Village for Families & Children, Inc.
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Contact Information
1680 Albany Avenue
Hartford, CT 06105
United States
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Hartford, CT 06105
United States
| Day | Hours |
|---|---|
| Monday | 8 AM-7 PM |
| Tuesday | 8 AM-5 PM |
| Wednesday | 8 AM-7 PM |
| Thursday | 8 AM-5 PM |
| Friday | 8 AM-5 PM |
| Saturday | Closed |
| Sunday | Closed |
The Village was one of the first agencies in the country to provide homes for neglected children. Today, we continue to achieve our mission “to build a community of strong, healthy families who protect and nurture children” by providing a full range of behavioral health, early childhood and youth development, substance use treatment and support services for children, adults and families in the Greater Hartford, Connecticut region.
Our Foster Care program serves local youth ages 6-18 who have forms of trauma resulting from neglect and/or abuse. Using the Functional Family Therapy (FFT) model, we provide in home clinical treatment focused on trauma recovery, case management services and 24/7 support. We partner with our families to provide safe and nurturing homes to stabilize and expedite a youth’s journey to permanency.
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
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Dec 19, 2022
The facilities were awful, the food was barely cooked and the opportunities promised weren’t able to come to fruition
Dec 11, 2022
Don’t bring anyone to this place. Especially into Eagle house/Residential programs. Kids are always fighting each other, Staff don’t do anything. Staff also Harass clients and abuse them too. The rooms are as small as closets, many times windows aren’t available the smells are foul in the bedrooms. They barely wash bedding and clothing. And many times communication with clinician’s and waiting for pick ups take forever. Try looking up the sunshine case/lawsuit too. Food isn’t properly cooked and prepared, Or given. The only time bedrooms are available are at bedtime, so clients can’t rest. Just don’t bring them here.
Jun 16, 2022
If you genuinely want too get your child HELP, stay away from this place! They were horrible!
My daughter was here for 4.5 months and she came home even worse than she was when she initially went in. My husband and I were flabbergasted! Her language changed, she began swearing on a regular basis, using words she could have only heard there, it was absolutely insane the things she learned here at only 9 years old. I get that they can't control every little thing, but this was next level.
It was literally as if she was encouraged to act out and display her feelings even if it meant being physically violent towards her parents or staff. It's heartbreaking to be sitting there begging for help and to have yourself not be heard. My daughter broke a window while she was here, trashed the therapists room on a weekly basis, ran away (literally broke through the fence, and this was less than 48 hours before they discharged her!), She was regularly attacking staff, hurting herself, plus so much more!
At discharge, something that should have taken no more than 45 minutes took in excess of 2 hours. She became very violent towards my husband and myself, hitting staff, spitting in their faces, throwing snow at them, biting, etc ... Any other facility like this would have pulled discharge & continued working with the child, but this facility forced us through the paperwork while she was attacking everyone and then told us they couldn't help and "good luck".
Since my daughter was discharged from here on February 1, 2022 she has since had eight hospitalizations... The first one being only 6 days after she was discharged!!! We didn't expect The Village to "fix her" however we also didn't expect them to tell us to allow her to beat on us until she's content. Yes, this is 100% what the "therapist" (I use that term loosely as she was not the greatest!!) there told us, that if she is feeling dysregulated to allow her to beat/hit/kick/bite etc on us even if it lasts 2 to 3 hours no matter where we are!! Again, just stay away!
STAY AWAY!
Feb 21, 2022
Very poor communication on one on one therapist. First one was late to intake appointment. Then no show for number two.
Second therapist, I had to cancel for medical and have made 4 attempts to reschedule. Which can be 2 or 3 weeks between scheduled appointments.
I do recommend the group with Diego. Great interaction.
Sep 08, 2020
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