(860) 236-4511 MENU Audience tag: Adults Outpatient Behavioral Therapy (Adults) Using a client-centered and collaborative approach to behavioral health care, our multidisciplinary team of psychiatrists, APRNs, psychologists and clinicians will work with you to set the goals for what you want to achieve and help you bring about the changes you are looking for in your life. Fatherhood Engagement Services Fatherhood Engagement Services works to help strengthen father-child bonds and enhance the level of involvement of fathers in their DCF case planning, provision of services and positive parenting. Family-Based Recovery Our Family-Based Recovery program ensures that children develop optimally in drug-free, safe and stable homes with their parent(s)/caregivers. Parenting Education Program (PEP) Our Parenting Education Program (PEP) helps you and your child adjust in a healthy way after divorce or living apart from a parent/caregiver. Parenting During and After Divorce (KIDSAFE) KIDSAFE’s Parenting During and After Divorce classes educate and train parents on how to help children adjust in a healthy way to divorce or living apart from a parent. Spring Street Family Center Our Spring Street Family Center is a place where you and your family can enjoy your community, access resources and grow and learn in a safe environment. Attachment & Biobehavioral Catch-up (ABC) Our Attachment and Biobehavioral Catch-up (ABC) program can help you provide nurturing care and secure attachment to your baby, understand your baby’s behaviors as they become more independent, and learn how to nurture your distressed child by following their lead…. Parent PALS (Postnatal Assistant Lending Support) Our Parent PALS (Postnatal Assistants Lending Support) home-based program, offered through Stronger Families Stronger Futures Prenatal and Early Childhood Home Visiting Network, is “fourth trimester” support for you and your family during your baby’s first year of life, designed to help you build healthy, nurturing parenting skills, including concrete tasks, empathetic listening, companionship and connecting to community resources. Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA), offered through our Financial Opportunity Center and in partnership with United Way of Central and Northeastern Connecticut and United Way of Connecticut/2-1-1, helps you access asset-building opportunities, financial education and additional resources. Financial Coaching Our financial coaching services, offered through our Financial Opportunity Center and in partnership with United Way of Central and Northeastern Connecticut, are available to help you effectively manage your finances and achieve your financial goals. Behavioral Health Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP) Our Intensive Outpatient Programs (IOP) provide therapy to treat and manage behavioral health, substance use and co-occurring issues. Primarily through group therapy, you will receive support on building and using coping skills, symptom management, managing challenging emotions and cravings, relationship building and repairing and much more. Career Coaching Our career coaching services, offered through our Financial Opportunity Center and in partnership with United Way of Central and Northeastern Connecticut, are available to help you identify your unique skills and interests, build a professional resume, learn the ins and outs of applying for jobs online, improve your networking skills, and connect you to certification programs to build your job skills. Basic Human Needs Program We offer basic needs assistance through food pantries in several Hartford Public Schools and at our RAMBUH/Spring Street Family Center. Clothing, furniture and other items may also be provided as needed for families in crisis. Adoption Services Our adoption services help individuals and couples create or expand a family through adoption and supports children and families through the adoption process. Our search services provide vital background and medical information to adoptees and helps adoptees and birth parents search for each other for the purpose of reuniting. Supervised Visitation Our program provides private supervised visitation services to non-custodial parents so they may visit their children in a neutral and appropriate setting. Words Count Words Count is a short-term, play-based program that builds on creativity and caregiver-child bonds to help young children increase their vocabularies and enhance their conversational abilities. Women’s REACH Program Our Women’s REACH (Recovery, Engagement, Access, Coaching, Healing) Program provides you with help to enhance your recovery journey as you develop a safe support network. Integrated Primary Care Through our Integrated Primary Care/Behavioral Health Services, our licensed clinicians and care coordinators work with community physicians and other medical staff to support the whole health of each client—physical, social and emotional. Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) Our Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) program offers comprehensive support to help you overcome addiction and set your path to a better life. Child First Child First, designed by Darcy Lowell, MD, helps reduce the impact toxic stress can have on your child’s development by strengthening your relationship with your child and addressing your family’s basic needs, such as shelter, food, medical care or employment. Parents as Teachers Our Parents as Teachers home visiting program will help you build parental resilience and knowledge of parenting and child development to help your child thrive and be healthy, safe and ready to learn. Trained professionals will make regular personal home or virtual visits during your child’s earliest years in life, from prenatal through kindergarten. ABOUT The Village Practices, Policies & Notices | Employee Resources ©2020 The Village for Families & Children. All rights reserved.