Sustainable CT

Homelessness Resources

• 211: http://www.211ct.org/
• CONTACT information of your municipality’s Local Education Agency Liaison for homeless children and youth under the McKinney-Vento Act:
  Louis B. Tallarita
  Education Consultant Office of Student Supports & Org. Effectiveness
  State Department of Education
  25 Industrial Park Road
  Middletown, CT 06457
  Phone: (860) 807-2058
  Fax: (860) 807-2127
  Email: Louis.Tallarita@ct.gov
• Connecticut Department of Children and Families website: https://portal.ct.gov/dcf
  
• CENTER FOR CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY https://speakupteens.org/
  2074 Park Street, Hartford, CT
  Offers free legal advice and representation to youth, including runaway and homeless youth, on abuse and neglect, dating violence, emancipation, education/special education, immigration, teen parenting, truancy, access to benefits, and other problems. Eligibility: Connecticut resident; Adolescents up to age 18 or up to age 21, age 23 in some instances
• NATIONAL RUNAWAY SAFELINE: www.1800runaway.org Trained volunteers offer crisis intervention, information and referral, conference calls and message service for adolescents in crisis and their family members. 800-786-2929 (800-RUNAWAY) 24 hr/7 days
• Short Term Assessment and Respite (STAR) Program AGENCY:
  BRIDGE FAMILY CENTER http://www.bridgefamilycenter.org/
  414 Woodtick Road, Wolcott, CT
  STAR (Short-term Assessment and Respite) is a temporary congregate care program for boys and girls ages 11 through 18 that provides short-term care, evaluation and a range of clinical and nursing services for children who have been removed from their homes due to abuse, neglect or other high-risk circumstances.
• Homeless Youth Drop In Center
  AGENCY: WATERBURY YOUTH SERVICES, INC.: www.waterburyyouthservices.org
  83 Prospect Street
  Waterbury, CT 06702
  Drop in center is open to any homeless youth to stop by on Saturdays from 10am-1pm to get access to warmth, food, drink, clothing and hygiene products.
• Homeless Resource Service Center and Emergency Shelter: Single Adults and Families
  SAINT VINCENT DE PAUL MISSION OF WATERBURY: www.stvincentdepaulmission.org
  114 Benedict Street Waterbury, CT 06706
  Emergency shelter for single men, single women, and families offers breakfast and an evening meal, shower and bed; intake hours: M-Sun: 5:30-8pm. All clients receive case management designed to help them find housing, substance abuse treatment, and welfare programs, if necessary.
• Homeless Shelter: Families with Children AGENCY: SALVATION ARMY - SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND DIVISION: ctri.salvationarmy.org/
  74 Central Avenue Waterbury, CT 06702
  Emergency Family Shelter in Waterbury accepts families with children and women or men with children; Intake hours: 24 hr/7days. ELIGIBILITY: Families with children; Women or men with children; Pregnant women with children
• Other relevant resources available through your municipality:
  Southbury Social Services Administrator Mary Silverman socialservices@southbury-ct.gov
• Guidance for ways that residents can support local and regional homelessness prevention efforts:
  https://www.cceh.org/how-you-can-help/