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Streetworker Program

Description:

Utilizing the popular meeting ground of basketball and volleyball courts, street outreach workers will connect with at-risk Cambodian, Latino and other gang-involved youth to promote healthier lifestyle choices, increase utilization of health insurance and health care services, and reduce violence. Lowell, MA is home to the second largest Cambodian population in the U.S. This community suffers from poverty, post-war stress and intergenerational conflicts evidenced in high school dropout rates, teen pregnancy and gang membership. The teen center will expand its Streetworker program, building on its successful record of gang mediation.

 
Project Director/Key Contact:

Gregg W. Croteau, M.S.W.
Executive Director
34 Hurd Street
Lowell, MA 01852
Phone: (978) 441-9949 Fax: (978) 654-6727
E-Mail: gregg@utec-lowell.org

 
Local Funder(s):
  • Enterprise Community
  • United Way of Merrimack Valley
  • Lowell Community Health Center
  • Lowell Housing Authority
  • Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Foundation
  • Theodore Edson Parker Foundation
 

Grant Recipient: United Teen Equality Center (UTEC)

Grant Amount: $460,000

Grant Period: 7/1/2003 - 6/30/2007

Grant Status: Closed

Recipient Web Site:
http://www.utec-lowell.org