Official State Website: http://www.ct.gov

President and Vice President: www.whitehouse.gov

State Representative: http://www.house.gov/

Senators: http://www.senate.gov/

Local Child Abuse Number: 800-842-2288 (nationwide)

Children's Rights Foundation:
1-800-329-KIDS
http://www.preventchildabusenow.org/

National Child Traumatic Stress Network:
http://www.nctsnet.org/nccts/nav.do?pid=abt_ntwk

Childhood Violent Trauma Center
Contact: Steven Berkowitz
Phone: (203) 785-7047
Email: steven.berkowitz@yale.edu
Web: http://www.nccev.org/

Clifford Beers Clinic
Contact: Alice M. Forrester
Phone: (203) 772-1270
Email: aforrester@cliffordbeers.org
Web: http://www.cliffordbeers.org/

Shelters

Bridgeport Rescue Mission
1088 Fairfield Avenue
Bridgeport, CT 06605
Phone: 203-333-4087
FAX: 203-331-8984

Operation Hope of Fairfield
50 Nichols Street
Fairfield, CT 06824
Phone: 203-254-2935
FAX: 203-259-9838

Women's Shelters

Domestic Violence:
http://www.ctcadv.org
http://www.sboard.org/resources.htm?

Connecticut Coalition Against Domestic Violence
90 Pitkin Street
East Hartford, CT 06108
(860) 282-7899 Fax: (860) 282-7892
(800) 281-1481 In State
(888) 774-2900 In State DV Hotline
Email: info@ctcadv.org
Website: http://www.ctcadv.org

National Domestic Violence Hotline:
http://www.ndvh.org/help/help_in_area.html

National Coalition Against Domestic Violence:
http://www.ncadv.org

National Network to End Domestic Violence:
http://www.nnedv.org

Directory of Women's Shelters:
http://wedirectyou.com/womennmr/women.htm

Sounding Board Counseling Center:
http://www.sboard.org then click on shelters in your State

Community Action Program:
http://www.cafca.org/
http://www.ncaf.org/linkcaas.htm

Head Start Program:
http://www.state.ct.us/sde/deps/Early/HeadStart/index.htm
http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/hsb/hsweb/index.jsp
http://www.headstartinfo.org/infocenter/ehs_tkit1.htm

State Listings of Charities

Federal Trade Commission:
http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/pubs/tmarkg/charity.htm

Office of the Attorney General
Public Charities Unit
55 Elm Street
Hartford, CT 06106
860-808-5030
http://www.ct.gov/ag/cwp/browse.asp?a=2074&agNav=%7C

Search by State

Family and Youth Services:
http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/fysb/

Human Services
http://www.hhs.gov/

Government Grants:
http://www.firstgov.gov/
http://www.grants.gov/
http://www.govbenefits.gov/govbenefits_en.portal

Housing Grants:
http://www.hud.gov/offices/cpd/communitydevelopment/programs/
http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/ocs/csbg/

Health Care: For the Uninsured
http://ask.hrsa.gov/pc/

Help finding healthcare in your area:
http://www.healthfinder.gov/healthcare/

Emergency Food and Shelter:
http://www.efsp.unitedway.org/EFSP/WC.DLL?EFSP~FundedStates