Child Development

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Child Care

Help paying for childcare Care 4 Kids childcare assistance program

(888) 214-5437

• Great Beginnings (Plainville)
• Hospital for Special Care Childcare
• Human Resources Agency (DSS funded toddler program)
• YWCA

(860) 747-1649
(860) 827-1958 x5109
(860) 225-8299
(860) 225-4681 x274

Information about Home Daycare Providers in New Britain

Directory of Preschool Programs in New Britain

Food & Nutrition

Women Infants & Children (WIC) program provides financial assistance for food to eligible families with young children

(860) 225-8695

Food Pantries

• Spanish Speaking Center
• Salvation Army

(860) 224-2651
(860) 225-6662

Health Care

New Britain Partners in Health

• Access to care coordinators (help with insurance coverage)
• Pharmacy Assistance program (help with discounted or free medications)
• Referral Coordinator (help getting appointments with specialists

(860) 893-0800

x 5140

x 5141
x 5137

New Britain Oral Health Collaborative Start Smiling Program

(860) 893-0800 x 5163

Community Health Center – sliding fee scale for uninsured

(860) 224-3642

Visiting Nurses Association - Free Well Child Clinic 2^nd Thursday of the month at St Mark’s Church basement 147 West Main St

(860) 224-7131

New Britain Health Department

• Immunization Registry
• Free Lead Screening tests

(860) 612-2777

Information on Vision Problems

“25% of students in grades k-6 have visual problems that are serious enough to impede learning.”  (American Public Health Association)

Housing

Eviction prevention program

(860) 827-3686

Lead Poisoning Prevention Program

(860) 225-1084

First Time Home Ownership help

Neighborhood Housing Services

(860) 224-2433

CT Fair Housing Center- Investigates housing discrimination

(860) 247-4400