Danbury Youth Services Receives $20K Grant From Fairfield County Community Foundation

Danbury Youth Services has receives a $20,000 grant from the Fairfield County Community Foundation for their Out-of-School Positive Youth Development program.

Danbury Youth Services (DYS) Earn-A-Bike (EAB) program participants gather after school and during summer months to learn social skills that encourage healthy decision making individually and in groups. Youth also learn technical skills needed to repair a bike as well as the safety precautions needed to ride on the road.

This is made possible because of the $20,000 grant received by DYS from Fairfield County Community Foundation. Other programs these funds support are DYS Girls as Leaders (GAL’s) Club, Boys Leadership Society (BLS), and Youth Employment Services (YES). These programs serve over 150 youth in the City of Danbury in grades K - 12.

DYS is a non-profit organization designated as the Youth Services Bureau for the City of Danbury and a licensed psychiatric clinic by the Department of Children and Families. Its mission is to strengthen youth and families by supporting and fostering hope and teaching the skills necessary to lead positive and productive lives.

The Community Foundation has awarded over $185 million in grants to nonprofits in Fairfield County and beyond. For more information, visit FCCF.