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providing services to people who are homeless and identifies and eradicates the root causes of homelessness through advocacy, public education, training, and empowering people who are homeless. Address: 30 Jordan Lane, Wethersfield, CT 06109. Telephone: (860) 721-7876. E- mail: info@cceh.org. Website: cceh.org. Connecticut Fair Housing Center The Connecticut Fair Housing Center is a statewide organization dedicated to enforcing housing laws. The Center provides advocacy, attorney referrals, and information in connection with individual housing discrimination complaints. Hartford Office: 221 Main Street, Suite 204, Hartford, CT 06106. Telephone: (860) 247-4400. New Haven Office: 171 Orange Street, New Haven, CT 06510. Telephone: (203)-772-3247. Partnership for Strong Communities The Partnership for Strong Communities raises public awareness and advances solutions to end chronic homelessness, create affordable housing, and build healthy and economically vital communities. The Partnership works with government and the private and nonprofit sectors. By collecting and sharing information on effective housing policy and best practices, The Partnership seeks to connect policymakers with private lenders and housing experts to help produce affordable and supportive housing. Address: 227 Lawrence St., Hartford CT 06106. Telephone: (860) 244-0066. Website: ctpartnershiphousing.com. Civil Rights Connecticut Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities (CHRO) CHRO is the state’s chief civil rights law enforcement agency. It receives and investigates complaints alleging discrimination in employment, housing, public accommodations and credit transactions on the basis of age, ancestry, color, genetic information, learning disability, marital status, past or present history of mental disability, mental retardation, national origin, physical disability, race, religious creed, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, criminal record (in state employment and licensing), familial status and lawful source of income in terms of housing discrimination, as well as the use of/training a guide dog. Where a violation is found, the Commission provides appropriate relief. Complaints must be filed within 180 days of the alleged act of discrimination. The agency also administers the state Equal Opportunity contract compliance laws to assure that contractors to the state exhibit equal opportunity in their employment and contracting practices. Website: ct.gov/chro. End of Life Connecticut are available after an initial screening through the national client support unit. National Toll-free Telephone: 1-800-247-7421. Department of Social Services (DSS) Living Wills and Affidavits: Forms to be used to ensure the individual’s wishes in the case of terminal illness or permanent unconsciousness may be obtained in the Healthcare Planning Packet from the Center for Medicare Advocacy Toll-free, 1-800-262-4414; or for information, call DSS toll-free: 1-866-218-6631. Resources for Service Providers Connecticut Association of Nonprofits (CAN) CAN is a private, nonprofit organization providing services to nonprofit organizations in Connecticut. These services include: information; professional training; insurance; group purchasing programs; advocacy and much more. CAN publishes monthly and bi-monthly informational updates and newsletters. Address: 90 Brainard Road, Hartford, CT 06114. Telephone: (860) 525-5080. Website: ctnonprofits.org. Connecticut Association for Home Care (CAHC) CAHC is a nonprofit organization that advocates for and educates nonprofit and for-profit state-licensed home health care agencies, homemaker/ home health aide agencies, homemaker/companion agencies and hospice agencies operating in Connecticut. Address: 110 Barnes Road, Wallingford, CT 06492. Telephone: (203) 265-9931. E-mail: smith@chime.org. Website: cthomecare.org. Connecticut Community Providers Association (CCPA) CCPA is a private, nonprofit organization that represents agencies that provide support for people with disabilities – children and adults – with addictions, mental illness, developmental and physical disabilities and special needs. CCPA offers education and training, technical assistance, contract development, and a job bank. Address: 35 Cold Springs Road, Suite 522, Rocky Hill, CT 06067. Telephone: (860) 257-7909. TDD: (860) 529-2480. E-mail: ccpamail@ccpa-inc.org. Website: ccpa-inc.org. Compassion & Choices Counselors and volunteers at Compassion & Choices work one-on-one with terminally ill adult patients and their families to ensure that the patient’s wishes for end-of-life care are documented and honored. Services include providing assistance in preparing advance health care directives (living wills), advocating on the patient’s behalf for better pain and symptom management, and exploring end-of-life options including hospice, palliative care, withholding and withdrawal of treatment, VSED and other legal alternatives. There is no fee for service. Volunteers from Resources for Service Providers 44
Legal Assistance Resource Center of Connecticut (LARCC) LARCC advocates legislatively and administratively for policies which benefit low-income people. In collaboration with legal services programs, LARCC produces community education pamphlets, self-help materials and other brief reports. All publications are available on the website. LARCC sponsors the Connecticut Alliance for Basic Human Needs (CABHN), a statewide information and advocacy network, which publishes a free newsletter. LARCC does not represent individual clients. Address: 80 Jefferson Street, Hartford CT 06106. Telephone: (860) 278- 5688. E-mail: larccmail@larcc.org. Website: larcc.org. See Legal Assistance in this book. Connecticut Primary Care Association (CPCA) CPCA promotes the delivery of comprehensive, accessible, family oriented and community-based health care. The primary focus of CPCA is the education of the public, health policymakers and health care providers. CPCA provides on-going information on the clinical performance of community health centers to the public, the state’s decision- makers and elected officials. Address: 90 Brainard Road, Suite 101, Hartford CT 06114. Toll-free Telephone: 1-888-294-2722. Telephone: (860) 727- 0004. Website: ctpca.org. Connecticut Housing Coalition The Connecticut Housing Coalition comprises of more than 250 groups, including nonprofit developers, social services agencies, tenant associations and other housing activists and advocates. It also acts as the primary communication link for nonprofit housing efforts. Coalition activities include policy analysis and advocacy, conferences and workshops, a newsletter, and the Public Housing Resident Network. Address: 30 Jordan Lane, Wethersfield, CT 06109. Telephone: (860) 563-2943. E- mail: info@ct-housing.org. Website: ct-housing.org. Connecticut Psychological Association (CPA) CPA provides opportunities for professional growth and the increase and diffusion of psychological knowledge through the exchange of ideas and information by means of meetings, professional contacts, papers, discussions and the encouragement of research in psychology. Address: 342 North Main Street, West Hartford, CT 06117- 2507. Telephone: (860) 586-7522. E-mail: info@connpsych.org. Website: connpsych.org. *Spanish speaking staff available. 45 Resources for Service Providers
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