Connecticut's Community Collaboratives for Children

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THE STATE OF CONNECTICUT DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

Connecticut’s Community

Collaboratives For

Children & Families

Updated August 10, 2010

Table of Contents

Greater Stamford Systems of Care Collaborative ...... 3

Greater Norwalk System of Care “CARE” Team...... 4

Greater Bridgeport System of Care ...... 5

Greater Danbury Systems of Care...... 6

Waterbury Family Focus Partnership...... 7

Northwest Caring Connection...... 8

Greater Bristol – Farmington valley System of Care...... 9

New Britain System of Care ...... 10

Hartford/West Hartford System of Care ...... 11

North Central System of Care ...... 12

East of the River System of Care...... 13

Route 2 Collaboration ...... 14

Communities Raising Children (North East System of Care)...... 15

Milford Collaborative...... 16

BOW Collaborative...... 17

West Haven Interagency Network for Children (WHINC) ...... 18

Lower Naugatuck Valley System of Care ...... 19

New Haven Collaborative for Youth...... 20

Shoreline Collaborative for Youth ...... 21

Hamden/North Haven Collaborative for Youth ...... 22

Meriden/Wallingford Children’s Behavioral Health Collaborative...... 23

Greater Middlesex Community Collaborative...... 24

Family Access Collaborative...... 25

Valley Shore Collaborative ...... 26

Southeast Mental Health System of Care...... 27

Greater Stamford System of Care Collaborative Towns Served: Darien, Greenwich, New Canaan and Stamford Emergency Mobile Psychiatric Services (EMPS) Telephone Number: Call 211 Wait for prompt and press 1 Care Coordination: To refer a child/family to Care Coordination, please contact: Child Guidance Center of Southern CT 103 West Broad Street Stamford, CT 06902 Phone: 203-324-6127 Fax: 203-348-9378 Ask to speak to the Care Coordinator Supervisor

st The collaborative meets at 12:45-2:00 p.m. on the 1 Monday of every month at: Government Center th 888 Washington Blvd., 10 Floor Mayor’s Conference Room Stamford, CT Collaborative Chairperson(s): Teri Drew - [email protected]

For a Family Advocate: Please Contact the Executive Director or Family Advocate Supervisor at: 203-943-1431 The Family Advocate Provider is: FAVOR 2138 Silas Deane Highway Rocky Hill, CT 06067 860-563-3232

Greater Norwalk System of Care “CARE Team” Towns Served: Norwalk, Weston, Westport and Wilton Emergency Mobile Psychiatric Services (EMPS) Telephone Number: Call 211 Wait for prompt and press 1 Care Coordination: To refer a child/family to Care Coordination, please contact: Mid Fairfield Child Guidance Center, Inc 100 East Avenue Norwalk CT 06851 203 299-1315 Ask to speak to the Care Coordinator Supervisor

st The collaborative meets at 9:00 am. on the 1 Tuesday of each month at: Human Service Council One Park Street Norwalk, CT

Collaborative Chairperson: Susan Rigelhaupt [email protected] at 203-299-1315

Greater Bridgeport System of Care Towns Served: Bridgeport, Easton, Fairfield, Monroe, Trumbull and Stratford Emergency Mobile Psychiatric Services (EMPS) Telephone Number: Call 211 Wait for prompt and press 1 Care Coordination: To refer a child/family to Care Coordination, please contact: Child Guidance Center of Greater Bridgeport 80 Ferry Boulevard Stratford, CT 06615 Phone: 203-378-1654 Fax: 203-380-9169 Ask to speak to the Care Coordinator Supervisor

rd The collaborative from at 9:00-11:00 a.m. on the 3 Tuesday of every month at: Nehemiah 1600 State Street Bridgeport, CT

Collaborative Chairperson(s): Janet Ortiz [email protected] 203 384 6158 Violet Reyes [email protected]

Greater Danbury Systems of Care Towns Served: Bethel, Bridgewater, Brookfield, Danbury, New Fairfield, New Milford, Newtown, Redding, Ridgefield and Sherman Emergency Mobile Psychiatric Services (EMPS) Telephone Number: Call 211 Wait for prompt and press 1 Care Coordination: To refer a child/family to Care Coordination, please contact: WellPath Inc. 70 Pine Street Waterbury, CT 06710 Phone: 203-756-7287 X306 Fax: 203-236-0122

st The collaborative meets at 11:30-1:00 on the 1 Wednesday of every month at: Tarrywile Mansion 70 Southern Boulevard Danbury, CT 06810 [email protected]

Collaborative Chairperson(s): Ileana Velazquez [email protected] Dennis A. Bieber, LCSW 203-205-2651 [email protected]

For a Family Advocate: Please Contact the Executive Director or Family Advocate Supervisor at: 203-367-6214 The Family Advocate Provider is: FAVOR 2138 Silas Deane Highway Rocky Hill, CT 06067 860-563-3232

Waterbury Family Focus Partnership Towns Served: Beacon Falls, Cheshire, Middlebury, Naugatuck, Oxford, Prospect, Southbury, Waterbury, Watertown, Winchester and Wolcott Emergency Mobile Psychiatric Services (EMPS) Telephone Number: Call 211 Wait for prompt and press 1 Care Coordination: To refer a child/family to Care Coordination, please contact: WellPath Inc. 70 Pine Street Waterbury, CT 06710 Phone: 203-756-7287 X306 Fax: 203-596-2789 Ask to speak to the Care Coordinator Supervisor

The collaborative meets at 9:30 a.m. on the 4th Tuesday of every month at: United Way - 60 N. Main Street #300 – Waterbury, CT

Collaborative Chairperson(s): Provider Co-Chair: Mary Bruce at 203-577-8549, [email protected] Family Co-Chair {Currently Vacant}

Northwest Caring Connection Towns Served: Barkhamsted, Bethlehem, Canaan, Colebrook, Cornwall, Goshen, Hartland, Harwinton, Kent, Litchfield, Morris, New Hartford, Norfolk, North Canaan, Plymouth, Roxbury, Salisbury, Sharon, Thomaston, Torrington, Warren, Washington, Winchester and Woodbury Emergency Mobile Psychiatric Services (EMPS) Telephone Number: Call 211 Wait for prompt and press 1 Care Coordination: To refer a child/family to Care Coordination, please contact: WellPath Inc. 70 Pine Street Waterbury, CT 06710 Phone: 203-756-7287 X306 Fax: 203-596-2789 Ask to speak to the Care Coordinator Supervisor

The collaborative meets at 9:00 a.m. on the 2nd Thursday of every month at: Bridges Extended Day Treatment Program 241 Kennedy Drive Torrington, CT [email protected]

Collaborative Chairperson(s): Joan Neveski – Exec Comm - [email protected] Dorothy Blade Johnson – Exec Comm - [email protected]

Greater Bristol – Farmington Valley System of Care Towns Served: Avon, Berlin, Bristol, Burlington, Canton, Farmington, Plainville, Plymouth/Terryville, Newington, Rocky Hill, Simsbury, Southington, Wethersfield Emergency Mobile Psychiatric Services (EMPS) Telephone Number: Call 211 Wait for prompt and press 1 Care Coordination: To refer a child/family to Care Coordination, please contact: Wheeler Clinic 91 Northwest Drive Plainville, CT 06062 Phone: 860-793-3551 Fax: 860-793-3371 Ask to speak to the Care Coordinator Supervisor

The collaborative meets 12:00 noon on the 4th Wednesday of every month. The meeting changes locations monthly. For information on the location of collaborative meeting, please call 860-793-3551.

Collaborative Chairperson(s): Tabor Napiello at 860-793-3551, Fax: 860-793-3371 or [email protected]

New Britain System of Care Towns Served: New Britain Emergency Mobile Psychiatric Services (EMPS) Telephone Number: Call 211 Wait for prompt and press 1 Care Coordination: To refer a child/family to Care Coordination, please contact: Wheeler Clinic 91 Northwest Drive Plainville, CT 06062 Phone: 860-793-3551 Fax: 860-793-3371 Ask to speak to the Care Coordinator Supervisor

The collaborative meets at 10:00-12:00 on the 3rd Wednesday of every month at: New Britain City Hall 27 West Main St., Room 504 New Britain, CT

Collaborative Chairperson(s): Tabor Napiello at 860-793-3551, Fax: 860-793-3371 or [email protected] Lily Konsevick at 860-223-2778 x232 or [email protected]

Hartford/West Hartford System of Care Towns Served: Hartford and West Hartford Emergency Mobile Psychiatric Services (EMPS) Telephone Number: Call 211 Wait for prompt and press 1 Care Coordination: To refer a child/family to Care Coordination, please contact: Wheeler Clinic, Inc. 103 Woodland Street Suite 403 Hartford, CT 06105 (860) 520-6201 Ask to speak to the Care Coordinator Supervisor

The collaborative meets at 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. on the 3rd Monday of every month at: The Village for Families and Children, Inc. 1680 Albany Ave. Hartford, CT 06105

Collaborative Chairperson(s): Beresford Wilson [email protected]

North Central System of Care Towns Served: Bloomfield, East Granby, East Windsor, Enfield, Granby, Somers, Stafford Springs, Suffield, Windsor, Windsor Locks Emergency Mobile Psychiatric Services (EMPS) Telephone Number: Call 211 Wait for prompt and press 1 Care Coordination: To refer a child/family to Care Coordination, please contact: Community Health Resources 995 Day Hill Road Windsor, CT 06095 Phone: 860-731-5522 X281 Fax: 860-731-5537 Ask to speak to the Care Coordinator Supervisor

st The collaborative meets from 9:30 to 11:00 a.m. on the 1 Wednesday of every month at: rd St Francis Medical Office Building - Community Room 301 - 3 Floor 7 Elm Street Enfield, CT 06082 Collaborative Chairperson(s): Doriana Vicodomini, 668-5228 or [email protected]

East of the River System of Care Towns Served: Bolton, Ellington, Manchester, South Windsor, Tolland and Vernon Emergency Mobile Psychiatric Services (EMPS) Telephone Number: Call 211 Wait for prompt and press 1 Care Coordination: To refer a child/family to Care Coordination, please contact: Community Health Resources 995 Day Hill Road Windsor, CT 06095 Phone: 860-731-5522 ext. 281 Fax: 860-731-5537 Ask to speak to the Care Coordinator Supervisor

nd The collaborative meets from 9:30 to 11:00a.m. on the 2 Monday of every month at: South Methodist Church 1126 Main Street Manchester, CT 06040 Collaborative Chairperson(s): Beth Mix, 643-3326 or [email protected]

Route 2 Collaboration Towns Served: Andover, East Hartford, Glastonbury, Hebron, Marlborough Emergency Mobile Psychiatric Services (EMPS) Telephone Number: Call 211 Wait for prompt and press 1 Care Coordination: To refer a child/family to Care Coordination, please contact: Community Health Resources 995 Day Hill Road Windsor, CT 06095 Phone: 860-731-5522 ext. 281 Fax: 860-731-5537 Ask to speak to the Care Coordinator Supervisor

rd The collaborative meets from 9:30 to 11:00 a.m. on the 3 Thursday of every month at: East Hartford Community Cultural Center 50 Chapman Place East Hartford, CT

Collaborative Chairperson(s): William Seals 533-3870 or [email protected] Kevin Daly 860-888-3420 or [email protected]

Communities Raising Children (North East System of Care) Towns Served: Ashford, Brooklyn, Canterbury, Chaplin, Columbia, Coventry, Eastford, Hampton, Killingly, Mansfield, Plainfield, Pomfret, Putnam, Scotland, Sterling, Storrs, Thompson, Union, Willington, Windham and Woodstock Emergency Mobile Psychiatric Services (EMPS) Telephone Number: Call 211 Wait for prompt and press 1 Care Coordination: To refer a child/family to Care Coordination, please contact: CHR/Genesis Center 587 East Middle Turnpike Manchester, CT 06040 (860) 456-0038 ext. 228 Ask to speak to the Care Coordinator Supervisor

nd The collaborative meets from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. on the 2 Wednesday of every month. Please call 860-564-6100 for the location of that month’s meeting. Collaborative Chairperson(s): Bethany Morris: 860-456-1032

Milford Collaborative Towns Served: Milford Emergency Mobile Psychiatric Services (EMPS) Telephone Number: Call 211 Wait for prompt and press 1 Care Coordination: To refer a child/family to Care Coordination, please contact: Bridges, A Community Support System, Inc. 203 Broad Street, Suite C-5 Milford, CT 06460 Phone: 203-877-6549 X507 Fax: 203-877-6806 Ask to speak to the Care Coordinator Supervisor

rd The collaborative meets the 3 Wednesday of every month, meetings start at 9:30 am at: Bridges Milford, 949 Bridgeport Ave – Milford, CT 06460 Call Marty Schwartzmann for more information at 203-878-6365 X332 Collaborative Contact: Marie Capiris, Parent 203-876-7536 or [email protected]

Bethany Orange Woodbridge (BOW) Collaborative Towns Served: Bethany, Orange and Woodbridge Emergency Mobile Psychiatric Services (EMPS) Telephone Number: Call 211 Wait for prompt and press 1 Care Coordination: To refer a child/family to Care Coordination, please contact: Bridges 203 Broad Street, Suite C5 Milford, CT 06460 Phone: 203-877-6549 X507 Ask to speak to the Care Coordinator Supervisor

rd The collaborative meets at 9:00-10:30 a.m. on the 3 Tuesday of every month at: Woodbridge Human Services 11 Meetinghouse Lane, Room 16 Woodbridge, CT 06525 Collaborative Chairperson(s): Cristy Jones (203)494-2483 [email protected]

West Haven Interagency Network for Children (WHINC) Towns Served: West Haven Emergency Mobile Psychiatric Services (EMPS) Telephone Number: Call 211 Wait for prompt and press 1 Care Coordination: To refer a child/family to Care Coordination, please contact: West Haven Youth & Family Services 355 Main Street West Haven, CT 06516 Phone: 203-937-6633 Fax: 203-937-3767 Ask to speak to the Care Coordinator Supervisor

nd th The collaborative meets the 2 and 4 Wednesday of every month from 11:30-1:30 at: City Hall 355 Main Street West Haven, CT Collaborative Chairperson(s): Robert S. Morton at 203-937-3633 or [email protected] Karen Muro [email protected] Doreen Flanigan [email protected]

Lower Naugatuck Valley System of Care Towns Served: Ansonia, Derby, Seymour, Shelton Emergency Mobile Psychiatric Services (EMPS) Telephone Number: Call 211 Wait for prompt and press 1 Care Coordination: To refer a child/family to Care Coordination, please contact: Lower Naugatuck Valley Parent Child Resource Center 30 Elizabeth St. Derby, CT 06418 Phone: 203-954-0543 X117 Fax: 203-954-0544 Ask to speak to the Care Coordinator Supervisor

th The collaborative meets from 9:15 to 10:45 a.m. on the 4 Monday of every month at: TEAM, Inc., 30 Elizabeth Street, Derby, CT 06418

Collaborative Chairperson(s): Michael Wynne: 203-954-0543, [email protected] and Maria Tuttle 203-881-9730 [email protected]

New Haven Collaborative for Youth Towns Served: New Haven Emergency Mobile Psychiatric Services (EMPS) Telephone Number: Call 211 Wait for prompt and press 1 Care Coordination: To refer a child/family to Care Coordination, please contact: Clifford Beers Clinic 370 James Street 2nd Floor New Haven, CT 06513 Phone: 203-777-8648 X207 Fax: 203-785-0617 Ask to speak to the Care Coordinator Supervisor

rd The collaborative meets at 9:00am on the 3 Thursday of every month at: Clifford Beers 93 Edwards St. New Haven, CT Collaborative Chairperson(s): Louis Campbell at 203-946-5772 [email protected] OR [email protected]

Shoreline Collaborative for Youth Towns Served: Branford, East Haven, Guilford, Madison, North Branford Emergency Mobile Psychiatric Services (EMPS) Telephone Number: Call 211 Wait for prompt and press 1 Care Coordination: To refer a child/family to Care Coordination, please contact: Clifford Beers Clinic 370 James Street 2nd Floor New Haven, CT 06513 Phone: 203-777-8648 X207 Fax: 203-785-0617 Ask to speak to the Care Coordinator Supervisor

th The collaborative meets from 9:15-10:45 a.m. on the 4 Wednesday of every month at: Branford Counseling Center, 342 Harbor Street, Branford, CT Collaborative Chairperson(s): Liz Vellali 203-671-8470 [email protected] Contact Person: Gabrielle Hall 203-277-8648 [email protected]

Hamden/North Haven Collaborative for Youth Towns Served: Hamden & North Haven

Emergency Mobile Psychiatric Services (EMPS) Telephone Number: Call 211 Wait for prompt and press 1 Care Coordination: To refer a child/family to Care Coordination, please contact: Clifford Beers Clinic 370 James Street 2nd Floor New Haven, CT 06513 203-777-8648 xt207 Fax: 203-785-0617 Ask to speak to the Care Coordinator Supervisor The collaborative meets the 2nd Thursday of every month at to 9:00 a.m. at: Children’s Center of Hamden Wakeman Hall 1400 Whitney Ave Hamden, CT Collaborative Chairperson(s): Shayla Moore, Clifford Beers Clinic at 203-777-8648 or [email protected]

Meriden/Wallingford Children’s Behavioral Health Collaborative Towns Served: Meriden & Wallingford

Emergency Mobile Psychiatric Services (EMPS) Telephone Number: Call 211 Wait for prompt and press 1 Care Coordination: To refer a child/family to Care Coordination, please contact: Child Guidance Clinic of Central CT 257 West Main St. Meriden, CT 06450 203-235-2815 Fax: 203-235-4937 Ask to speak to the Care Coordinator Supervisor The collaborative meets from 1:00 to 2:00 p.m. pm the 1st Thursday of every month at: Meriden Health Department 165 Miller Street Meriden, CT 06450 Collaborative Chairperson(s): Rita Kowalchik at 203-630-4222 [email protected] Dee Bonnick [email protected] Rose Snyderr [email protected]

Greater Middlesex Community Collaborative Towns Served: Cromwell, Durham, Haddam, Higganum, Killingworth, Middlefield and Greater Middletown Emergency Mobile Psychiatric Services (EMPS) Telephone Number: Call 211 Wait for prompt and press 1 Care Coordination: To refer a child/family to Care Coordination, please contact: Family Advocacy Program 28 Crescent Street Middletown, CT 06457 860-358-8749 Fax: 860-344-6185 Ask to speak to the Care Coordinator Supervisor The collaborative meets from 9:00 to 10:45 a.m. on the 1st Tuesday of every month at: The Children’s Home of Cromwell (CHOC)

Collaborative Chairperson(s): Dave H. Thompkins 860-635-6010 xt391 Willard McRae: 860-346-8157

Family Access Collaborative Towns Served: East Haddam, East Hampton, Portland Emergency Mobile Psychiatric Services (EMPS) Telephone Number: Call 211 Wait for prompt and press 1 Care Coordination: To refer a child/family to Care Coordination, please contact:

Community Health Center 635 Main Street Middletown, CT 06457 Phone: 860-347-6971 ext. 3507 Fax: 860-704-8034 Ask to speak to the Care Coordinator Supervisor

The collaborative meets from 8:30-10:00a.m. on the 2nd Wednesday of every month at: 365 Main Street, Portland, CT 06480

Collaborative Chairperson(s): Dick Wiseman 860-342-1409 or [email protected]

Valley Shore Collaborative Towns Served: Chester, Clinton, Deep River, Essex, Guilford, Haddam, Killingworth, Lyme, Madison, Old Lyme, Old Saybrook, Westbrook Emergency Mobile Psychiatric Services (EMPS) Telephone Number: Call 211 Wait for prompt and press 1 Care Coordination: To refer a child/family to Care Coordination, please contact:

Child & Family Agency of Southeast CT 190 Westbrook Road Essex, CT 06426 Phone: 860-767-0147 ext.1304 Fax: 860-767-0148 Ask to speak to the Care Coordinator Supervisor

The collaborative meets from 9:30 to 11:00a.m. on the 4th Thursday of every month at:

Valley Shore YMCA 201 Spencer Pl Road - Westbrook, CT

Collaborative Chairperson(s): Neil Quantrano 860-663-0401 x112 [email protected] Michelle Correll 860-664-3557 Victoria Taylor 860-339-0622

Southeast Mental Health System of Care Towns Served: Bozrah, Colchester, East Lyme, Franklin, Griswold, Groton, Lebanon, Ledyard, Lisbon, Montville, New London, North Stonington, Norwich, Preston, Salem, Sprague, Stonington, Waterford, Voluntown Emergency Mobile Psychiatric Services (EMPS) Telephone Number: Call 211 Wait for prompt and press 1 Care Coordination: To refer a child/family to Care Coordination, please contact: Jocelyn M. Coffin UCFS 77 East Town Street Norwich, CT 06360 (860) 822-4176 Ask to speak to the Care Coordinator Supervisor

rd The collaborative meets at 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on the 3 Thursday every month. The meeting changes location each month. Please call one of the chairpersons listed below for location for that month. Collaborative Chairperson(s): Cara Westcott [email protected] Michelle Drake [email protected]