Community Resources
Community Support Resources
Parent Resources
CT Kids and Family: This is definitely a website worth checking out. It has information on events going on in Connecticut and if you scroll down to the lower left hand side, you can find parent resources including information on support and social groups, educational and activity resources, and healthcare.
The Connecticut Parent Advocacy Center
338 Main Street
Niantic, CT 06357
(860) 739-3089 or
1-800-445 2722
Kathy Schiessl. LCSW
Director, Child and Family Services
North Central Counseling Services
47 Palomba Drive
Enfield, CT 06082
(860) 253-5020 Ext. kschiessl@chrhealth.org
Connecticut State Department of Education
http://www.sde.ct.gov/sde/site/default.asp
Ms. Louise Pyers
NAMI (National Alliance for the Mentally Ill of CT)
30 Jordan Lane
Wethersfield, CT 06109
(800) 215-3021 childrensoutreach@namict.org
Department of Mental Retardation
North Central Region
270 Farmington Avenue, Suite 245
Farmington, CT 06032-1933
(860) 679-7118
Barbara Calcasola
Network Against Domestic Abuse
139 Hazard Avenue
Enfield, CT 06082
(860) 763-7430
communityeducator@networkagainstdomesticabuse.org
Department of Children & Families
Hotline: (800) 842-2288
Bud Knorr
First Selectman, Town of Somers
Town Hall, 600 Main Street, P.O. Box 308
Somers, CT 06071
(860) 763-8200
lpellegrini@somersct.gov
Ms. Sarah Copeland
ERASE
70 Canterbury Street
East Hartford, CT 06118
(860) 568-4442 sarah-erase@snet.net
Ups and Downs Family Support Group
Allied Rehabilitation Center
3 Pearson Way
Enfield, CT 06082
Contact: Sue or George Marusak @ 745-3651
CT Parents Plus
A program of United Way of Connecticut:
Statewide resources for health & human services, including parenting (Dial 2-1-1 for Infoline)
Child Care Infoline
A public-private partnership (CT & United Way)
Information and referrals to child care services
1-800-505-1000
Somers Law Enforcement
451 Main Street
Somers, CT 06071
(860) 749-4955
Mr. David Palmer
Somers Board of Education
Ninth District Road
Somers, CT 06071
763-4659
palmer123456@cox.net
Allied Rehabilitation Centers
3 Pearson Way
Enfield, CT 06082
741-3701
ASCONN
Autism Spectrum Disorders Support Group
351 Merline Road
Vernon, CT
Contact Carolyn Schwartz, RN @ 644-0524
Trooper Craig Jones
School Resource Officer
1320 Tolland Stage Road
Tolland, CT 06084
(860) 896-3231
troopc.communitypolicing@po.state.ct.us
Connecticut Bureau of Rehabilitation Services
1-800-537-2549
Special Education Resource Center (SERC)
25 Industrial Park Road
Middletown, CT 06457
(860) 632-1485
Special Olympics of Connecticut
2666-1 State Street
Hamden, CT 06517-2232
(203) 230-1201