{"id":8465,"date":"2015-11-30T20:11:26","date_gmt":"2015-11-30T20:11:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/find-programs\/california\/about\/programs-2\/"},"modified":"2019-09-17T15:18:13","modified_gmt":"2019-09-17T19:18:13","slug":"programs","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/connecticut\/about\/programs\/","title":{"rendered":"Programs (Connecticut)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\">[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<div class=\"vc_row element-row row highend_66a4af417dd55\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<h1><span style=\"color: #59399a;\"> Our Impact<\/span><\/h1>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_row element-row row highend_66a4af417e595\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_row element-row row first-row highend_66a4af417e9c7\"><div class=\"our-impact wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-3 vc_col-has-fill\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner vc_custom_1601310971049\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element impact-text\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\">64<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element vc_custom_1601309076877 our-impact-smaller-text\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"our-impact-smaller-text\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Chapters<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"our-impact wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-3 vc_col-has-fill\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner vc_custom_1601310977235\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element impact-text\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\">3,015<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element vc_custom_1601309101588 our-impact-smaller-text\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"our-impact-smaller-text\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Participants<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"our-impact wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-3 vc_col-has-fill\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner vc_custom_1720471448887\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element impact-text\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\">30,150<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element vc_custom_1601310911960 our-impact-smaller-text\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"our-impact-smaller-text\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Impacted<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-3\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div class=\"wpb_raw_code wpb_raw_html wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"row clearfix\"><div class=\"col-6 \">\n<p class=\"impact-text\" style=\"text-align: center;\">43<\/p>\n<p class=\"our-impact-smaller-text\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Cities<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"col-6 \">\n<p class=\"impact-text\" style=\"text-align: center;\">11<\/p>\n<p class=\"our-impact-smaller-text\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Counties<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_row element-row row highend_66a4af417fd45\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12 vc_col-has-fill\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner vc_custom_1719937894043\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"vc_separator wpb_content_element 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left;\">Promoters <\/br>Chapters<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"wpb_raw_code wpb_raw_html wpb_content_element vc_custom_1720541330949 chapter-column\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"row clearfix\"><div class=\"col-1 \"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><center><div class=\"orange-arrow-right\"><\/div><\/center><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-4 \"><p class=\"chapter-text\">209<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-6 \"><p class=\"impact-smaller-text\" style=\"text-align: left;\">Promoters<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"wpb_raw_code wpb_raw_html wpb_content_element vc_custom_1720541339454 chapter-column\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"row clearfix\"><div class=\"col-1 \"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><center><div class=\"orange-arrow-right\"><\/div><\/center><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-4 \"><p class=\"chapter-text\">54<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-6 \"><p class=\"impact-smaller-text\" 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