National Resources
Lawyers for Children America makes available the names of national resources to help those who care about children’s issues. For information on available national resources, please contact an Lawyers for Children America office. The information provided is updated quarterly. Please send us your suggestions for additional resources to include on the following list. Thank you in advance for your feedback.
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NATIONAL RESOURCES
- National Association of Counsel for Children
http://www.naccchildlaw.org/ - National Center for Children Exposed to Violence
http://www.nccev.org/index.html - America Prosecutors Research Institute
http://www.ndaa-apri.org/apri/index.html - Administration for Children and Families, United States Department of Health and Human Services
http://www.acf.dhhs.gov/ - Fight Crime: Invest in Kids
http://www.fightcrime.org - Zero to Three
http://www.zerotothree.org/ - Wrightslaw—Special Education Law
http://www.wrightslaw.com/ - Orphan Foundation of America
http://www.orphan.org/ - Yale Child Study Center
http://info.med.yale.edu/chldstdy
In Greater Hartford
- Office of the Child Advocate
18-20 Trinity Street
Hartford, CT 06106
Phone: 860-566-2106
Website: www.oca.state.ct.us - University of Connecticut Law School Center for Children’s Advocacy
65 Elizabeth Street
Hartford, CT 06105
Phone: 860-570-5327
Fax: 860-570-5256
Email: mstone@law.ucon.edu
Web site: www.kidscounsel.org - Connecticut Association of Foster and Adoptive Parents
2189 Silas Dean Highway
Suite 2
Rocky Hill, CT 06067
Phone: 800-861-8838
Fax: 860-258-3410
Email: general@cafap.com
Website: www.cafap.com - Connecticut Association for Human Services
110 Bartholomew Avenue
Suite 4030
Hartford, CT 06106-2201
Phone: 860-951-2212
Fax: 860-951-6511
Email: info@cahs.org
Web site: www.cahs.org - Connecticut Center for Prevention of Child Abuse
Wheeler Clinic
91 Northwest Drive
Plainville, CT 06062
Phone: 860-747-6801 ext. 244
Fax: 860-793-3520
Email: ccpca@connix.com
In Greater Hartford (…continued)
- Connecticut Center for School Change
15 New Park Avenue – Suite 203
Hartford, CT 06106
Phone: 860-586-2340
Fax: 860-586-7360
Email: ccsc@ctschoolchange.org
Web site: www.ctschoolchange.org - Connecticut Commission on Children
18-20 Trinity Street
Hartford, CT 06106
Phone: 860-240-0290
Email: coc@po.state.ct.us - Connecticut Office of Protection and Advocacy
60B Weston Street
Hartford, CT 06120-1551
Phone: 860-297-4300
Web site: www.state.ct.us/opapd - Greater Hartford Legal Aid, Inc.
999Asylum Avenue, 3rd Floor
Hartford, CT 06105-2465
Phone: 860-541-5000
Email: ghla@ghla.org
Web site: www.ghla.org
In New Haven
- Connecticut Voices for Children
33 Whitney Avenue
New Haven, CT 06510
Phone: 203-498-4240
Fax: 203-498- 4242
Email: voices@ctkidslink.org
Website: www.ctvoices/kidslink.org - Connecticut Bar Association
P.O. Box 350
30 Bank Street
New Britain, CT 06050-0350
Phone: 860-223-4400
Website: www.ctbar.org - Connecticut Women’s Education and Legal Fund
135 Broad Street
Hartford, CT 06105-3701
Phone: 1-800-479-2949
Website: www.cwealf.org - New Haven Legal Assistance Association
426 State Street
New Haven, CT 06510
Phone: 203-946-4811
Fax: 203-498-9271
Email: mail@nhlegal.org
Web site: www.nhlegal.org - Statewide Legal Services of Connecticut
425 Main Street
Middletown, CT 06457
Phone: 800-453-3320
Fax: 860-344-1918
Email: mail@slsct.org
Web site: www.slsct.org
In Fairfield County
- Bridgeport Safe Start Initiative
Center For Women and Families
753 Fairfield Ave.
Bridgeport, CT 06604
Tel. (203) 334-6154
Fax (203) 334-8325
SafeStart@cwfefc.org - Bridgeport Child Advocacy Coalition
475 Clinton Avenue
Bridgeport, CT 06605
Tel. (203) 368-4291
Fax (203) 368-1239
www.bcacct.org - Regional Bar Association of Stamford, Norwalk, Darien and Wilton, Inc.
970 Summer Street
Stamford, CT 06905
Tel. (203) 327-7041
Fax (203)327-0413
rba@discovernet.net
- Bridgeport Safe Start Initiative