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Connecticut resources for people coming home
Housing, food, clothes, phones, ID, health coverage, jobs and crisis lines, all in one place. Links go to official and government sources, plus 211, the national line for local services.
⌂Housing
- Connecticut reentry housing: official programs, parole offices and listed homes
- CT DOC Parole and Community Services (opens in new tab) · (860) 692-6901
- CT DOC Directory of Contracted Community Programs (PDF, Nov 2021) (opens in new tab)
- 211.org: local shelters, food banks and clothing closets (opens in new tab) (or dial 2-1-1)
◍Food
◇Clothes
- 211.org: local shelters, food banks and clothing closets (opens in new tab) lists local clothing closets
- Ask the reentry or parole officer: many prisons and parole offices keep a list of clothing help for people going home.
We haven't found an official statewide clothing program list for Connecticut, so we don't list one.
☏Phones
▭ID
✚Health & Medicaid
⚒Jobs
- CareerOneStop: American Job Centers near you (U.S. Dept. of Labor) (opens in new tab)
- Parole plan builder: housing, parole office, ID and benefits in one printable plan
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