Bridge Building Convening Groups to Strengthen
Communities CO-OP Center Transitioning Adults From Jail
to Community Hunger Outreach Umbrella of Area Sites Feeding the Poor Janus
Center Children & Families In Crisis Project Learn After School Program in City
Neighborhoods
JANUS CENTER FOR YIC Serving Youth In
Crisis “I
would like to thank the Janus
Center for saving my family.”
—
Anamarie, Bridgeport parent
“Thank
you for all your patience and
support in dealing with my family.”
— John,
Trumbull parent
The
Janus Center
assists youth facing serious problems with their families, schools or the
juvenile court. Our mobile intervention team supports the program’s Safe
Place network, responds to the 24-hour Youth In Crisis Hotline, and provides
counseling and referrals to necessary services. If a youth cannot return home
and is not under state care, Janus House Center provides short-term respite
care. This past year we responded to
close to 350 referrals and provided
32 youth with
host home care. The Janus
Center primarily serves
Greater Bridgeport youth, ages 11-17, who are homeless or at risk of becoming
homeless and are not under the supervision of the CT Department of Children and
Families (DCF). Janus
Center offers a multitude of
vital services to youth: 24-hour Mobile Crisis Intervention Short-Term Counseling
Individual and Family Needs
Assessment Family Mediation
Tangible Assistance
Host Home Placement
Referral Services Educational Assistance
Youth Advocacy The Bigelow Computer
Learning Center Youth In Crisis (YIC)
24-Hour HOTLINE
Directions to Janus
Center: 1100 Boston Ave. Bldg 5A
Bridgeport, CT 06610 Tel: 333-6019
Safe Places
Safe Places
is a network of public neighborhood locations committed to responding to youth
in crisis. They prominently display the Safe Place logo and printed information
on their premises. Employees are trained to respond to youth by contacting the
Janus House Center and providing youth with a secure location until a case
worker from the Center arrives. Greater Bridgeport Safe Places include
Bridgeport, Fairfield and Stratford Fire Departments, GBTA Buses, Public
Libraries, community centers and shelter programs. Safe Places provide viable
options for youth who are contemplating leaving home and trying to solve their
problems alone.
Youth In
Crisis 24 Hr. HOTLINE
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.
Open Your
Heart and Home A Host Home is a
household that voluntarily opens their heart and home to a youth who needs
temporary shelter, board and care …
24-hour Mobile Crisis Intervention
