This document lists contact information for various private foster care agencies in Connecticut. It provides the agency name, address, phone number, contact person, and website if available. It also categorizes the agencies that provide foster care programs by county in Connecticut. Some agencies operate statewide or in multiple counties.

1. Private Agency Foster Care Programs
Better World Adoptions
74 Batterson Park Rd
Farmington CT 06032
860-677-0470
Contact Person: Elaine Blondin-Mello
Email: abetterworldadoptions@comcast.net
Boys & Girls Village, Inc., /TFC/CPA
528 Wheelers Rd Milford, CT 06460
203-877-0300 ext. 219
Contact Person: Chester Brodnicki
Web: http://www.boysvill.org
Catholic Charities of Fairfield Inc/CPA
238 Jewett Ave
Bridgeport CT 06606
203-416-1336
Contact Person: William Hoey
Catholic Charities of Hartford
839-841 Asylum Ave
Hartford CT 06105
860-493-1841
Contact person: Rose Alma Senatore, CEO
Catholic Charities of Norwich/CPA
331 Main St
Norwich CT 06360
860-889-8346
Contact person: Marek Kulkulka
Children's Community Programs of CT /CPA
One Long Wharf, Suite 7 New Haven, CT 06515
Contact Person: Brian Lynch
203-786-6403
Web: www.childrenscommunityprograms.org
Community Health Resources
995 Day Hill Rd, Windsor CT 06095
Contact Person: Heather Gates
860-731-5522
Community Residence Inc.
732 West Street Suite 12 Southington, CT 06489
Contact Person: Paul Rosin
860-621-7600
Web: http://www.criinc.org
Connecticut Adoption & Family Services, Inc
2 Union Plaza, Suite 300
New London CT 06320
Contact Person: Sandra Couillard
860-444-0553
Connecting Children and Families
955 South Main Street Middletown, CT 06457
Contact Person: Petter Nucci
860-343-5500
www.theconnectioninc.org
Council of Churches of Greater Bridgeport/Janus/ CPA
1100 Boston Ave, Building 5 A
Foster Care Programs by County
Fairfield County: Boys & Girls Village; Community
Residences, Inc.; and Family & Children's Agency.
Hartford County: Community Health Resources;
Community Residences, Inc.; DARE Family Services;
Klingberg Family Services; NAFI; The Village for
Families & Children; and Wheeler Clinic.
Litchfield County: Boys & Girls Village; Family &
Children's Aid; Jewish Family Services; New
Opportunities; and Community Residences, Inc.
Middlesex County: Boys & Girls Village; Children's
Community Programs; Jewish Family Services; and
Community Residences, Inc.
New Haven County: Boys & Girls Village; Children's
Community Programs; Jewish Family Services; and
Community Residences, Inc.
New London County: DARE Family Services;
Waterford Country School; and Community
Residences, Inc.
Tolland County: Community Residences, Inc.;
DARE Family Services; Klingberg Family Services;
NAFI; The Village for Families & Children; and
Wheeler Clinic.
Windham County: DARE Family Services; Waterford
Country School; and Community Residences, Inc.
Statewide Professional Foster Care Programs:
Connecting Children & Families: Middletown
Institute for Professional Practice: Woodbridge

2. Bridgeport, CT 06604
DARE Family Services
1184 Burnside Avenue Suite E
East Hartford, CT 06108
860-291-8688
Contact Person: Jeremy Smith
Email: jsmith@darefamily.org
Web: www.darefamily.org
Family and Children's Aid, Inc /CPA /SFC
75 West St, Danbury, CT 06810
203-748-5689
Contact Person: Irving Jennings
Web: www.family andchildrensagency.org
Franciscan Family Care Center/CPA
405 Allen Ave
Meriden CT 06451
203-237-8084
Contact person: Sister Barbara Johnson
International Alliance for Children, Inc
2 Ledge Lane
New Milford CT 06776
860-354-5156
Contact person: Janice Mabasa
Jewish Family Services of Bridgeport
2370 Park Ave
Bridgeport, CT 06604
Contact Person: Harvey Paris
203-366-5438
Jewish Family Services of Greenwich
One Holy Hill Lane, Greenwich, CT 06830
Contact Person: Lisa-Loraine Smith
203-622-1881
Jewish Family Services of New Haven
1440 Whalley Ave, New Haven CT 06515
Contact person: Jonathan Garfinkle
203-389-5599
Klingberg Family Centers, Inc /CPA
370 Linwood Street New Britain, CT 01053
860-224-9113
Contact Person: Rosemarie Burton
Web: www.klingberg.org
Live Source Center /CPA
45 Arrowleaf Court
Cheshire, CT 06410
Contact Person: Raymond Shocki
203-272-5613
Lighthouse Family Services/CPA
165 Lawler Lane, Norwich CT 06360
860-376-8583
Contact Person: Carol Sharp
Lutheran Community Services of Southern New England
2139 Silas Deane Highway, Rocky Hill CT 6067
Contact person: Michael Walsh
860-257-9899

3. NAFI Connecticut, Inc/ Professional Parenting Program
20 Batterson Park Rd, Suite 301
Farmington, CT 06032
Contact Person: Hildegarde Paris
860-284-1177
New Opportunities, Inc.
232 North Elm Street Waterbury, CT 06702
203-575-4286
Contact Person: James Gatling
Web: www.newopportunitiesinc.org
‘r Kids, Inc/CPA
45 Dixwell Ave, New Haven CT 06511
Contact person: Randi Rubin-Rodriguez
203-865-5437
Rainbow Adoptions
29 W. Main Street, #101
Avon, CT 06001
Contact: Dr. Lori Snow
860-677-0032
Thursday’s Child
227 Tunxis Avenue
Bloomfield, CT 06002
860.242.5941
Contact: Iris Arenson-Fuller
The Village for Families and Children
1680 Albany Ave, Hartford CT 06105
Contact Person: Galo Rodriguez
860-236-4511
Web: www.villageforchildren.org
United Services, Wayside / CPA
1007 North Main Street
Dayville, ct 06241
Contact Person: Diane Manning
860-774-2020
Waterbury Youth Service System, Inc/ CPA
83 Prospect Street
Waterbury, CT 06702
Contact person: Kelly Cronin
203-573-0264
Waterford Country School
2 Clinic Drive
Norwich, CT 06360
Contact Person: Christopher Lacey
860-886-7500
e-mail: CLacey@waterfordcs.org
Web: www.wcsfostercare.org
Wheeler Clinic
88 East Street
Plainville, CT 06062
Contact: Sharon Pendleton-Ponzani
e-mail: SPonzani@Wheelerclinic.org