The application for the 2010 Connecticut Youth Leadership Forum has been extended to February 26, 2010.   The twelfth annual forum will be held from July 26th through the 29th and will bring together students with disabilities throughout Connecticut.

The Connecticut Youth Leadership Project (CTYLP) is a youth leadership program that empowers youth with disabilities to realize their leadership potential.  Through self-awareness and team building activities, young adults explore leadership styles and develop and implement team and personal leadership plans.

This year’s Forum will be held at the University of Connecticut, Storrs campus. The program will bring together students with disabilities from throughout Connecticut for a four-day training forum focusing on enhancing community leadership skills. The forum will provide a concentrated educational and motivational experience for the students selected through a formal, competitive process. The delegates will explore personal leadership skills, define career goals and leave the forum with a very specific action plan that describes what they will do back in their local communities to enhance the lives of people with disabilities. Students who are accepted to YLF will be required to attend follow-up sessions after the forum to implement their Community Action Plans.

Interested students may download the application by logging onto the YLF website.   If you have any questions about the program, contact Karen Halliday at (860) 633-8403 or KarenH1203@aol.com or Kathleen Kabara at (860) 424-5068 or Kathleen.kabara@ct.gov.