Coordinating Council for Children In Crisis, Inc.

The Nurturing Families Network provides free and bilingual home-based and group parenting education, developmental screening and case management services to first-time high-risk parents who live in Branford, Guilford, Madison, New Haven, North Branford and North Haven and (all first time parents are screened in prenatal clinics and on the delivery floors at Yale-New Haven Hospital and the Hospital of St. Raphael to determine program eligibility and are then referred to CCCC). The network seeks to prevent child abuse and neglect as well as improve health and developmental outcomes for infants, toddlers and young children. Services for which CCCC is seeking funds include: family assessment, intensive home visiting, family action plans, developmental screening, father engagement and nurturing parenting groups.