Community Partners

The UConn Youth Research Collaborative for Health works collectively with community partners, whose expertise and knowledge in their communities guide our research priorities and approach to designing health access and prevention initiatives.

COMPASS Youth Collaborative

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COMPASS Youth Collaborative connects with high-risk youth wherever they are in the City of Hartford to engage them in relationships and provide supports and opportunities that help them become ready, willing and able to succeed in education, employment and life. [Read more]

Youth Action Board

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The UConn Hartford Youth Board partners with our research team to develop our CDC-funded mindfulness intervention that reflects youth values, needs, and ideas. As a first step in the development of this intervention, the UConn Hartford Youth Board will collaborate on a needs assessment that will inform the intervention development. [Read more]