REFERRAL FORMS

Y-US is now using the "Risking Connections" trauma-informed training program for staff through TREATI (Trauma, Research, Education and Training Institute at Klingberg Family Center in New Britain).  Y-US' sole mission is to understand and work with children and youth who have experienced abuse and trauma.

Click Here to Fill Out the Y-US Universal Referral Form Online,
or Download the Following Fee-For-Service Forms:

Referral forms may be sent to: Y-US Program Coordinator, fax 860-951-7269.

Questions may be directed to:
Krista Gale
Fee For Service Program Coordinator
(860) 951-7268, Ext. 105

NOTE: Please be aware that we have changed the name of our "Therapeutic Respite Care" to "Trauma-Informed Peer Support Services" and our "Emergency Respite Care" is now named "Emergency Care." This is to reduce confusion with the DCF Credentialed Fee for Service Programs which have definitions our therapeutic/respite care programming does not fit.

Better Horizons Program

General Qualifiers:

  • Child must reside in the southern half of Hartford
  • Child must have experienced some form of trauma
  • Child can be male or female

Additional Qualifiers:

DCF-Prevention-Funded Slots:

  • Referral must be made by DCF Worker
  • Child must live in a biological home; no foster or adoptive care allowed
  • Child may be between 8-13 years of age

Non-DCF-Funded Slots:

  • Referral may not be made by DCF Workers
  • Child may live in any type of home setting, including foster or adoptive care
  • Child may be between 8-16 years of age

Referral form may be sent to Y-US Program Coordinator, fax 860-951-7269

Questions may be directed to:

Santos Vazquez
Better Horizons Program Coordinator
(860) 951-7268, xt. 104

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