New Britain General Hospital

MOMS

Description: Serves young mothers throughout New Britain. Services include: parenting classes, educational opportunities.

Wheeler Clinic, Inc  LifeLine

Description:  Services for substance abusing pregnant and parenting women and girls, and their children.  Provides treatment and counseling; infant/child assessment and referral; parenting and child development training & practice; community outreach and case management, etc

Check out their website for more information: www.wheelerclinic.org

Prudence Crandell Center for Women

Required:  Domestic violence training is required for all volunteers & interns prior to starting.

Description: Serves battered women and their children; provides shelter; support & advocacy.

Hartford Interval House, Inc.

Required: Domestic violence training is required on all volunteers & interns prior to starting.  A police  record check will be conducted. All volunteers must commit to two hours a week for one year.  Upcoming training dates:  TBA

Description: The mission is to end domestic violence by providing emergency shelter and supportive services.  Volunteers and interns play an essential role in providing services to victims of domestic violence and their children.

Connecticut Sexual Assault Crisis Services, Inc

CONNSACS is a statewide association of individual sexual assault crisis programs working to end sexual violence through victim assistance, community education and public policy advocacy. Most recently CCSU Social Work Program have placed students at two sexual assault centers (SACS).

Requirement: All volunteers and interns must receive a minimum of 40 hours of sexual assault/sexual abuse training required for certification,  provided by CONNSACS.

Description:  To provide support for victims, friends, and family of sexual assault/sexual abuse, sexual harassment and stalking.  Provide medical and legal advocacy to victims.  Opportunities include: 24 hr. crisis counseling; short-term, supportive counseling; police and emergency advocacy; community education and self-defense classes.

Community Partners in Action

The Resettlement Program 

Description: This program is designed to assist offenders transition back into the community following their incarceration.  It gives ongoing assistance to former prisoners in finding and accessing those community resources that will be useful in locating housing, employment, education, food and other necessities.

Check out their website for more information:  www.hartner.org/cpa