Families

Ascend

The North Hartford Ascend Pipeline (Ascend) is a “cradle to career” effort in collaboration with Connecticut Children’s, local care providers and community-based organizations that’s committed to helping children and families in North Hartford access supportive, critical resources to reach their full potential.

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Adoption Services

Adoption Services

Our adoption services help individuals and couples create or expand a family through adoption and supports children and families through the adoption process. Our search services provide vital background and medical information to adoptees and helps adoptees and birth parents search for each other for the purpose of reuniting.

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Rapid Response

Rapid Response

Our Rapid Response Program provides short-term in-home services for your child who has experienced or witnessed a crime in the past 90 days, to help reduce the impact of trauma on your child at the earliest possible time, before there is a significant compromise to the developing brain.

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Words Count

Words Count

Words Count is a short-term, play-based program that builds on creativity and caregiver-child bonds to help young children increase their vocabularies and enhance their conversational abilities.

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Child First

Child First

Child First, designed by Darcy Lowell, MD, helps reduce the impact toxic stress can have on your child’s development by strengthening your relationship with your child and addressing your family’s basic needs, such as shelter, food, medical care or employment.

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Parents as Teachers

Parents as Teachers

Our Parents as Teachers home visiting program will help you build parental resilience and knowledge of parenting and child development to help your child thrive and be healthy, safe and ready to learn. Trained professionals will make regular personal home or virtual visits during your child’s earliest years in life, from prenatal through kindergarten.

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