Connecticut Children's Trust Fund

Nurturing Families Network 

                                 Multiple Locations                          

Description:  The Connecticut Children's Trust Fund, an independent state agency, is leading the way toward healthy families and safer communities for all children of Connecticut.  The CT Children's Trust Fund is seeking interns to be placed in their Healthy Families Initiative, which includes, an intensive home-visiting component based the Healthy Families America model, First Steps and Nurturing programs.  There are a variety of locations around the state.

First Steps Program: This program uses volunteers and paraprofessionals to offer emotional support, parenting education, referrals to community services, crisis counseling, and follow-up contacts.  Initial contact with expectant and new parents occurs in hospital and clinic settings.  The target population: first time parents who are not involved with DCF and who are interested in individualized support for up to 6 months after birth of child. TRAINING PROVIDED.  VERY APPROPRIATE FOR 5 Hour Students

Nurturing Program:  This intensive 26-week group experience for parents and their children is directly aimed at preventing child abuse and neglect.  The curriculum teaches families appropriate expectations and fosters empathic understanding and strategies for enhancing the well being of children.

Wheeler Clinic 

The Family Center

Description:  There are several field opportunities for students; therapeutic supervision visitations, case management support, child care and foster parents support groups for DCF families and for foster and adoptive parents in the New Britain area. Lots of opportunities!

 For more information :   www.wheelerclinic.org