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Mission Statement

Newtown Youth & Family Services, Inc. is a licensed, non-profit youth service bureau and mental health clinic dedicated to helping children & families achieve their highest potential. We provide programs, services, activities, counseling, support groups and education throughout the Greater Newtown area regardless of ability to pay.

United Way of Western CT

Youth Services

Children of Divorce:
This is a special group to help your child heal from the pain caused by separation or divorce. It provides your children with a safe and neutral place to recognize and learn how to share their feelings. It offers a chance for your child to meet other children in the same situation and create a peer support system. Groups are divided into 5 - 7, 8 - 10 and 11-13 year-olds. Please call for dates and times.

FUSION (Peer Mentoring):
NYFS partners with Newtown High School for FUSION. FUSION matches freshman and junior students in a mentoring relationship. The pairs are encouraged to meet outside of school for social, academic and volunteer activities. Students meet in school daily in homeroom.

Job Bank:
Program available to students, aged thirteen to eighteen, who are looking for employment. Patrons contact the Job Bank to find students to fill various jobs, i.e. babysitting, yard work, clerical jobs, pet care, tutoring, etc. The students who fill these jobs are paid for their time by the patron.

Job Bank Application

Newtown Middle School Homework Club:
Meets three days per week, facilitated by a teacher with the assistance of high school students as teachers. Tuesdays, Wednesday and Thursdays after school.

Partnership for Success Grant:
NYFS has been awarded a Partnership for Success Grant from the Connecticut Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services. NYFS will be funded $320,000 over the next 4 ½ years to reduce the percentage of youth who report that they drank alcohol one or more days during the past 30 days and reduce the number of youth who report that they drank five or more drinks on the same occasion on at least one day in the past 30 days (binge drinking).

Reed Intermediate School Homework Club:
Meets two days per week, facilitated by a teacher with the assistance of high school students as teachers. Tuesdays, and Thursdays after school.

Sibling with Disabilities Workshop:
Group for children who have a sibling with special needs. This program acknowledges that being the brother or sister of a person with special needs is for some a good thing and others a not so good thing and for many somewhere in between. This group reflects a belief that brothers and sisters have much to offer one another if they are given a chance. Groups are divided into 5 - 9 year-olds and 10 - 14 year olds.

YAB (Youth Advisory Board):
This group is open to any Newtown high school student. Community service based and the driving force behind many NYFS activities and events, and community functions. High School students often assist in running after-school programs on various grade levels, and lend their knowledge via focus groups.