states and the District of Columbia. Youth Villages has been recognized by the Harvard Business School and U.S. News & World Report and was identified by The White House as one of the nation’s most promising results-oriented nonprofit organizations.

ChildNet is the private, not for profit 501(c)(3) organization selected by the state through a competitive process to serve as the local Community Based Care lead agency. As the lead agency, ChildNet manages the local system of services and supports for Broward and Palm Beach Counties' most vulnerable children and their families. Our mission is to protect abused, abandoned and neglected children in the communities we serve. We also ensure their safety and promptly provide them with a permanent, loving home. ChildNet’s system of care was developed with extensive input from local stakeholders and its effective implementation depends upon their continued support.

For more than 50 years, The Connection statewide community-based human services agency has partnered with individuals and their families to provide the needed resources to improve their lives. We help more than 8,000 people annually find solutions to the problems of homelessness, mental illness, substance use, and community justice rehabilitation. The Connection maintains corporate offices in Middletown, and delivers services at 65 residential and outpatient sites to residents in an extensive number of communities in Connecticut, including New Haven, Hartford, Middletown, Groton, Norwich, New London, Bridgeport, Danbury, Torrington, Waterbury and many others. The Connection's Institute for Innovative Practice is a social enterprise committed to empowering organizations through training, professional development, and consultation. With a track record of training thousands across 400+ organizations as well as our own staff of nearly 500, the critical relationship between individual wellbeing and organizational health is the primary focus of its efforts. As a socially conscious enterprise, the proceeds from our endeavors are reinvested directly into The Connection's programs, ensuring a continuous cycle of support and transformation.