The Bridge Youth Shelter, formerly known as Junction 1019, offers a range of services for girls between the age of 11 and 17 whose lives are in crisis in West Hartford in Connecticut. Founded in 1978, it provides a variety of clinically oriented solutions. The facility is a short-term assessment and respite home that offers assessment services in a structured home-like setting. The Bridge Youth Shelter is a part of The Bridge Family Center, which is a comprehensive, regional nonprofit agency that provides a range of substance abuse prevention services to children, youths and families in the Greater Hartford area in Connecticut.