Community Health Resources, Inc.

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Contact Information

444 Center Street
Manchester, CT 06040
United States

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DayHours
Monday 8 AM-7 PM
Tuesday 8 AM-7 PM
Wednesday 8 AM-5 PM
Thursday 8 AM-5 PM
Friday Closed
Saturday Closed
Sunday Closed

CHR is the most comprehensive, non-profit behavioral healthcare provider in Connecticut, offering a wide range of personalized services for children, families, and adults whose lives have been touched by mental illness, addiction, or trauma. Our largest outpatient offices are in Manchester and Enfield, with smaller offices throughout central and eastern Connecticut and several community-based programs.

CHR’s mission is to help adults, children, and families find Real Hope for the challenges of Real Life through an array of community-based mental health, substance use, child welfare, supportive housing, foster care, prevention and wellness services, and integrated care.  Our name embodies our commitment to community-based care, instilling hope for a healthy, happy, and productive future, and utilizing all available resources to achieve change.  CHR is proud to provide services that achieve Real Quality with Real Results.


Services and information

  • Traditional Foster Care
  • Emergency Foster Care
  • Respite Foster Care
  • Other

Requirements to become a foster parent

You must meet minimum requirements to provide foster care for children in Connecticut. Before you start, educate yourself and reach out to a foster care agency. Social workers recommend that you and other family members in your home feel ready before starting your foster journey. Caring for a foster child takes time, patience, and persistence.

Contact your local licensed child-placing agency or attend an orientation meeting to learn more about what fostering entails. They will inform you about foster parent requirements, common obstacles you might face, and unique challenges among foster children. All foster kids have experienced trauma. Training teaches foster parents how best to help foster children manage their feelings and feel secure.

You must meet minimum state requirements to qualify as a foster care provider in Connecticut. Foster parents must: 

  • Be 21 years of age or older
  • Offer a safe living environment
  • Pass a police and FBI background check
  • Maintain sufficient income to care for a family
  • Complete the 10-week training program
  • Provide a separate bed for the foster child
  • Complete the Home Study process
  • Have a clean driving record (pass a DMV check)

Kids of the same gender in a similar age range may share a bedroom.

Contact the Connecticut Department of Children and Families or a local child-placing agency for additional questions about foster parent requirements.


Ratings and Reviews

Average user rating

2.9 / 5
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Rebecca Baker
Jul 01, 2018

Very disorganized "organization". Extremely frustrating to deal with... just ask any pharmacist in the area. Staff turnover rate is very high, meaning no consistency for clients. Very disappointed. If I could give zero stars I would have.

Rating: 1

Bluesy Brother
May 17, 2018

Staff doesn't answer the phone,it rings & rings.Called Enfield office to get the person's name to make a complaint.The Enfield office answered on the 2nd ring.What if the caller needed some help & didn't know what to do or who to call?Apparently they could care less.BTW-i'm calling for info today & they probably won't answer that call! I'll bet top money on that.Need a change in staff.People who care & do the job they were hired to do

Rating: 3

Maria Lango
Feb 06, 2018

I’m just not happy with CHR bc my fiancé was there for group for month. They said they will help him to get his injection for his mental health. We end up going to ER bc CHR refuse to give it to him..

Rating: 1

Melody Robitaille
Sep 28, 2017

Addiction/ Mental Health Resource and Services.

Rating: 5

Salvatore Carpino
Dec 15, 2016

depends on who you get

Rating: 5