The Childrens Center Of Hamden

"I’m one of the kids that was placed there and it is not a good fit for good girls also I got beat up there several times and the food is not good"

"Stayed there as a 13 year old boy back in 2000 for a couple years. Long time ago, but Violence among the boys was common. Psychiatric staff tended towards their own biases. Biggest baddest kids tend to rule the roost, youngest and most vulnerable were often targets, as in, you know, the ones not from "hoods". Don't know what has changed since but if you are not confident your child is capable of physically "holding their own" they arent in for rehabilitation, they are in for abuse and further deepening of their issues down the road."

"Don’t ever send your children here.. my daughter got threatened by a random girl who was angry she just arrived there, staff heard it all & placed them in rooms together after the fact the girl threatened to “kill her”. The Staff even threatened to put there hands on other girls.. my daughter ended up running away cause of how bad it was & the staff did NOTHING to try and stop her or make sure she was safe mind you there’s sexual predators who wait around there purposely knowing it’s a group home. At that she’s never been in that town in her life. It’s not close to home at all. Also when she left the girls went through her stuff took what they want, the staff allowed that & the girl who threatened to kill her cut the throat of this giant teddy bear her grandma got her and took all the stuffing out. The staff threw all her things not caring what broke into trash bags and returned the leftovers. A lot of things broken and missing. Never got reimbursed when it clearly states if anything happened like that she would. TERRIBLE PLACE."

"I have had good experiences all three times that my sons stayed there. The older son has to stay twice, the younger son once. They had good experiences there. I would recommend this place to anyone who needed a break from their child."

"I went there it was very good. My two fav.. Staff were Tracy Vigliotti and Tara Wilchynski. My therapist was named Ashley Bets. As a matter of fact I still want to get a job here when I am older. They try not to let the kids have a brawl. I was at Marcy/START Cottage."