Youth In Crisis 24-Hour HOT LINE

203.374.9473

The Hotline assists youth and families twenty-four hours a day, every day of the year. Call responses provide information, make referrals, or respond to an immediate crisis.

When a Safe Place or Hotline call indicates an immediate crisis, a caseworker goes to meet the youth. The crisis is evaluated to identify and support the best option for the youth – going home, staying with a family member or friend, or pursuing short term Host Home placement. When placement is necessary, parental permission is obtained, the host home contacted and arrangements made.

Safe Places

Safe Places are public neighborhood locations committed to responding to youth experiencing crises.

They prominently display the national Safe Place logo and printed information on their premises. Staff members are trained to respond to youth by contacting the Janus Center and providing youth with a secure location until a Center caseworker arrives.

GREATER BRIDGEPORT SAFE PLACES INCLUDE:

Bridgeport Fire Department

Bridgeport Housing Authority

Bridgeport Public Libraries

Burroughs Community Center, Bridgeport

The Center for Women and Families, Bridgeport

Charles D. Smith, Jr. Foundation, Bridgeport

Council of Churches of Greater Bridgeport, Inc.

Congregation B’Nai Israel, Bridgeport

Fairfield Fire Department

Greater Bridgeport Transit Authority Buses

McGivney Center, Bridgeport

Operation Hope, Fairfield

South End Community Center, Bridgeport

Sterling House Community Center, Stratford

Stratford Fire Department

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