Family Support

• Family Involvement (DMHAS Evidence-Based and Best Practices Initiative)
• NAMI - The National Alliance on Mental Illness is the nation’s largest grassroots mental health organization dedicated to improving the lives of persons living with serious mental illness and their families.
• The National Alliance on Mental Illness - Connecticut (NAMI of CT)

Opioid Family Education Support Groups (OEFS)

Are you struggling with a loved one’s drug use? Come find support while effectively learning how to support your loved one.

Community Renewal Team (CRT) offers a free weekly support and opioid education group for anyone dealing with a loved one’s drug use. You can attend in person or online!

Opioid Education and Family Support Groups (OEFS) are available for adult and young adult (age 16 and older) family members and loved ones of individuals who are or were misusing opioids (including heroin).

When you join these meetings, you will receive:

In-person meetings are held in both Middletown and Hartford, Connecticut.  

For more information, please contact:

Casie DeRosier @ CRT

Phone: (860) 549-3350

Fax: (860) 761-7928

Email: derosierc@crtct.org

Website: www.crtct.org

Opioid Education and Family Support Groups:

• Clifford Beers Clinic, New Haven
  Christine Montgomery cmontgomery@cliffordbeers.org  or 203-915-4074
  
  
• Community Renewal Team, Hartford and Middletown
  Casie DeRosier 860-549-3350 or derosierc@crtct.org
  
  
• McCall Foundation, Torrington
  Leann Mitchell 860-496-2139 or Leann.Mitchell@mccallcenterct.org
  
  
• NAMI Connecticut, Waterbury
  Paul Brainerd 860-882-8674, 860-310-4055 or pbrainerd@namict.org
  
  
• Sound Community Services, New London
  Amy Faenza 860-439-6443 or amy.faenza@soundct.org
  
  
• TriCircle, Hope & Support Groups, Hope After Loss Groups
  Ana Gopoian 860-349-7074 or ana@tricircle.org

• Western Connecticut Mental Health Network - Family Support Programs:
  • Family Support Night, 1st & 3rd Thursday of each month, 5:00 pm-6:30 pm at Catholic Charities, 24 Grassy Plain Street, Bethel, CT 06801 (203-748-0848).
  • Multifamily Groups, 2nd & 4th Tuesday of each month, 3:00 pm-4:30 pm, Hope Room, 95 Thomaston Avenue, Waterbury, CT 06702.
  • Family Night, held every 3 months, date announced, 5:00-7:00 pm, Drop-In Center, 95 Thomaston Avenue, Waterbury, CT 06702.
  • Joining Families, held every other Wednesday, 5:15 pm-6:30 pm, 249 Winsted Road, Torrington, CT 06790.

• Southeastern Mental Health Authority