Child Guidance Center

Serves children from age 0 ––18 and families:

• Providing mental health services to children and families in Northwestern Connecticut.

• Offered weekdays, evenings, weekends

• Available in English, Spanish & Portuguese

• Available to all regardless of ability to pay

 

Extended Day Treatment Program

Serves 31 at-risk children between the ages of 4 and 17.

• Provides

  • Child-centered mental health services

  • Psychiatric evaluations

  • Field trips

  • Life skills workshop

  • Aftercare

  • Recreational activities

Buddy Bus Program

Supervised transportation and visitation which allows children to visit their incarcerated mothers in Niantic.

 

Family Centers

Support services to biological, foster and adoptive families. Supervised visits between foster children and biological parents.

Available in the Danbury and Torrington areas. 

 

Mentoring Program

Matching DCF--involved children with positive role involved children with positive role models offering support, guidance and a positive influence.

Available in the Danbury area 

 

Respite Program

Provides relief to caregivers of DCF--involved children with emotional and behavioral difficulties by with emotional and behavioral difficulties by providing supervised recreational activities outside of the home.

Available in the Danbury, Torrington and Waterbury areas.