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Connecticut Safe at Home: A Confidential Address Program for Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking Survivors

The Address Confidentiality Program (ACP), which became effective January 1, 2004, provides services to victims of crime. Program participants are residents of the State of Connecticut who have recently relocated and whose new location is unknown to the abuser and undocumented in government records. The goal of the ACP is to help victims keep their new residential addresses confidential.

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Address Confidentiality Program (ACP) offers two services (both help keep the victim’s new location confidential):

  • ACP Substitute Mailing Address
    Each program participant is assigned a substitute mailing address. This substitute address has no relation to the participant’s actual location. The Office of the Connecticut Secretary of the State serves as each program participant’s legal agent for cost-free mail services (process, receipt, and forwarding of first-class mail). The ACP address is a post office box and a "fictitious" street address located in Hartford, Connecticut.
     
    The Office of the Connecticut Secretary of the State issues certification cards to each program participant. The certification card includes the program participant’s name, signature, a certification code, the program address, and the certification expiration date. When a program participant presents their certification card, all public agencies (state and municipal) must accept the ACP substitute address as though it is a person’s actual residential address.
    The program then forwards first-class mail to each participant’s actual residential address.

    Please Note: All ACP participants use the same address. A program participant’s mail must include the corresponding certification code, and then the program forwards first-class mail to each participant's actual residential address.
     
    Program participants choose when to use the substitute address and may, if they wish, reveal their actual address to a government employee. When an ACP participant chooses to reveal their actual address, the public agency is not legally obligated to keep that information confidential. In unusual situations, an agency may petition the Office of the Connecticut Secretary of the State for an exemption to the ACP laws. If the Office of the Connecticut Secretary of the State grants the agency an ACP exemption, program participants involved with that agency may have to reveal their actual location. Prior to granting an exemption, the Office of the Connecticut Secretary of the State shall notify the program participant of the exemption, including the name of the agency and the reason(s) for the exemption. The Secretary of the State may not make any records in a program participant’s file, other than the program address, available for inspection or copying except: (1) when a written request is made by the head of a law enforcement agency or the State Elections Enforcement Commission; (2) when directed by court order to release the information; or (3) when the program participant’s certification has been cancelled. The Secretary of the State will respond to written requests to verify if a person is or is not a current program participant.
  • ACP Protected Records

    The ACP program provides three types of protection* of the victim’s actual residential address: 

  1. Marriage Certificates: The program participant may present their certification card and request that their marriage records be kept confidential.

  2. Voter Registration: The ACP participant’s actual address of residence (street, house number, and town) will be suppressed from the voter registration list upon presentation of the certification card to the town registrar of voters. Their street and house number will not be listed on a voter registry list; or that an agency use their program address in lieu of their confidential address.

  3. State and Town Records: The ACP participant may use the "fictitious" address provided by our office in lieu of their actual physical address on any state or municipal form.

*Please Note: Marriage records and voter addresses will be kept confidential and will not be made available for inspection or copying except when: (1) requested by a law enforcement agency; (2) directed by court order; (3) or notified by the Secretary of the State that the program participant’s certification has been cancelled. Agencies will accept and use the program address as the program participant’s residential, work or school address, in lieu of the participant’s confidential address, unless the agency receives an exemption from the Office of the Connecticut Secretary of the State.

Applying for ACP Participation

The Address Confidentiality Program provides substitute address services to residents of Connecticut. Eligibility for residents is offered to the victim of the following crimes:
  • Family violence
  • Injury or risk of injury to a child
  • Kidnapping
  • Sexual assault
  • Stalking
  • Trafficking in persons
  • Child abuse or neglect, where such abuse or neglect was substantiated by the Department of Children and Families and was the basis for the issuance of a restraining order under section 46b-15 or civil protection order under section 46b-16a

All adults and children who meet the above criteria can participate in the program. Participants complete applications through a community-based domestic violence or sexual assault crisis program. These programs are located throughout the state. The application process involves meeting with an application assistant and receiving orientation information about the program. Application Assistants send the completed applications to the ACP office. The ACP office reviews the applications and then assigns the ACP substitute address, certification code, and creates an ACP Certification Card.

Address Confidentiality Program Forms

Application

New Participant Guide

Certification Renewal

National Sexual Assault Crisis Program

24/7 RAINN National Sexual Assault Telephone Hotline 

1-800-656-HOPE (4673)  |  Live Chat

Sexual Assault Crisis Program Facilities and Member Organizations within Connecticut

Connecticut Alliance To End Sexual Violence

96 Pitkin Street, East Hartford, CT 06108
Website: endsexualviolencect.org
Office Phone: (860) 282-9881  |  Office Fax: (860) 291-9335  |  Email: info@endsexualviolencect.org

Statewide Sexual Assault Crisis Hotline: 
English 1-888-999-5545 (call or text)  |  Español 1-888-568-8332     

Member Programs: 

Connecticut Alliance to End Sexual Violence - Service Map

To view a service map, please visit endsexualviolencect.org.

 

  • Bridgeport
The Center for Family Justice

753 Fairfield Ave, Bridgeport, CT 06604
Open: Monday through Friday, 9 a.m.- 5 p.m.
Website: www.CenterForFamilyJustice.org
Office Phone: (203) 384-9559  |  Office Fax: (203) 579-8882

Local Crisis Hotlines:
Non-Emergency Domestic Violence Calls: (203) 384-9559
Sexual Assault: (203) 333-2233  |  Vedas (Español): 1-888-568-8332

Statewide Sexual Assault Crisis Hotline:
English 1-888-999-5545  |  Español 1-888-568-8332

(Serving: Bridgeport, Easton, Fairfield, Monroe, Stratford and Trumbull in Fairfield County)

 

  • Danbury
The Center for Empowerment and Education

2 West Street, Danbury, CT 06810
Website: thecenterct.org
Office Phone: (203) 731-5200  |  Office Fax: (203) 731-5207  |  Appointments: (203) 731-5200 ext.104

24/7 Local Crisis Hotlines: 
Domestic Violence (203) 731-5206  |  Sexual Assault (203) 731-5204

Statewide Sexual Assault Crisis Hotline:
English 1-888-999-5545  |  Español 1-888-568-8332

(Serving: Northern Fairfield and Southern Litchfield County communities of Bethel, Bridgewater, Brookfield, Danbury, New Fairfield, New Milford, Newtown, Redding, Ridgefield, Roxbury, and Sherman)

 

  • Guilford / Meriden / Middletown / New Haven
Women & Families Center 

Guildford Satellite Office:
705 Boston Post Road, Suite 3C, Guilford, CT 06437 (By appointment only)
Office Phone: (203) 235-9297  |  Email: info@womenfamilies.org

Meriden Office Main Office:
169 Colony Street, Meriden, CT 06451
Website: womenfamilies.org/sexual-assault-center
Office Phone: (203) 235-9297  |  Office Fax: (203) 237-7571  |  Email: info@womenfamilies.org

WFC Direct Sexual Assault Crisis Services Hotline (SACS): (203) 235-4444

Middletown Satellite Office:
100 Riverview Center, Suite 308, Middletown, CT 06457 (By appointment only)
Office Phone: (203) 235-9297  |  Email: info@womenfamilies.org

New Haven Satellite Office:
142 Temple Street, Suite 206, New Haven, CT 06510 (By appointment only)
Office Phone: (203) 235-9297  |  Email: info@womenfamilies.org

Statewide Sexual Assault Crisis Hotline: 
English 1-888-999-5545  |  Español 1-888-568-8332

(Serving: Meriden, Wallingford, Cheshire, Middlesex County, and Greater New Haven)

 

  • Hartford / New Britain
YWCA of New Britain, Sexual Assault Crisis Services 

New Britain Main Office:
19 Franklin Square, New Britain, CT 06051
Website: ywcanb.org/sexual-assault-services
Office Phone: (860) 225-4681

Local Sexual Assault Crisis Hotline: (860) 505-0469

Statewide Sexual Assault Crisis Hotline: 
English 1-888-999-5545  |  Español 1-888-568-8332

(Serving: A 46-town region, including all of Hartford County, part of Tolland County, and the town of Plymouth)

 

  • Milford
Rape Crisis Center of Milford

70 West River Street, Milford, CT 06460
Open: Monday through Friday, 7:30 a.m.- 5 p.m. or by appointment
Website: www.RapeCrisisCenterOfMilford.org
Office Phone: (203) 874-8712

24/7 Local Sexual Assault Crisis Hotline: (203) 878-1212

Statewide Sexual Assault Crisis Hotline:
English 1-888-999-5545  |  Español 1-888-568-8332

(Serving: Ansonia, Derby, Milford, Orange, Seymour, Shelton, and West Haven)

 

  • New London / Willimantic 
Sexual Assault Crisis Center of Eastern Connecticut (SACCEC)

New London Office (by appointment only): 
78 Howard Street, 2nd Floor, New London, CT 06320
Website: www.saccec.org
Office Phone: (860) 442-0604

Willimantic Office (by appointment only):
P.O. Box 24, 90 South Park Street, Willimantic, CT 06226
Website: www.saccec.org
Office Phone: (860) 456-3595

24/7 Local Sexual Assault Crisis Hotline: (860) 456-2789

Statewide Sexual Assault Crisis Hotline:
English 1-888-999-5545  |  Español 1-888-568-8332

(Serving: Windham County, New London County, and Towns of Columbia, Coventry, Mansfield, Union, and Willington)

 

  • Stamford
The Rowan Center

1111 Summer Street, Suite 202, Stamford, CT 06905
Staffed Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Website: www.therowancenter.org
Office Phone: (203) 348-9346  |  Email: info@therowancenter.org

Local Sexual Assault Crisis Hotline: (203) 329-2929

Statewide Sexual Assault Crisis Hotline:
English 1-888-999-5545  |  Español 1-888-568-8332

(Serving: Meriden, Wallingford, Cheshire, Middlesex County, and Greater New Haven)

 

  • Torrington
Susan B. Anthony Project, Inc.

179 Water Street, Torrington, CT 06790
Open: Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m.- 4:30 p.m.
Website: sbaproject.org
Office Phone: (860) 489-3798  |  Email: info@sbaproject.org

24/7 Local Sexual Assault Crisis Hotline: (860) 482-7133

Statewide Sexual Assault Crisis Hotline:
English 1-888-999-5545  |  Español 1-888-568-8332

(Serving: Barkhamsted, Canaan/Falls Village*, Colebrook, Cornwall*, Goshen, Hartland, Harwinton, Kent*, Litchfield, Morris, New Hartford, Norfolk, North Canaan*, Salisbury*, Sharon*, Thomaston, Torrington, Warren, Washington, Winsted). *Sexual Violence Service Area

 

  • Waterbury
Safe Haven of Greater Waterbury

Waterbury Office:
P.O. Box 1503, 29 Central Ave., Waterbury, CT 06721
Website: safehavengw.org
Office Phone: (203) 575-0388  |  Fax: 203-574-3306  |  Email: info@safehavengw.org

Local Crisis Hotline: (203) 753-3613

Statewide Sexual Assault Crisis Hotline:
English 1-888-999-5545  |  Español 1-888-568-8332

(Serving: Meriden, Wallingford, Cheshire, Middlesex County, and Greater New Haven)

 

National Domestic Violence Hotline

www.thehotline.org  |  1-800-799-SAFE (7233)

Domestic Violence Program Facilities and Member Organizations within Connecticut

Connecticut Coalition Against Domestic Violence (CCADV)

655 Winding Brook Drive, Ste. 4050, Glastonbury, CT 06033
Website: www.ctcadv.org
Office Phone: (860) 282-7899 

CT Safe Connect: CT’s Domestic Violence Information & Resource Line (a project of the Connecticut Coalition Against Domestic Violence):

Member Organizations:

To view all of the towns served by each member organization, please visit ctcadv.org/about/members.

  • Bridgeport
The Center for Family Justice

753 Fairfield Ave, Bridgeport, CT 06604
Open: Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Website: www.CenterForFamilyJustice.org
Office Phone: (203) 384-9559  |  Office Fax: (203) 579-8882

Local Crisis Hotlines:
Non-Emergency Domestic Violence Calls: (203) 384-9559
Sexual Assault (203) 333-2233  |  Vedas (Español) 1-888-568-8332

Statewide Domestic Violence Hotline: 
English 1-888-774-2900 (call or text)  |  Español 1-844-831-9200

(Serving: Bridgeport, Easton, Fairfield, Monroe, Stratford and Trumbull in Fairfield County)

 

  • Danbury
The Center for Empowerment and Education

2 West Street, Danbury, CT 06810
Website: thecenterct.org
Office Phone: (203) 731-5200  |  Office Fax: (203) 731-5207
Appointments: (203) 731-5200 ext.104

24/7 Local Crisis Hotlines: 
Domestic Violence (203) 731-5206  |  Sexual Assault (203) 731-5204

Statewide Domestic Violence Hotline: 
English 1-888-774-2900 (call or text)  |  Español 1-844-831-9200

(Serving: Northern Fairfield and Southern Litchfield County communities of Bethel, Bridgewater, Brookfield, Danbury, New Fairfield, New Milford, Newtown, Redding, Ridgefield, Roxbury, and Sherman)

 

  • Dayville / Mansfield
United Services, Inc. Domestic Violence Program

Dayville Main Office:
1007 North Main Street, Dayville, CT 06241
Website: www.unitedservicesct.org
Office Phone: (860) 774-2020  |  Fax: (860) 774-0826

Mansfield Satellite Office:
140 North Frontage Road, Mansfield Center, CT 06250
Office Phone: (860) 774-2020  |  Fax: (860) 774-0826

Wauregan Satellite Office:
P.O. Box 378, 303 Putnam Road, Wauregan, CT 06387
Office Phone: (860) 774-2020  |  Fax: (860) 774-0826

Statewide Domestic Violence Hotline: 
English 1-888-774-2900 (call or text)  |  Español 1-844-831-9200

 

  • Enfield
The Network

139 Hazard Avenue, Bldg 3-9, Enfield, CT 06082
Website: www.thenetworkct.org

24/7 Local Domestic Violence Hotline: (860) 763-4542

Statewide Domestic Violence Hotline: 
English 1-888-774-2900 (call or text)  |  Español 1-844-831-9200

 

  • Greenwich
Greenwich YWCA Domestic Abuse Services

259 E. Putnam Avenue, Greenwich, CT 06830
Website: www.thenetworkct.org
Office Phone: 203-869-6501  |  Fax: (203) 489-3731

24/7 Local Domestic Violence Hotline: (203) 622-0003

Statewide Domestic Violence Hotline: 
English 1-888-774-2900 (call or text)  |  Español 1-844-831-9200

 

  • Hartford
Interval House

P.O. Box 34020, Hartford, CT 06134
Website: intervalhousect.org
Office Phone: (860) 246-9149  |  Fax: (860) 247-2042

24/7 Local Domestic Violence Hotline:
English (860) 838-8467  |  Español 1-844-831-2900

Statewide Domestic Violence Hotline: 
English 1-888-774-2900 (call or text)  |  Español 1-844-831-9200

(Serving: Hartford, Hebron, Manchester, Marlborough, Newington, Rocky Hill, Simsbury, South Windsor, Tolland, Vernon, West Hartford, Wethersfield, Windsor)

 

  • Lakeville
Project SAGE

13a Porter Street, Lakeville, CT 06039
Website: project-sage.org
Office Phone: (860) 364-1080  |  Fax: (860) 364-5767  |  Email: info@Project-SAGE.org

24/7 Local Domestic Violence Hotline: (860) 364-1900


Statewide Domestic Violence Hotline: 
English 1-888-774-2900 (call or text)  |  Español: 1-844-831-9200

 

  • Meriden
Chrysalis Domestic Violence Services

14 W. Main Street, Meriden, CT 06451
Website: mwchrysalis.wordpress.com
Office Phone: (203) 630-1638

24/7 Local Domestic Violence Hotline: (203) 238-1501

Statewide Domestic Violence Hotline: 
English 1-888-774-2900 (call or text)  |  Español: 1-844-831-9200

 

  • Middletown
New Horizons Domestic Violence Services (a program of Community Health Center, Inc.)

P.O. Box 1036, Middletown, CT 06457
Website: www.newhorizonsdv.com

24/7 Local Domestic Violence Hotline: English (860) 344-9599

Statewide Domestic Violence Hotline: 
English 1-888-774-2900 (call or text)  |  Español: 1-844-831-9200

(Serving: Middlesex County)

 

  • New Britain
Prudence Crandall Center

P.O. Box 895, New Britain, CT 06050
Website: prudencecrandall.org
Office Phone: (860) 225-5187  |  Fax: (860) 826-4994

24/7 Local Helpline: (860) 225-6357

Statewide Domestic Violence Hotline: 
English 1-888-774-2900 (call or text)  |  Español 1-844-831-9200

(Serving: Berlin, Bristol, Burlington, Kensington, New Britain, Plainville, Plymouth, Southington, and Terryville)

 

  • New Haven / Shelton
The Umbrella Center for Domestic Violence Services - UCDVS (a program of BHcare)

Open: Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m.- 4:30 p.m.
Website: www.bhcare.org
Office Phone: (860) 225-5187 (by appointment)

24/7 Local Domestic Violence Hotlines: (203) 736-9944 and (203) 789-8104

Statewide Domestic Violence Hotline:
English 1-888-774-2900 (call or text)  |  Español 1-844-831-9200

(Serving: Ansonia, Beacon Falls, Bethany, Branford, Derby, East Haven, Guilford, Hamden, Madison, Milford, New Haven, North Branford, North Haven, Orange, Oxford, Seymour, Shelton, West Haven, and Woodbridge)

 

  • New London
Safe Futures

Open: Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
16 Jay Street, New London, CT 06320
Website: safefuturesct.org
Office Phone: (860) 447-0366

24/7 Local Domestic Violence Hotline: (860) 701-6001

Statewide Domestic Violence Hotline: 
English 1-888-774-2900 (call or text)  |  Español 1-844-831-9200

(Serving: Bozrah, Colchester, East Lyme, Franklin, Griswold, Groton, Lebanon, Ledyard, Lisbon, Lyme, Montville, New London, North Stonington, Norwich, Old Lyme, Preston, Salem, Sprague, Stonington, Voluntown, Waterford)

 

  • Nowalk / Stamford
Domestic Violence Crisis Center

Norwalk Satellite Office:
16 River Street, Norwalk, CT 06850

(Entrance is at the back of the building on Mechanic Street. Park in the Mechanic Street parking lot and enter in the door labeled 48 Wall Street. Take the elevator up to level 1)

Stamford Main Office:
1111 Summer Street, Ste. 203, Stamford, CT 06905
Website: www.dvccct.org
Office Phone: (203) 588-9100  |  Fax: (203) 588-9101

24/7 Local Domestic Violence Hotline: (860) 701-6001

Statewide Domestic Violence Hotline: 
English 1-888-774-2900(call or text)  |Español 1-844-831-9200

 

  • Torrington
Susan B. Anthony Project, Inc.

179 Water Street, Torrington, CT 06790
Open: Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m.- 4:30 p.m.
Website: sbaproject.org
Office Phone: (860) 489-3798  |  Email: info@sbaproject.org

24/7 Local Domestic Violence Crisis Hotline: (860) 482-7133

Statewide Domestic Violence Hotline: 
English 1-888-774-2900 (call or text)  |  Español 1-844-831-9200

(Serving: Barkhamsted, Canaan/Falls Village*, Colebrook, Cornwall*, Goshen, Hartland, Harwinton, Kent*, Litchfield, Morris, New Hartford, Norfolk, North Canaan*, Salisbury*, Sharon*, Thomaston, Torrington, Warren, Washington, Winsted). *Sexual Violence Service Area

 

  • Waterbury
Safe Haven of Greater Waterbury

Waterbury Main Office:
P.O. Box 1503, 29 Central Ave., Waterbury, CT 06721
Open: Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Website: safehavengw.org
Office Phone: (203) 575-0388  |  Fax: (203) 574-3306  |  Email: info@safehavengw.org

Southbury Satellite Office:
88 Main St. S, Ste 203-B, Southbury, CT 06488
Office Phone: (203) 262-8700

24/7 Local Domestic Violence Crisis Hotline: (860) 482-7133

Statewide Domestic Violence Hotline: 
English 1-888-774-2900 (call or text)  |  Español 1-844-831-9200