Fatherhood Resources
- 211’s Listing of CT Fatherhood Programs - A searchable list of local fatherhood programs.
- National Fatherhood Clearinghouse - This website has resources for building strong families and healthy relationships, supporting your child in school and career, developing personal resilience, and having fun as a family.
- REACH Family Navigator Program - In 2019, one Family Recovery Navigator position was added to each DMHAS region to provide these support services to parenting fathers, grandparents, LGBTQIA+ individuals, or other immediate family who are struggling with or impacted by substance use.
- Postpartum Support International’s Help For Dads - PSI has a page with many resources for fathers including information about their support hotline, an online dad support group, and their monthly "Just For Dads" forum.
Child Development Infoline
- 211 Child Development (211 CD) is part of the United Way of Connecticut. We help families make sure their children grow up healthy. We help you find programs like Birth to Three, Help Me Grow, Sparkler, and Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs. Our team can connect you with the best tools to understand your child’s health, behavior, and learning needs. We can help you starting at pregnancy until your child grows up. You can call us Monday through Friday at 1-800-505-7000 from 8 am to 6 pm. If you call after hours, you can leave a message. We will call you back as soon as possible.
WIC Program
The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children, better known as the WIC Program, provides supplemental foods, health care referrals, nutrition education, and breastfeeding promotion and support to low-income pregnant, breastfeeding, and non-breastfeeding postpartum women, and to infants and children up to age five who are found to be at nutritional risk.
Diaper Bank
Providing diapers, period supplies, incontinence products and other basic health needs to families throughout CT.
Insurance Resources
Connecticut has many potential options for health insurance coverage for you and your family.
Information and Tips About Help With Housing
This resource from 211 can help you learn about housing options.
Financial Information for Families
Need help paying for child care or camps, food, or health insurance? Connecticut has many programs and organizations that can help.
Visit CT Early Childhood Financial Information
Caring Closet: Supplies for Babies
The Caring Closet in Bristol offers income eligible families basic need item free-of-charge. Services are intended for community members who are experiencing difficulty meeting their daily needs. The program operates on a first-come, first-served basis. All items are supplied through community donations and may not always be in stock. The Caring Closet is currently operating by appointment only. Supply availability includes diapers, wipes, body wash, baby food and formula.
CT Office of Early Childhood- Parenting Support Resources
This page has support resources, information, and links for pregnant people and their families as well as parents with babies and/or older children.
CT 211 Family Care Plan Tool
A Family Care Plan lists services and resources you and your family could use to support your infant’s ongoing health, development, safety and well-being. The plan also includes your family’s physical, social and emotional health; substance use disorder treatment; parenting skills; and readiness to care for your infant. This tool can help a person identify resources in the community for their family care plan.
Greater Hartford Harm Reduction Alliance
Greater Hartford Harm Reduction Alliance provides various Harm Reduction services across CT, such as HIV & HEP C testing, SSPs & naloxone.
Latino Outreach
DMHAS Latino Outreach provide regional community outreach services, through 5 specific local agencies, designed to reduce the stigma that surrounds substance use in the Latino community and to provide people with referrals and other useful supports to address substance use.
Rocking Recovery's CT Resource List
There are hundreds of listings on RockingRecovery.org that can help people locate services and information in Connecticut.
Staywell Health Community Programs
The community programs offered help to reduce barriers to care and create building blocks to reaching health goals and personal development. These programs include Medicaid Outreach and Enrollment, Home Visiting Services, Connections, Smile Builders, and Ryan White (HIV Care).
Supported Employment Services
DMHAS funds agencies across Connecticut to provide a broad menu of employment and education services. While employment strategies must be tailored to meet individual needs, agencies generally offer a range of services including career planning, job search assistance, job placement, on- and off-the-job coaching, and career advancement services.