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If you are interested in becoming involved with a support group in your area, please call the contact person listed. If you are already part of a group and would like to write about its activities or announce an upcoming event, we would be pleased to print it in our next newsletter and/or post it on our website. If your group is not in our listing, please call our office at 860.258.3400 or send us an email.
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Support Group News
New GLBT Foster Families Support
Group
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Town |
Day |
Time |
Contact |
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Ansonia |
1st & 3rd Tuesday |
6 - 7:30 p.m. |
Jennifer 203.732.2685 or CTFederation@aol.com |
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Bloomfield |
First Tuesday |
6:30 – 8:30 p.m. |
Kellena Nelson 860.418.8208 |
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Bridgeport |
Please call |
Please call |
Ray Bieber, 203.384-5543 (Fathers only) |
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Bridgeport |
Third Tuesday |
6:30 – 9 p.m. |
Mary Brantley 203.384.5596 |
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Brooklyn |
First Wednesday |
7 – 8:30 p.m. |
Karen Murray 860.455.0029 Ext. 4004 (Adoptive only) |
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Colchester |
Second Thursday |
6:00 – 8:00 p.m. |
Diane Orlando 860.892-2916 |
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Danbury |
Please call |
Please call |
Suzanne Holko 203.740.8744 |
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Danbury |
First Wednesday |
6 – 8 p.m. |
Yvette 203.207.5161 or Valerie 203.748.5689 |
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Gales Ferry |
LastTuesday |
7 – 9 p.m. |
Sue Ivey 860.892.2937 |
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Guilford |
Fourth Monday |
7 – 9 p.m. |
Karen Carey 203.453.5783 |
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Hartford |
Third Thursday |
6:30 – 8:30 p.m. |
Clordean Mendes 860.418.8215 |
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Hartford |
Quarterly. |
5 - 6:30 p.m. |
Kathleen Service 860.243.4416 |
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Hartford * |
Last Thursday |
6 - 8:00 p.m. |
Jeanette Alicea 860.418.8211 |
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Manchester |
Third Tuesday |
6:30 – 8:30 p.m. |
Kathy DePasquale 860.533.3621(Foster/Adoptive) |
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Manchester * |
Second Monday |
6 – 8 p.m. |
Jorge Limeres (Spanish Speaking) |
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Meriden * |
Third Wednesday |
10 a.m. –12 p.m. |
Margarita Gonzalez 203.238.8461 |
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Middletown |
Last Monday |
6 p.m. |
Mark Hayre 860.638.2155 |
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New Britain |
Fourth Tuesday |
6:30 – 8:30 p.m. |
Shirley Crosswaith 860.860.832.5428 (Adoptive only) |
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New Britain |
Fourth Wednesday |
6 – 8 p.m. |
Yolanda Leon 860.418.8291 (Complex Medical Needs) (meet odd months) |
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New Britain |
Third Wednesday |
6 – 8 p.m. |
Michelle Varanay 860.832.5432 |
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New Britain * |
Second Wednesday |
6 – 8 p.m. |
Mercedes Acosta 860.832.5436 |
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New Haven |
Third Wednesday |
5:30 –7:30 p.m. |
Lynn GabbardRandi Rubin-Rodriguez 203.865.5437 |
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New Haven |
Second Thursday |
7 – 9 p.m. |
Tyrone Hart 203.786.0582 or Suzanne Baetz 203.786.3393 |
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New Haven |
Third Thursday |
Dianne Delvecchio 203.786.2523 (Legal Risk Adoptions) |
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New Haven |
Second Tuesday |
6 – 8:00 p.m. |
Leona Rogers 203.786.2518 (Special Study only) |
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New London |
Second Tuesday |
6:30 – 8:30 p.m. |
Lynn Alston 860.892.2941 |
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New London |
First Tuesday |
6 – 8 p.m. |
Sally Sweezey 860.892.2943 |
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New London * |
Third Tuesday |
7 – 9 p.m. |
Madelyn Guzman 860.892.2939 |
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Norwich |
Third Tuesday |
6:30 – 8:30 p.m. |
Margaret Howard 860.892.2944 |
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Old Saybrook |
Third Wednesday |
7 – 9 p.m. |
Rosie Champlin 860.395.1256 |
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Plainfield |
Third Tuesday |
9:30 – 11:30 a.m. |
Mary Dunion 860.450.2071 (Complex Medical Needs) |
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Thompson |
First Wednesday |
9:30 – 11:00 a.m. |
Camille Ayala 860.450.2060 |
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Trumbull Area |
Monthly |
7 – 9 p.m. |
Julie Armstrong 203.384.5582 |
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Wallingford * |
Every other Tuesday |
12:45 – 2 p.m. |
Irene O'Brien 203.269.1475 |
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Waterbury |
Third Thursday |
6 – 8 p.m. |
Gloria Caporuscio 203.419.0147 (Complex Medical Needs) |
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Waterbury |
Please call |
Please call |
Claudia Dellabitta 203.756.8317 (Foster children) |
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Waterbury |
Second Monday |
5:30 - 7:30 p.m. |
Laurie/Marybeth 203.756.8317 or Karen 203.759.7005 |
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Waterbury* |
Please call |
Please call |
Marcia Acevedo 203.759.7292 (Adoptive only) |
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Willimantic |
Last Tuesday |
6:30 - 8:30 p.m. |
Michelle Dwyer 860.450.2063 |
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Willimantic * |
Third Friday |
6 – 8 p.m. |
Edma Perez 860.450.2064 |
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Winsted |
Last Tuesday |
6:30 - 8:30 p.m. |
Evelyn Johns 860.496.5766 |
*Meetings conducted in the Spanish language.