United Way of Connecticut’s (UWC) service mission is to help meet the needs of Connecticut and its residents by providing information, education, and connection to services. United Way of Connecticut is proud to partner with the State of Connecticut, local United Ways, and many community partners to carry out our service mission through the following: •Through the 211 program, UWC helps people find and access basic needs such as shelter and food, provides suicide intervention services, and helps children and adults in crisis. •Through 211 child Care, Care 4 Kids and 211 Child Development Infoline, UWC provides information about child care, early intervention services, and developmental concerns. •When a natural disaster or personal crisis threatens or occurs, UWC provides people access to essential information before, during, and after the event. •As the statewide association of United Ways, UWC fosters collaboration and provides support for initiatives that benefit and improve our communities. Named one of Hartford Business Journal’s 2023 “Best Places to Work"

From prevention to crisis… The Village does whatever it takes to help children, adults and families transform their lives and achieve real and meaningful change. The Village has been serving children and families for over 200 years. Today, we are one of the most respected child and family serving organizations in the state, helping vulnerable children and families at all levels of need…from children who have severe emotional or mental health problems to those who need support and guidance to stay on a successful path. We have also grown and evolved to better serve the needs of our community by adding mental health and substance abuse services for adults and partnering with primary care service providers to form integrated pediatric clinics. Our mission is to build a community of strong healthy families who protect and nurture children. We believe that families can thrive despite traumatic experiences they may have suffered in the past or adversity that may overwhelm them now. Our continuum of behavioral health treatment and support services for children and adults allows us to customize programs to treat the whole person – mentally and physically – and help children, adults and families build resilience to overcome challenges that life throws at them. The work we do enables children to be socially and emotionally healthy, thrive in safe and permanent homes and to succeed academically. We help adults to be effective, nurturing caregivers, and be able to manage and prevent crises. Our work also builds strong, stable communities. That’s good for everyone – in every community. To learn more – and meet some of our clients and dedicated staff – visit www.thevillage.org or call 860-236-4511.

Meeting Street is where children of all abilities - birth to age 22 - receive individualized services from highly trained and dedicated educators, therapists, and allied professionals who work as a team to bring out the best in each and every child. We are a place of hope and possibilities for families, partnering to help parents and children achieve goals once thought impossible. Although we're known for helping children with profound special needs, we are a resource for all families interested in building strong foundations - nutritionally, educationally and emotionally - for their child. At Meeting Street we believe in the power of inclusion and foster it in all we do. Our goal is to create an environment, and ultimately a world, where individuals of all abilities learn, play, work, and live together. Meeting Street is driven by its values of respect, compassion, integrity, inclusivity and excellence.

Children's Friend, a non-profit organization founded in 1834, is Rhode Island's oldest child welfare organization and a leading provider of child welfare, family support, mental health, and child development services. With centers in Providence, Pawtucket and Central Falls, Children’s Friend serves more than 30,000 of Rhode Island's most vulnerable children and their families each year.

Founded in 1903, Klingberg Family Centers is a private, nonprofit multi-service agency providing help to thousands of persons across Connecticut each year. Our goal is to extend hope and healing to children and families whose lives have been traumatized by abuse and/or neglect in its various forms, severe family problems and mental health issues. Through an array of group care, special education, foster care and community programs, children and parents are given the encouragement and skills they need to function more effectively at home, in school and in their community. Our main campus is located in New Britain, Connecticut. We also offer a wide range of community services from our office in Hartford.

In December of 1965, Cranston Community Action Program (CCAP) was incorporated as a Community Action Agency under the Economic Community Act and was charged to mobilize all resources toward the elimination of poverty and to provide participation of the poor and underserved in program decisions that affected them. At that time CCAP served Cranston, Coventry, Scituate and Foster. As many of our programs grew to include additional cities and towns outside that catchment area, we decided to change our name. In September of 1994 we officially became Comprehensive Community Action, but still CCAP. CCAP’s Mission Statement is quite simple: to empower all people and communities, challenged by poverty as well as social and cultural barriers, through advocacy, education, and access to high quality health and human services. Today, CCAP serves more than 20,000 Rhode Islanders with programs in Cranston, Warwick, Coventry, Providence, Pawtucket, Scituate, and Foster. Programs include: counseling services, health centers and dental care, food, housing and fuel assistance, weatherization, family support and services, Headstart, day care, emergency assistance, education, and job training.

Citizens for Citizens, Inc. (CFC) is a Community Action Agency headquartered in Fall River, MA. Incorporated in 1965 under the Economic Opportunity Act to serve as the Community Action Agency of Greater Fall River, CFC now serves the vast majority of Bristol County, providing a wide range of services to over 34,000 clients. Major programs include LIHEAP, Weatherization, Head Start, Family Planning, and Food Pantry. CFC is funded by a variety of sources, including the Community Services Block Grant (CSBG). CFC's mission is to advocate on behalf of low-income residents and address the causes and effects of poverty through the provision of direct and integrated services, the promotion of self-sufficiency, and the advancement of social change.

Dynamic and innovative, Family Service of RI (FSRI) is a statewide organization with a 130-year track record of success in improving the health and well-being of children and families all across our state. We are passionate about our mission to advance equity, opportunity, and hope across ALL communities – we succeed by lifting others. FSRI’s diverse and inclusive teams – working across Health, Healing, Home, and Hope pillars, are experts in their fields – every day designing and delivering cutting-edge strategies to save and improve lives. We provide services statewide, and currently operate in 3 locations in Providence; and in 4 locations in East Providence, Smithfield, and North Smithfield. If you need help and this is an emergency, please contact 9-1-1. If you are looking for services for yourself or someone you know, please contact the Intake Department of Family Service of Rhode Island at 401-331-1350. Intake workers can help you understand what programs and services may be available to you at Family Service of Rhode Island.”

Horizons' mission is to create and sustain person-centered opportunities for people with special needs where they live, learn, work and play.

THE ARC OF BLACKSTONE VALLEY is a medical practice company based out of 500 PROSPECT ST, Pawtucket, Rhode Island, United States.

MARC, Inc. of Manchester is a not-for-profit agency which supports people with disabilities in Manchester, Connecticut and surrounding towns. MARC, Inc. is dedicated to advocacy on the local, state, and national level. We deliver diverse, culturally competent services to ensure that all people have the opportunity to live, work, and enjoy their community according to their individual choices. MARC, Inc. embraces the philosophy that all people should live, work, and play in their community, making friendships and contributions consistent with their skills and abilities. MARC, Inc. ensures access to and maximization of presence and participation in Connecticut town life, opportunities to develop and exercise competency, opportunities to make choices in the pursuit of a personal future, and good relationships with family members and friends, with respect and dignity.

ADD is a nonprofit organization operating residential programs for people with psychiatric and/or developmental disabilites in locations throughout the North and South Forks of Long Island. We are licensed by NYS OMH and NYS OMRDD. ADD offers in home and community links to services needed to aid the people living here in creating and maintaining meaningful roles within their community as defined by them. Our core values include dignity, respect, and choice drive our practices.