Counseling and Wellness Center
Resources
The following links are provided for students to utilize for further assistance in various situations.
Please note: Resources are a collaboration reviewed by Student Affairs and outside suggestions are not being added or considered at this time. Thank you!
Goodwin University campus resources
The Ann B. Clark Co-op
The Co-op provides members of the Goodwin community with access to food, clothing, toiletries, and other necessities.
Housing assistance
Our case management services are here to provide you the support you need in accessing community resources that assist in navigating such challenges and that help you stay on the path to graduation. Please note that case management is not counseling or therapy.
Student Response Fund
Emergency Fund Request for students currently enrolled exhibiting the following needs:
- Fuel and Energy Assistance
- Technology supports for courses
- Financial supports for Food and Housing
Counseling Center Inquiry form and New Client Intake paperwork
Please complete the New Client Intake form before your first appointment. This will enable us to schedule you in our system.
Office of Disability and Access Services
Unlike K-12 education, university students are responsible for requesting accessibility services. At Goodwin, the Office of Disability and Access Services is here to work with you — collaborating in an interactive process to determine reasonable accommodations on an individualized basis.
Tutoring program
Our tutors take an active role in assisting students through the learning process and are available to review criteria for assignments; clarify ideas, text and answer questions about content; help students work through practice problems or assignments that have been submitted for a grade and review old quizzes and exams.
Veteran Services
The mission of Veteran Services is to assist veterans, service members, and dependents with the transition from military life to student life at Goodwin University.
External resources
2-1-1
Phone-based service that provides information and referrals to utility assistance, food, housing, child care, afterschool programs, elder care, crisis intervention, and much more.
Areas served: National
All Treatment
The All Treatment website uses "Near You Technology" to generate a local listing of all rehab centers around your community. Alltreatment.com is a community-based public-benefit website connecting people to the addiction resources they need. The resource is free to the public. All communication is kept 100% private and there is 24/7 support on the phone if you need.
Areas served: National
Autism Services & Resources
Educating and empowering individuals and families affected by autism in Connecticut. Addition resources can be found on this website for neighboring states.
Areas served: Statewide
Community Choices
Aging and disability information source
Areas served: Statewide
Connecticut Scholarships
Provides resources and tips to help find college aid and other financial aid.
Areas served: Statewide
Continuum CT
Dedicated to comprehensive residential case management, housing support, etc. to adults with developmental and psychiatric disabilities, as well homelessness and substance abuse treatment challenges.
Areas served: Statewide
CT Aid and Assistance Programs
Use to find out how to get aid and assistance with rent, utility bills, food, foreclosure, and mortgage assistance and other finances.
Areas served: Statewide
CT Clearinghouse
CT Clearinghouse is Connecticut’s library and resource center for information and materials on wellness, drugs, alcohol, and mental health topics.
Phone: 800-232-4424
CT Dept. of Social Services
Provides a broad range of services to the elderly, people with disabilities, families, and individuals who need assistance in maintaining or achieving their full potential for self-direction, self-reliance, and independent living.
Areas served: Statewide
CT Energy Efficiency Fund
Supports a variety of programs that provide financial incentives to help reduce the amount of energy used at home.
Areas served: Statewide
CT Legal Aid
Helps people with very low income find help for their legal problems.
Areas served: Statewide
Fellowship Place
Servicing those who suffer with mental illness with wellness services, creative expression opportunities and encouraging social relationships.
Areas served: Greater New Haven Area
Junta for Progressive Action
A comprehensive organization that aims to empower the Latino and low-income community to advocate and civically engage in the community. This organization provides economic development, children’s programs, legal services, ETC.
Areas served: New Haven County
MARC Community Resources
Empowering people in Intellectual and developmental disabilities to live a fulfilled live through employment, housing, social, and community resources.
Areas served: Middlesex County
Poison Control Center - Connecticut
Phone: 800-343-2722
Resource Guide for Homeless and Low Income Students
Low income college students experience housing and food insecurity every day. Use this guide to discover resources and make the most of your higher education.
Areas served: Statewide
Statewide Legal Services of CT
An organization that provides tools and resources for low-income families in Connecticut to address their civil legal needs.
Areas served: Statewide
United Way Volunteer Budget Coaching
A service providing financial education and tools to working families.
Areas served: Central Connecticut, Northeastern Connecticut
YWCA
A national organization providing programs to eliminate racism and empower women everyday in the Hartford Region. Services include school-aged child care, emergency shelter/housing, and conferences focused on leadership and financial literacy.
Areas served: Hartford Region, National
YMCA
Preventative programming that helps youth and teens reached their fullest potential, in environments that promote health in spirit, mind and body for all.
Areas served: National
Connecticut’s Domestic Violence Laws
Created by the Connecticut Coalition Against Domestic Violence.
Areas served: Statewide
Connecticut Alliance to End Sexual Violence
A statewide alliance of individual sexual assault crisis programs. Offers free and confidential help at all member center locations. Each center provides hotline services 24-hours a day, crisis counseling, support groups, referral information, and many other vital services to anyone in need.
Areas served: Statewide
Connecticut Coalition Against Domestic Violence
A membership organization of Connecticut’s 18 domestic violence service agencies that provide critical support to victims including counseling, support groups, emergency shelter, court advocacy, safety planning, and lethality assessment, among other services.
Areas served: Statewide
Domestic Violence Crisis Center
Helping sufferers of domestic violence and their children find ways to live peaceful lives without the threat of violence. They provide court and legal services, safe houses, housing advocacy, etc.
Areas served: Statewide
Interval House
Interval House is dedicated to providing services to prevent and break the cycle of family and intimate partner abuse.
Areas served: Statewide
National Teen Dating Abuse Helpline
If you think you may be in an abusive relationship, you can call to talk with someone about it for anonymous advice. Text: LOVEIS to 22522 / Call: 1-866-331-9474 / Chat Online 24/7/365
Areas served: National
RAINN (Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network)
The nation’s largest anti-sexual violence organization. RAINN created and operates the National Sexual Assault Hotline (800.656.HOPE and online.rainn.org) in partnership with more than 1,100 local sexual assault service providers across the country.
Areas served: National
Sexual Assault Crisis Services (SACS)
English: 888-999-5545
Spanish: 888-568-8332
Women’s & Families
Providing enriching and supportive programs for youths and adults as well as abuse and sexual assault survivors.
Areas served: Middlesex County, Greater New Haven Area
CT Food Bank
Provides nutritious food to people in need.
Areas served: Statewide
Access Health CT
Change description to: Health insurance marketplace is dedicated to increase the number of insured residents by providing access to various health insurance plans for individuals and families.
Areas served: Statewide
CT Aids Coalition
Provides information regarding member agencies that work to improve the lives of people impacted by HIV.
Areas served: Statewide
Husky Health
Offers coverage to eligible children, parents, relative caregivers, elders, individuals with disabilities, adults without minor children, and pregnant women.
Office of the Healthcare Advocate
Independent agency that assists Connecticut residents with information on various health coverage and how to fight for coverage.
Areas served: Statewide
CAN Homeless Prevention Program - Housing and Homeless Services can be accessed through Coordinated Access Networks (CAN), which consist of community providers across the state who work with Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services (DMHAS) eligible heads of households and individuals experiencing homelessness.
Connecticut Association for Community Action
CAFCA’s members, Connecticut’s 10 Community Action Agencies, continually strive to reduce the conditions of poverty through the identification and removal of social and economic barriers, the mobilization of community resources, advocacy, and the provision of direct services at the community level in all of the state’s 169 cities and towns through cost-effective and community-based processes.
Areas served: Statewide
Columbus House Inc.
Provides programs and resources to serve people who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless.
Areas served: New Haven County
Community Renewal Team - A community organization that assists with many different needs including housing, food, mental health, etc.
Areas served: Central Connecticut
CT Housing Finance Authority
Over the past 40 years, the Connecticut Housing Finance Authority (CHFA) has helped more than 128, 6000 families and individuals achieve home ownership.
Areas served: Statewide
My Place CT
Quick and helpful information to start explore options of at home adult care.
Areas served: National
Neighborhood Housing Services of New Haven
County resources to empower and encourage home ownership.
Areas served: New Haven County
Rental Help: Connecticut
Resources provided through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Areas served: Statewide
Student Renter’s Guide
Financial tips and resources for students looking to become renters.
Areas served: National
Access Line for Substance Use Services in Connecticut
Call: 1-800-563-4086
Choice Gambling Treatment Program @ Wheeler Clinic
Addiction Services for Pregnant & Parenting Women
Intercommunity Coventry House - Coventry House is a residential program for pregnant and parenting women dealing with substance use disorders.
Phone: 860-569-5900, Ext 396
Bettor Choice Gambling Treatment Program @ Wheeler Clinic
The Bettor Choice Gambling Treatment Program helps individuals and families cope and recover from this challenging problem. Treatment may include individual, group, marital and/or family therapy. Financial and peer counseling are also available. Individualized treatment plans are developed for all clients to meet their specific needs.
Locations: 43 Woodland Street, Hartford, CT 06105 and 40 Hart Street, New Britain, CT 06052
Please call 860.692.8857 for more information or to schedule an appointment.
Capital Region Mental Health Center, Hartford - Community based mental health center, operated by the Connecticut Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services, which provides an array of innovative clinical and community support services to individuals with a psychiatric disability, in many cases with co-occurring problems of substance abuse.
Mobile Crisis Team: 860-297-0999
Intake/Referral Team: 860-293-6363
Connecticut Council on Problem Gambling
Helpline: 1-888-789-7777
Text: CTGAMB to 53342
Live chat
Connecticut’s Network of Care for Behavioral Health
Promotes access to behavioral health care information for all residents of Connecticut.
Areas served: Statewide
Connecticut Tobacco Control Program
CT Quitline at 1-800-QUIT-NOW (1-800-784-8669)
DrugStrategies.org
Provides a comprehensive list of drug and alcohol treatment centers in Connecticut.
Areas served: Statewide, National
Peer Navigator at Community Health Resources, Manchester
Program to support individuals struggling with addiction to opioids and need treatment.
Phone: 860-730-8890
Email:
Psychology Today
Informative resource with a filter to fit needs in finding a therapist, psychiatrist, therapy groups or treatment facility and access to specific mental health topics and related articles.
Areas served: National
Recovery Village
Drug and Alcohol Treatment resources in Connecticut.
Areas served: Statewide
Rehabs.org
Provides patients and their families with reliable, non-biased information regarding every treatment center in the country.
Areas served: National
Substance Use Treatment at Root Center for Advanced Recovery - A private, non-profit, behavioral healthcare organization providing mental health and substance use treatment, prevention, community health services, and research.
Phone: 860-525-2181
Veterans Crisis Line
Provides immediate service to veterans seeking qualified, caring assistance from the Department of Veterans Affairs responders.
Areas served: National
Conversations can be started through the toll-free hotline, an online chat, or texting.
The Crisis hotline number is: 1-800-273-8255 and select 1
Text message conversation can be started by texting: 838255
Start an online chat.
The ARC of Connecticut
Advocacy group committed to support people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD).
Areas served: Statewide
Childhelp National Child Abuse Hotline
Available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to provide help or answer questions about child abuse or child neglect. All calls are confidential.
Areas served: National
CTRides
CTrides helps commuters find the best way to get to work or school and offers information and resources for travel options throughout Connecticut.
Areas served: Statewide
CTHelpnet.org
Provides easy access to the elder care network for Connecticut’s senior citizens.
Areas served: Statewide
Department of Social Services
State programs and assistance for people with a disability.
Areas served: Statewide
Family Reentry
Comprehensive resources for people involved in the criminal justice system including prevention, intervention, and reentry.
Areas served: New Haven County
Internet Essentials
The nation’s largest high-speed Internet program for low-income families, has connected 750,000 households to home Internet.
Areas served: National
National Center for Missing & Exploited Children
Call if you have information about a missing child or suspected child sexual exploitation.
Areas served: National
National Runaway Safeline
Call if you are a teenager who is thinking of running from home, if you have a friend who has run and is looking for help, or if you are a runaway ready to go home. All services are confidential and nonjudgemental Text: 66008 / Call: 1-800-RUNAWAY
Areas served: National
National Human Trafficking Hotline
A national anti-trafficking hotline serving victims and survivors of human trafficking and the anti-trafficking community in the United States. The toll-free hotline is available to answer calls from anywhere in the country, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, every day of the year in more than 200 languages.
Areas served: National