Community Residences, Inc.
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Contact Information
50 Rockwell Road
Newington, CT 06111
United States
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Newington, CT 06111
United States
| Day | Hours |
|---|---|
| Monday | 9AM - 5PM |
| Tuesday | 9AM - 5PM |
| Wednesday | 9AM - 5PM |
| Thursday | 9AM - 5PM |
| Friday | 9AM - 5PM |
| Saturday | 9AM - 5PM |
| Sunday | 9AM - 5PM |
Community Residences, Inc. (CRI) is a Foster Care & Adoption agency contracted by the Connecticut Department of Children and Families. We serve children who have been abused, neglected, and have experienced trauma; children who have behavioral and emotional needs above and beyond those of the “average” child.
Our foster parents help their foster or pre-adoptive children to learn appropriate behaviors, teach their children social skills and help them to catch up to their peers in school. Our parents receive ongoing support and training to help their foster children overcome the traumas in their lives and reach their full potential.
Services and information
- Traditional Foster Care
- Emergency Foster Care
- Respite Foster Care
- Adoption
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
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Dec 14, 2017
This is a terrible place to work especially highland Ave in Middletown the staff are hood and ratchet and stay doing drugs while on the clock the managers of the house are unprofessional and they let the clients fight one another DDS needs to shut the entire house down
Nov 05, 2017
Terrible company to work for they hire every Hoodrat and thug from the hood , the management is atrocious the staff are degenerated drug addicts and heathens , they want people with college degrees but the hourly wage is $11.20 are you kidding me?? People come to work high and stinking of weed and dumpster juice sad indeed
Sep 02, 2017
These people are really bad to work for. Especially their HR leadership who is very unqualified and unskilled. I feel like HR leadership should probably be replaced altogether. Most of upper administration is very cliquey with HR however so that probably won't happen any time soon. There is a lot of nepotism and favoritism occurring at CRI from what I witnessed while working for this company. That is why I would strongly encourage staff not recommend working for this company at all. They don't treat their staff well at all which costs them lots of high turnover. Especially this is true for staff at the entry level who obviously aren't worthy of ever joining HR, upper administration and their elite social cliques.
Aug 26, 2017
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Jul 03, 2017
The most horrible place to work at. What's funny is that they pay Per diem's $14.00 to stay while Full and part timers get $11.50 to $11.75 an hour. So they screw the Full and part time staff in order to try and keep the per diems. Their is no room for growth and they will even fire you over the littlest thing such as speeding or driving normal on a highway. Also the Staff is very bias, rude and often times insensitive. Which is why that company doesn't even have standards and I wouldn't even put my own family in their care. I use to work for them and they let me go for something that is so stupid but very common sense.