Family & Child Services
Coley House
A residential step-down program where pregnant and/or parenting women are required to participate in substance use community treatment while living in a safe and structured environment. Clients will meet with their Case Manager on a weekly basis and attend daily psychoeducational groups. The program is designed to support women, as they return to their communities as a healthy and productive parent in recovery.
Hallie House
A residential step-down program where pregnant and/or parenting women are required to participate in substance use community treatment while living in a safe and structured environment. Clients will meet with their Case Manager on a weekly basis and attend daily psychoeducational groups. The program is designed to support women, as they return to their communities as a healthy and productive parent in recovery.
Women and Family REACH Program
Designed to provide outreach, engagement, case management, recovery coaching, community connections to treatment, and recovery support resources to women with substance use or co-occurring disorders, in particular those who are pregnant and/or parenting. The Recovery Navigator will support women and their health care providers in the development of a Family Care Plan. Women’s REACH was expanded in 2021 to include a Family Recovery Navigator who provides support to LGBTQ+ parents, single fathers, and primary caregiving family members as they enter into and sustain recovery from substance use or co-occurring disorders.
This program is funded by DHMAS.
Supportive Housing for Families
A child welfare program providing intensive case management, vocational supports, and temporary housing subsidies to families that are homeless or at risk of homelessness in order to support the achievement of family reunification and/or prevent the removal of children from their families.
Frequently Asked Questions
To enter the Supportive Housing for Families program, families must be referred by a social worker from the Connecticut Department of Children and Families (DCF). If a referral is made, and a family meets eligibility criteria, the family will be placed on the waiting list to receive an intake assessment.
We are always looking for people to help our community thrive by becoming a landlord with the Supportive Housing for Families program. For more information about becoming a landlord with the Supportive Housing for Families program, please contact skristofak@theconnectioninc.org.
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