{"id":1200,"date":"2026-10-29T21:40:04","date_gmt":"2026-10-30T01:40:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ctyouthdirectory.org\/?post_type=camp&#038;p=1200"},"modified":"2026-10-29T21:40:04","modified_gmt":"2026-10-30T01:40:04","slug":"bridgeport-lighthouse-program","status":"publish","type":"camp","link":"https:\/\/ctyouthdirectory.org\/es\/camp\/bridgeport-lighthouse-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Bridgeport Lighthouse Program"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text-align-justify\"><em><span lang=\"en-US\" data-uw-rm-lang=\"false\"><strong>Lighthouse in the Community\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/em><span lang=\"en-US\" data-uw-rm-lang=\"false\">(The Lighthouse Program) is an innovative school\/community program sponsored by the City of Bridgeport through the Department of Health and Social Services Youth Services Division and the Bridgeport Board of Education.\u00a0 It receives local, state, and federal funding as well as parent fees to support program activities.\u00a0 There is a minimal fee for service, but no child is turned away based on ability to pay.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"text-align-justify\"><span lang=\"en-US\" data-uw-rm-lang=\"false\">\u00a0The Lighthouse Program brings together community sponsorship in Bridgeport schools to provide students with a safe and supportive environment after school, and during the summer.\u00a0 The Program provides educational, cultural, and recreational opportunities to Bridgeport\u2019s students through a diversified approach to programming.\u00a0 It also includes athletic and recreational activities designed to motivate participants and provides comfort and support to family members, many of whom work in the crucial after school hours.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"text-align-justify\"><span lang=\"en-US\" data-uw-rm-lang=\"false\">The Lighthouse Program operates at 23 school sites each with a Site Coordinator or co-Site Coordinator who work with school and community staff to provide the activities.\u00a0 There is also a BYC (Bridgeport Youth Club) program in most of the 23 sites which offers a unique program for students in 6th, 7th, and 8th grade.\u00a0 Limited sites offer a before school program too.\u00a0 Each site is operated by a partner agency under contract with the City of Bridgeport.\u00a0 hosting agencies include the Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church, Bridgeport Caribe Youth Leaders, Bridgeport Youth Lacrosse, Greater Bridgeport Area Prevention Program (GBAPP), Monitor My Health, Neighborhood Studios, and Wakeman\u2019s Boys and Girls Club.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"text-align-justify\"><span lang=\"en-US\" data-uw-rm-lang=\"false\">\u00a0The specific after school activities provided at the various sites include, but are not limited to:\u00a0 homework assistance, computer instruction, board games, sports, karate, arts and crafts, swimming, drill team, math, science, reading activities, open recreation, health and nutrition courses, chess, sewing, cooking, theatre, art, music and gospel choir.\u00a0 Individual site activities vary so not all sites offer the example activities above.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lighthouse in the Community\u201d\u00a0(The Lighthouse Program) is an innovative school\/community program sponsored by the City of Bridgeport through the Department of Health and Social Services Youth Services Division and the Bridgeport Board of Education.\u00a0 It receives local, state, and federal funding as well as parent&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","areas_served":[],"age_range":[3,4],"session_dates":[360],"price_per_week":[43],"class_list":["post-1200","camp","type-camp","status-publish","hentry","age_range-6-10-years-old","age_range-11-14-years-old","session_dates-after-school","price_per_week-under-100"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ctyouthdirectory.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/camp\/1200","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ctyouthdirectory.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/camp"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ctyouthdirectory.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/camp"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ctyouthdirectory.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1200"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"areas_served","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ctyouthdirectory.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/areas_served?post=1200"},{"taxonomy":"age_range","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ctyouthdirectory.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/age_range?post=1200"},{"taxonomy":"session_dates","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ctyouthdirectory.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/session_dates?post=1200"},{"taxonomy":"price_per_week","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ctyouthdirectory.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/price_per_week?post=1200"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}