Agency: CHILD AND FAMILY GUIDANCE CENTER

Resource Number: 17286210
Alternate name: CHILD GUIDANCE CENTER OF GREATER BRIDGEPORT; CHILD GUIDANCE CENTER OF FAIRFIELD COUNTY;

Description
Child and Family Guidance Center provides mental health and substance abuse counseling for children and families, emergency and non-emergency psychiatric treatment for children and youth, diagnostic evaluations for children and their families, parenting education programs, and child abuse prevention programs. Programs include Outpatient Mental Health Program, Turning Point Regional Adolescent Substance Abuse Program, Special Family Enrichment Services, parent aide services, Nurturing Families Network of Services, Parenting Academy, Reconnecting Family Services, Strategic Intervention for High Risk Youth (SIHRY), Multi-Systemic Therapy (MST) program, Functional Family Therapy (FTT), Emergency Mobile Psychiatric Services for Children, Foster Grandparent Mentoring Program, Hispanic Family Outreach Service, Intensive Family Preservation, Care Coordination Services for seriously, and emotionally disturbed children. Also offers the Child Development Community Policing Program which responds to requests from the Bridgeport Police Department regarding children and youth who are in need of counseling services.

203-394-6529		Voice
203-394-6534		Fax

Main Contact Virginia Lopez Director of Family Support Services 203-394-6529		Senior Administrator Michael Patota President/CEO 203-394-6529 [email protected]

Website: www.cfguidance.org
Email: [email protected]

Location information

Sites

+ - BRIDGEPORT OFFICE
+ - FAIRFIELD OFFICE
+ - GREATER BRIDGEPORT PROGRAM - EMERGENCY MOBILE PSYCHIATRIC SERVICE
+ - GREATER NORWALK PROGRAM - EMERGENCY MOBILE PSYCHIATRIC SERVICE
+ - STRATFORD OFFICE

CHILD AND FAMILY GUIDANCE CENTER

Location:

180 Fairfield Avenue
Bridgeport, CT 06604 (Map)

Program Delivery

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Disabilities Access	Yes
Disabilities Features	Handicap parking available
Infoline Region	1 (Only visible to resource editors.)

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Verification
Person at the resource who last verified this information:
Last Verified On:	4/27/2025

Agency Background

Programs at CHILD AND FAMILY GUIDANCE CENTER

Adolescent Community Reinforcement Approach/Assertive Continuing Care (ACRA-ACC) Program
Anger Management For Parents Program
Community Support for Families
Connecticut Mentoring Partnership (CMP) Member
Family Based Recovery Program (FBR)
Family Reunification Services/Reconnecting Families
Functional Family Therapy (FFT)
Grandparents Raising Grandchildren/Kinship Caregivers
Hispanic Family Outreach Services
Intensive Family Preservation (IFP)
Mental Health Consultation to Childcare Early Childhood Consultation Partnership
Mental Health Evaluation
Mobile Crisis Intervention Services for Youth
Multisystemic Therapy (MST)
Outpatient Psychiatric Enhanced Care Clinic for Children
Parent Project
Parenting Academy
Parents as Teachers (PAT) and Health- Families America (HFA)
Strategic Intervention For High Risk Youth Plus (SIHRY)
System of Care Community Collaborative Care Coordination (SOC)
Triple P (Positive Parenting Program)
Turning Point Adolescent Substance Abuse Program
Visitation Center Of Greater Bridgeport

Tax Status:

None or unknown

Legal Status:

Nonprofit - Incorporated

Funding:

United Way Member Agencies;