Brooker Memorial Early Learning and Child Care Center
Torrington (860) 489-5437
Care 4 Kids
(860) 214-5437
Help for low to moderate income families in CT to pay for child care costs (sponsored by CT DSS)
Caroline T. Brooks Fund
(860) 491-2308 x 228
This fund provides subsidized medical care for qualified Goshen children under the age of 18 for eyes, nose, throat and dental treatments.
Charlotte Hungerford Center for Youth and Families
(860) 489-3391 www.charlottehungerford.org
Child Care Centers
Canaan Child Care Center …………………………….. (860) 824-0597
Cornwall Child Center ………………………………….. (860) 672-6989
Falls Village Day Care ………………………………….. (860) 824-0882
Housatonic Child Care Center (Salisbury) ……… (860) 435-9694
Kent Children’s Center …………………………………. (860) 927-4168
Sharon Day Care Center ……………………………….. (860) 364-5182
Warren Church Community Childcare …………… (860) 868-2236
CT Commission on Children
CT Department of Children and Families (DCF)
62 Commercial Boulevard
Torrington (860) 496-5700 or (860) 842-2288
CT Early Childhood Alliance
(860) 937-6025 www.earlychildhoodalliance.com
110 Bartholomew Ave., Suite 4020, Hartford, CT 06106
Committed to improving development outcomes in learning, health, safety and economic security for children birth to 8.
Family Strides
Referrals, home visits, parenting education
(860) 482-3236 WIC (860) 489-1138
http://www.familystrides.org Hablamos Espanol
Housatonic Youth Service Bureau
(860) 824-4720
Falls Village
Business Hours: 9:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M. or by appointment for evening hours.
Director: Kelly Parker, MPA
Email Address: info@hysbct.org
Website: www.hysb.org
Physical/ Mailing Address: 236 Warren Turnpike Road, P.O. Box 356, Falls Village, CT, 06031.
The Youth Service Bureau offers resource and referral information, youth advocacy, short-term counseling for youth to age 21, parenting and grand-parenting classes, crisis intervention, parent support and education groups, coordination of area service provider meetings and community education on youth and family issues. There is no charge for services. The programs are open to all residents in Kent, Cornwall, Sharon, Falls Village, Canaan, Lakeville, and Salisbury.
Shane M. Kinsella Memorial Fund
(860) 491-2249 www.goshenrec.com
This fund was established in memory of infant Shane Kinsella who died of SIDS. Fund are distributed to children of Goshen to help offset costs associated with camp attendance, extracurricular activities, recreational programs, school programs, college application costs and other needs.
Summer Camps and Programs
Audubon Sharon.
325 Cornwall Bridge Rd, Sharon, CT 06069
(860) 364-0520 www.sharon.audubon.org
Camp Jewell YMCA
6 Prock Hill Road, Colebrook, CT 06021
(860) 379-2782 camp.jewell@ghymca.org
Camp Sloane YMCA
124 Indian Mountain Road, Lakeville, CT 06039
(860) 435-2557 www.campsloane.org
See also: http://www.campiswithinreach.org
Camperships or reduced rates often available. Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation can also help. See www.berkshiretconic.org and go to “SearchApplyforScholarships.” (Watch out for deadlines.) Many towns have their own summer programs, and some have summer jobs for teens as well. Call your social service agent or Parks and Recreation Committee.
The Housatonic Youth Service Bureau provides internships: www.hysb.org.
WIC (Women, Infants and Children)
Torrington (860) 489-1138 www.benefitsapplication.com
WIC (Women, Infants, and Children) program Connecticut provides special supplemental nutrition services to low income families living in Connecticut. Under the program, eligible families will receive food as well as nutrition related education and support. Eligible persons may be parents, stepparents, guardians as well as foster parents of infants or children under the age of five. The Program also provides nutritional food and services to pregnant and postpartum women. Breastfeeding mothers will continue to receive WIC benefits in Connecticut during the first year of breastfeeding.