The Bridge Family Center Inc

Youth, family and community services - as the youth service bureau for the town of west hartford, the bridge family center is responsible for assessment, resource and community development, and advocacy on behalf of children, youth, and families. These efforts allow the bridge to provide the following comprehensive prevention and intervention services: school-based services, positive youth development activities, teen center, parenting programs, counseling, and psychiatric evaluations. The bridge is licensed as an outpatient psychiatric clinic by the connecticut department of children and families and by the department of public health. Bridge therapists address a variety of concerns affecting children and families including depression, anxiety, coping with divorce, and uncontrollable anger.

Family resource centers: these programs, located at one west hartford elementary school, promote family involvement and the social and academic competence of children through a variety of programs including parent education, family counseling, after-school enrichment activities, and early childhood intervention programs. In fy25 over 1,300 people were served in family resource center programs.