CHILD & FAMILY AGENCY
of Southeastern Connecticut, Inc.

Health & Social Services

Child and Family Agency operates 16 full-service model centers in all of New London's public schools, 5 Groton schools (Fitch HS, Fitch Middle, West Side MS, Claude Chester and Catherine Kolnaski) and 3 Norwich schools (NFA, Kelly MS, and Greeneville Elementary), and The Friendship School in Waterford. The center at Teachers' Memorial Middle School in Norwich provides medical services only. These centers are funded by State Legislature through Department of Public Health grants, the United Way and by insurance reimbursements. With parental permission, students in these schools can obtain services such as physicals, minor acute illness care, health promotion and disease prevention education, as well as group, individual and/or family therapy.  These centers are licensed by DPH as Outpatient Clinics and are staffed by certified nurse practitioners and masters-prepared mental health clinicians.  Children in the Agency's child care centers, the Dual Language Arts Academy, and the B. P. Learned Mission have access to medical services through school-linked centers.

Child and Family Agency assists pregnant and parenting teens living in New London and Groton. The goal is to assist these young women in accessing the community resources necessary to ensure a healthy birth outcome, teach positive parenting skills, and encourage avoidance of a subsequent unintended pregnancy. This work is made possible through a grant from the Department of Public Health, the United Way of SE CT. and auxiliary fundraising.